Provides information on natural and artificial incubation, feeding, properutrition, hand-feeding, and health problems faced by baby birds.

Preface

vi

From Egg to Hatchling, an Introduction

1

(22)

The Ancestors

1

(1)

The Eggshell

2

(4)

Eggshell Repair

6

(2)

Number of Eggs

8

(1)

Nests

9

(3)

Brooding Behavior

12

(3)

Hatchlings

15

(3)

Inside the Eggshell

18

(5)

Natural Incubation

23

(15)

Making the Most of Your Hobby

23

(2)

Selecting and Managing Breeding Stock

25

(1)

When to Breed

26

(1)

Pairing Off

26

(2)

Nest Building

28

(3)

Inspecting Nests

31

(2)

Candling

33

(1)

After Hatching

34

(1)

Almost Grown

35

(1)

Closing the Breeding Season

36

(2)

The Nursery

38

(21)

Introduction

38

(1)

Setting up and Equipping the Nursery

39

(5)

Sanitation

44

(8)

Banding Chicks

52

(3)

Record Keeping

55

(4)

Incubation

59

(29)

What You Need to Know About Incubation

59

(1)

Brooding Birds

60

(5)

Artificial Incubation: History

65

(2)

Brooding in the Incubator

67

(2)

Temperature Regulation

69

(8)

Brooding with the Motorized Incubator

77

(4)

Temperature and Aviculture: an Overview

81

(1)

Humidity and Aviculture: an Overview

82

(1)

Lighting

82

(1)

Substrate (Bedding)

83

(1)

Types of Brooder Containers

83

(2)

Chicks and Their Care and Management

85

(3)

Proper Avian Nutrition

88

(8)

Introduction

88

(1)

Food Quality

89

(7)

Feeding Tools and How to Use Them

96

(6)

Introduction

96

(1)

Pipettes

96

(1)

Tube-feeding (Catheter or Tube)

97

(2)

Bulb Syringes

99

(1)

Piston Syringes

99

(1)

Spoon-feeding

100

(1)

Gavage Needles

101

(1)

Feeding and Weaning Chicks

102

(16)

Introduction

102

(1)

Feeding Day-old Baby Birds

103

(2)

Feeding Older Chicks

105

(3)

Methods of Feeding Chicks

108

(3)

Growth Rates

111

(2)

Weaning

113

(5)

Hand-feeding Step-by-Step (Practical Notes)

118

(12)

Introduction

118

(1)

Temperament Differences

119

(1)

Hand-feeding Amazon Parrots

120

(2)

Hand-feeding Blue and Gold Macaws

122

(2)

Hand-feeding Lories and Lorikeets

124

(1)

Hand-feeding Pionus Species

125

(1)

Hand-feeding Finches

126

(2)

Hand-feeding Mynahs

128

(2)

Health Problems

130

(11)

Introduction

130

(1)

Diseases, Symptoms, and Treatments

130

(11)

Glossary

141

(3)

Useful Literature and Addresses

144

(3)

Index

147

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