NOWBUDGIE 0 Posted October 23, 2012 Member ID: 4,894 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 44 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 129 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 1,110 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/12/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 15, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Hi I have a question, got hens with babies and wondering if I could put a newly hatched ringneck chick with a budgie to feed for a few days??? not sure... doesnt sound right but would like advise here thanks Link to comment
hilly 0 Posted October 23, 2012 Member ID: 5,144 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 9 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 267 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 1,440 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 17/03/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 20, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2012 You will never know until you try, some will foster some won't but if the only other choice is to let it die then it is worth a try. It also depends on the age of her own chicks. I regularly put babies of all sorts with different species when I think they will be better off. I don't use my budgies much as fosters except for other budgies but that is because I have other alternatives but they have in the past reared love birds and red rumps for me. Cheers Jenny Link to comment
NOWBUDGIE 0 Posted October 23, 2012 Member ID: 4,894 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 44 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 129 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 1,110 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/12/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 15, 2015 Author Share Posted October 23, 2012 thanks Jenny, yeah I have no other choice at this stage... I guess I should try and see, budgie chicks are bout 1 week to few days old good to hear you have tried similiar .. thanks hipes Link to comment
Bird Junky 0 Posted October 23, 2012 Member ID: 7,065 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 20 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 391 Content Per Day: 0.08 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 2,185 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/01/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 13, 2013 Birthday: 02/05/1936 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Hi Your other choice is to rear it yourself. You don't say if the budgie has her own chicks.....B.J. Link to comment
Finnie 0 Posted October 27, 2012 Member ID: 5,135 Group: Global Moderators Followers: 0 Topic Count: 69 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2,545 Content Per Day: 0.47 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 14,055 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/03/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 18, 2020 Birthday: 06/08/1965 Share Posted October 27, 2012 budgie chicks are bout 1 week to few days old BJ, she did say how old the budgie's chicks are. I'd say it's worth a try, because it is VERY difficult to hand feed a chick from hatching. Much harder than trying to hand feed an older chick. If the budgie mother can keep it alive for a week or two, then you could take over yourself if the ringneck chick became too much for a budgie. Link to comment
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