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Will A Budgie Feed A Ringneck Chick

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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

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

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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

Hi Your other choice is to rear it yourself. You don't say if the budgie has her own chicks.....B.J.

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.

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