Hand-Feeding and Raising Baby Birds: Breeding, Hand-Feeding, Care, and Management (Paperback)

by Ph.D., Matthew M. Vriends (Author) "One of the most important characteristics of birds is that they lay eggs, an attribute they have inherited from their reptilian ancestors..." (more)
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Product 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.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Barron's Educational Series (October 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0812095812
• ISBN-13: 978-0812095814
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 6.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #266,138 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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44 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great how to on hand-feeding., January 26, 2000

By A Customer

This book takes the novice from the very beginning. It covers every aspect of handfeeding. Concise, easy to read, with great colour pictures. I would recommend this book to the beginning handfeeder as well as those who are experienced.

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars hand-feeding and raising babybirds, January 25, 2000

By A Customer

I have found this book to be very informative. novists as well as experienced persons can find answers to any questions. i found this book easy to read.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Where was the editor on this book?, October 2, 2003

By	Patricia S. Dumas (Fair Haven, NJ United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If you have patience, you can get a good "overview" of handfeeding pet baby birds here..

If not.. I suggest you go elsewhere.

Dr.Vriends thoughts are disorganized, self-congratulatory, and all over the place. He could of used an intelligent editor here.

Each chapter has information that is right out of the authors head-- instead of organizing laying of eggs, incubating, feeding, etc. in concise chapters. The chapters repeat lots of information. I found it very hard to follow-- trying to turn forward and back to other chapters with "sort of" the same topic.

I respect Dr. Vriends expertise on most everything...but, the points on this book are not organized.

What if you don't want to feed the baby birds when they first hatch? What if you want to socialize them while still letting the mom and dad feed? There are lots of places here where I left scratching my head-- and re-reading the convoluted syntax in this book asking "what is he trying to say here"?

This book definately is written from the standpoint of out of the incubator, into the breeders hands...

Dr. Vriends, you have more experience on this to share, don't you? Too professional a book...