my son comes home from school monday and he has a baby bird. they gave it to him cause they know i am a falconer, and since i work with BOP i must know how to raise a baby bird. and i mean baby by it is just about 3 MAYBE 4 days old. no feathers nothing but fur ball.
so its closing down wedensday so i hav had him for 3 days.
after looking at pics on the internet it looks like a starling. today i noticed feathers growing on the wings. i have been feeding it every hour or so, the net said mushed dog food with egg apple sauce and other stuff is the best.
so far it seems pretty cool.
i want to post pics, but since i am not sure of what it is, i gotta play it safe.
Post by profalconer on May 26, 2010 20:51:04 GMT -5
If its a starling there is nothing illegal about raising them. Sometimes blue jays look very simalar as babies but you should soon see the blue. If they are butt ugly as a baby there is a good chance they are a corvid of some kind.
If its a starling there is nothing illegal about raising them. Sometimes blue jays look very simalar as babies but you should soon see the blue. If they are butt ugly as a baby there is a good chance they are a corvid of some kind.
Check your state regs. In colorado, at least, you can kill all the starlings you want, but there is a legality issue when it comes to keeping them alive... Meaning: we can kill them, we just can't 'have' them. (nor can we sell them, etc etc etc...)
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Post by Master Yarak on May 27, 2010 6:29:08 GMT -5
I am unsure what your long-term plans are for this bird. It will be doomed regardless. Teaching it to forage is doable. Teaching it that its a bird, predator avoidance, threat assessment and the rest of its basic survival skills will be impossible. Keeping it for its entire life (if its not protected) is not something I would choose to do. Perhaps you could find out where it came from locate its nest and replace it. If not I might consider euthanasia. Yarak
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long term plans, if exotic, is to keep it as a pet. i dont see any difference between a starling and parakeet, unless the law dictates different. that and he would be nice BC bait if i could keep him for a while. if you think thats bad, my son was already planning for them to become close friends over dinner one day.
it always amazes me how fast feathers can grow on a bird. the feathers growing on his wing grew about 1/16th of an inch or so over night