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May (Page 12) 2006 (27th May) Chicks Hand
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Up until now I have fed the chicks with what I have
observed the chicks being fed by the parents in previous years, and as
they mostly feed from the mealworm feeder, this, with a few other things,
forms the basis of their diet, with the addition of a vitamin supplement
mornings and evenings.
I have been advised that using a Hand rearing food in addition to the
normal food we have been giving will help with the chick’s condition, and
I have been feeding this today. However some of the chicks look a little
bit off colour this evening, releasing very wet looking stools and it may
be down to the change in the diet, so I will see what they are like in the
morning and may revert to the normal diet. |
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| There feathers are really taking shape
now |
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The neck ring of feathers can be seen now |
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| The chick in the bottom right of this
picture is the scruffiest of the bunch and may get called that from
now on |
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| The same chick in the bottom right of this
picture |
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| Not long till the next feed |
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Poor old scruffy still the most alert though |
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| Wing feathers almost out of pin now |
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| A good preening season going on here |
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| They get through the night without a feed
as they have to in the wild, you cant catch bugs in the dark after
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| Just like kids there at there best when
there asleep, ahhh |
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| The gape is starting to close a bit, and
the beak is getting harder |
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| The tail feathers are starting to forming
now |
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