I found a speckled brown and white egg on the ground. There was no nest in sight, so I’ve had it under a lamp and in a box with washcloths for about a day. I can’t tell if its alive or not. I turn it every few hours though. It would be helpful if i could get some advice on what i should do…Including if its alive…..
Posted in Bird Nest Boxes
Tagged advice, ANY, Bird, bird egg, egg, Found, ground, helpfu, info, nest, sight, speckled bird, washcloths
Been wanting to attract pigeons into building a nest on the balcony of the town house I live in heard one out near the balcony today! went out to look and sure enough there was a male pigeon on the roof! he stood there and looked at me long enough for me to say hello before taking off. I put out some bird seed and hope he’ll come back, (maybe with a mate) there’s a section of the roof that sort of drops down, there’s also a metal panel that underneath which I’m guessing is for draining rain off the roof. Doubt it’s the best place to build a nest
Think I should put one of the wine crates out on the balcony and try to get them to use that?
It seems he’s selected that part of the roof as a nesting spot since this the 2nd or 3rd time I’ve heard a pigeon on that spot.
The crates were used to ship/hold wine and are unstained wood. The ends of the box are 6 1/2 inches tall and the sides are 19 1/2 iches long. No slits on the sides or ends, it’s all solid wood.
Would like advice!
what are the do’s and donts of these beautiful birds? about what to feed them and when to give treats.
Posted in Bird Feeding
Tagged advice, beautiful birds, cockateal, parent, time, time parent
i have two pacific parrotlets, they have been mating alot so i put a nesting box in…and they have gotten really mean…like attacking people who walk by the cage…and there isnt any eggs in there or anything. they have never been nice birds tho so it wasn’t that big of a change. my questions are, is there a way to tell if they are going to lay eggs, and is it still okay to sell the birds if they are? any advice will help thanks
and no i don’t want to breed them..if they do lay eggs i plan on throwing them out..the birds are siblings, so the chicks would have problems any ways..but my other question is would it be okay to sell them when they are in the middle of possibley laying eggs or would that be traumatic for them?
and i am educated about birds, i put the box in because i was told to do so because or eles they would keep laying eggs..and throwing the eggs away woudnt kill the chick..because the birds are brother and sister, so the eggs wouldnt be fertile anyways…jeesh!!!
today at my friend’s house we found a baby crow that was almost mulled by dogs. its not fully feathered. its a gray color. it has feathers on its wings and back but still has plenty of that fuzzy stuff on its belly, around the face, and has some naked areas as well. it can walk a bit, but is no way able to fly. we couldnt find the nest anywhere, so i took at home and will do my best to care for it. neither of our parents want to go through the trouble of contacting animal shelter, sayings its a stupid idea for a common black crow, but are allowing me to keep it. it ate a few bites of bread dipped in milk that i offered it, and now its being quiet (before it was squawking like crazy). its in a newspaper covered box (the box is 1ft wide, 2ft long) and has a second smaller enclosed box to hide in if it gets scared. i dont know what else i can do. do u have any ideas? i really wanna try to raise this lil bird. oh, but how often do i feed it? how much? any ideas on how to tell?
Posted in Bird Nest Boxes
Tagged advice, animal shelter, baby, baby crow, black crow, box, care, color, crow, dogs, feathers, fly, friend, gray color, house, lil bird, parents, plenty, sayings, stupid idea, today, wings
I was changing the moss basket in my hanging flowers and discovered a nest in it after it had fallen out. I put the two newly hatched birds and the two unhatched, uncracked eggs back in the nest. However, the one egg had cracked and I have it in a box with a towel, rotating it every few hours keeping it at almost 100 degrees. Can anyone help me or give me some advice on how to care for it?
My sister Gretel and I were led out into the woods by our father who was told by our stepmother to get rid of us. We tried to leave bread crumbs behind to find our way back, but the birds ate them all.
Anyways, we came across this gingerbread house and this old witch who lives there.
She has locked me up and is feeding way too much food.
Do you think she is fattening me up to eat me?
Posted in Bird Feeding
Tagged advice, birds, bread, bread crumbs, father, Gretel, Hansel, sister, stepmother, way
