Hand-rearing protocol First 24 hours


Feeding


All feeding is carried out between 7.00am and 10.00pm


Diet Wait for at least 6 hours after hatching.


Then offer 5ml of distilled water with a pinch of Avipro chick starter, give this every 2 hours.


Day 2


7 feeds per day, every 2 hours.


5% Rearing Powder, 20% Banana,


75% Distilled water, 1 pinch of paediatric.


Day 3 to 9


Continue feeding every 2 hours.


Day 6 onwards


10% Rearing Powder, 40% Banana,


50% Distilled water.


Start to introduce, in small amounts, different types of soft fruit and greens. This is in preparation for the change in diet from day 9/10 onwards.


Day 9 onwards


Gradually reduce mixture and increase fruit.


When making the mix, pass banana through a syringe before drawing up the full mixture. Diet is fed via syringe a little at a time; take care the chick does not aspirate. Warm diet through slightly before feeding. Feed no more than 10% of the chick’s bodyweight per feed. Defecation can be stimulated, by gentle palpation of cloaca.


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