Description:

This book is for both amateur bird owners and professional breeders. It offers instructions on maintaining a bird nursery, keeping it heated and sanitary, and tending the chicks. Differing feed formulas are given for different species, including parrots, doves, finches, soft-billed birds, pheasants, and others. Advice pertains to correcting problems often suffered by baby birds, from dehydration and discolored feathers to viral, bacterial, and fungal infections.

• Table of Contents:
• Preface
• From Egg to Hatchling, and Introduction
• Natural Incubation
• The Nursery
• Incubation
• Proper Avian Nutrition
• Feeding Tools and How to Use Them
• Feeding and Weaning Chicks
• Hand-Feeding Step-by-Step (Practical Notes)
• Health Problems
• Glossary
• Useful Literature and Addresses
• Index
• Paperback / 152 Pages / 6-1/2" x 7-7/8" / 1996