Basic Supplies Needed to Successfully Raise Baby Birds

Needed are … A brooder which you can control the temperature.   Heat Source: If you don’t have a brooder, a heating pad to go underneath the cage, or heat lamp would work. The baby birds may need the extra heat at night. Bedding. I personally like to have one towel at the bottom of … Read more

2 Day Old Chicks in their Brooder

Setting Up Brooders & Brooder Temperatures Optimal for Raising Chicks

Useful Information: Breeders’ Resources (covers everything from handfeeding to potential breeding / chick problems) … Incubation Information Relevant Tools / Products: Egg Candling Devices … Need Eggs? Hatching Egg Suppliers for a listing of egg suppliers in the United States and United Kingdom Once you have sorted the housing out (below) — please check this … Read more

Giant Coua (Coua gigas)

Rearing Couas in Weltvogelpark Walsrode

Article German: Aufzucht von Seidenkuckucken im Weltvogelpark Walsrode Who has not heard of the Common cuckoo, which lays its eggs in nests of other bird species? Some species of the Cuculidae family are known due to their habit of not incubating and caring for their eggs and young by themselves but having other bird species … Read more

EcoGlow with two chicks

Brinsea TLC-40 and 50 Eco/Advance Brooder

Altricial species of birds (including all parrots and birds of prey) are blind and helpless when they hatch and it is some weeks before they are able to move around, control their body temperature and feed themselves. Primary function: The new Octagon TLC-40 and TLC-50 brooders fulfill all these functions very cost effectively and can … Read more