Rural Gardening: frill backs starting to hatch!!, 1 by silkiechick

silkiechick wrote:
he was starting to look dehydrated and weak so i smashed up food and mixed with water and syringed fed him and he has perked up alot and looking good!! he is now lifting his head up!!!

soon as everyone is awake i got to go get a piece of rubber tubeing and hand rearing formula from town so i can crop feed him. it is way safer than syringe feeding. thankfully i have hand reared birds for many years so i'm not worried, he should do fine and i have researched emergancy feeding for baby pigeons so i know when to up things and ween and such. i'll keep u posted how he does and take pics as he grows.

i'm wondering however if the other hatches fine if he is put in the nest again if they will find him to take care of him fineally or if i should just total handrear only him? they want so bad to be parents and r doing good i just think they don't know he is there. he makes no noise and is only mabe 1" tall, i honestly think as huge as they r they can't see or feel him and since he didn't hatch under them they don't know he is there. so should i try one more time to add him to nest once the other hatches? if not i have no probs hand rearing i'm just wondering if it would work, i'd rather mom and dad care for him if they can.