Rural Gardening: My New Family Members!!, 1 by Eufaula

Eufaula wrote:
I didnt mention my new Buff Black tail Japanese! I was kind of hesitant because I didnt know whether they would make it or not! The pair was in a cage to them selves, and very obviously young! They were still baby talking or peeping! They look grown, even though that is only about 8 oz.! But I could tell since they still wanted to get underneath each others wings for safety that they had not been away from the broody hen too long!
I grabbed them up and put them into an enclosure with my White tail Japanese who were very grown up and they were happy to get the newbies! But the babies didnt even know how to drink from a waterer and refused to eat scratch from the ground, and the grass and plants in the enclosed area frightened them! So I am now giving them theTLC treatment for a while til they can fend for themselves!
I ground up some dried corn and flax seed and then added a little bit of wild bird seed! Then I figured a little vitamin C wouldnt hurt , so I ground up some bradford pears, ( didnt know what I was going to do with them before) and the babies love it!
They are very friendly and dont mind me picking them up at all! as a matter of fact they seem to want me to pay attention to them !! So it looks like I might have a pair of House pets for a little While!! Does that sound familiar to anybody????