handfeeding

FROM TIME TO TIME A HEN MAY REFUSE TO FEED CHICKS OR A SINGLE CHICK,THIS IS THE TIME US BIRDKEEPERS NEED TO GIVE NATURE THAT HELPING HAND,THE METHOD BELOW IS THE METHOD I USE,IT IS PRETTY BASIC BUT ENOUGH TO GET THAT CHICK OR CHICKS TO THE PERCH,

 

FIRST OF ALL I USE CEDE EGGFOOD,I PUT THIS THROUGH A SUIVE UNTIL IM LEFT WITH A FINE POWDER,

 

I MAKE THIS VERY MOIST WITH WATER AS WATER IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT TO THE CHICKS,SEE BELOW,

 

I FEED THE CHICK THIS MIXTURE FOR THE FIRST SEVEN DAYS,THE CHICK NEEDS TO BE FED EVERY HOUR FOR THE FIRST WEEK,I USE THE TOOL YOU GET WITH SPLIT RINGS TO FEED THE CHICK,SEE BELOW.

 

AFTER SEVEN DAYS I STOP FEEDING THE FINE MIXTURE AND START TO ADD BROCOILY AND SOAKED SEED TO THE ORDINARY MIX,THE CHICK IS NOW FEED EVERY TWO HOURS,AFTER 21 DAYS I FIND THE CHICK WILL START TO PECK AT THE FEEDING TOOL,THIS IS WHEN I PUT THE CHICK IN A SINGLE CAGE WITH A STEADY CANARY,I PUT IN A SAUCER OF THE FEEDING MIX AND BY THE CHICK WATCHING THE ADULT, SOON LEARNS TO PECK AT THE FOOD,I CARRY ON JUST TOPPING THE CHICK UP TWICE A DAY,ONCE IN THE MORNING AND AGAIN IN THE EVENING UNTIL THE CHICK IS FULLY WEANED,

 

I USED THIS METHOD TO REAR A SISKIN MULE FROM DAY ONE,AND ITS A GREAT FEELING TO SEE THE CHICK HAD MADE IT TO THE PERCH,SEE MY SISKIN MULE BELOW,

 

HAND FED SISKIN MULE.