food in their first 30 hours of life to allow absorption of the yolk. During this period, a fluid consisting of an electrolyte solution and water was given every 2 hours.
Juvenile became
clear that both eggs were fertilized and on the 21st and 23rd of October two more chicks hatched! This was a great success for us and it made the whole staff very proud. Obviously, the real work only started when the first chick came out of its egg. The blind and naked chicks didn’t get any
10 BIRD SCENE
Their first real meal, consisting of the innards of baby mice, white mealworms and bee larvae, was enriched with lactobacilli. A special hand-rearing food powder was used in small quantities too; this was fed as a slurry by mixing it with water. After a few days vitamins were added to the food, and the innards of mice were replaced by small pieces of whole mice. Much attention was paid to the growth of the chicks and the amounts of food were always adjusted accordingly. The little birds needed almost around the clock attention from our hand-rearing team (consisting of zookeepers, our veterinary and Biologists) and were fed from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. On the chicks’ sixth day, our hand- rearing team already started expanding the diet. Soaked pellets, especially developed for fruit eating birds (NutriBird T16 from Versele Laga), as well as papaya and mango pieces, and later on blueberries were added to the menu. Adjusted to the growth of
On the chicks’ sixth day, our hand-rearing team already started expanding the diet. Soaked pellets, especially developed for fruit eating birds (NutriBird T16 from Versele Laga), as well as papaya and mango pieces, and later on blueberries were added to the menu.
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