Breeders Resources
Bird Health Resources:
Clean & Healthy Home Solutions:
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Do-It-Yourself Disease / Sex Testing, Do-It-Yourself Bacterial Testing/ Microbiology, Lab & Veterinary Resources ... New Bird & Well Bird Exams
An egg can be fertilized 24 hours before actual egg laying. Eggs remain viable for 10 days after they have been laid before losing viability. It is best to start incubating eggs as close to laying as possible.
Below are some relevant web resources:
- Storing Eggs for Maximum Hatchability: The correct way of storing fertilized eggs before incubation begins
- Incubators: Description, Function, Options ... Incubators for Sale (NOTE: Special Pricing on the R-Com Mini and OVA-Easy Professional Incubators!)
- Important Incubation Procedures to Follow
- Chronic Egg Laying
- From "Egg to Parrot" - Illustrations of how the chick develops inside the egg
- Candling Eggs to Verify Fertility and Development
- Incubation Times: Parrots / Birds
- Repairing Cracked Eggs
- Dead-in-Shell Diagnosis - Embryo Mortality (Death): Causes & Corrective Measures ... Signs of Deficiency in the Embryo Nutrient ... Find out if the embryo in a cold & neglected egg is dead or alive
- Saving eggs that were opened prematurely
- Basic Supplies / Items You Will Need to Successfully Rear Babies
- Brooders & Intensive Care Units ... Brooder Temperatures ... Step-by-Step Instructions to Build Your Own Brooder
- Non-Toxic Disinfectants / Disinfecting in the Bird Nursery
- Hand-feeding Protocol
- Hand-feeding Methods
- Hand-feeding Formulas / Weaning Foods & Feeding Syringes (includes recipes)
- Don't have time to be the only caretaker of chicks? "Co-parenting" is an option.
- Weaning Protocol
- Banding Chicks
- Early Socialization: A Biological Need and the Key to Companionability
- Weaning & Fledging Chicks ... Sprouting: Healthy Weaning Food (Methods & Instructions)
Chick / Handfeeding Problems
- Beak Deformities
- Burned Crop (from feeding food that is too hot)
- Chick Deformities
- Constricted Toe
- Crooked Toes
- Crop Emptying Problems - Slow & Sour Crop / Illustration of Crop Bra
- Gas-filled Crop (Candida)
- Hydration Therapy for Babies
- Punctured Crop or Esophagus
- Splay-legged Babies
- Setting a Broken Leg, Toes or Wings
Reproductive Dysfunctions / Breeding-related Challenges:
Provides Info on Breeding, Mutations, Genetics and Bird-specific Breeding Requirements / Procedures and Challenges, Mate Aggression; Unsuccessful Breeding (Infertility, dead-in-shells, etc.)
Breeding Loan Agreements ... Record Keeping ... Bird Identification ... Closed Aviary Concept ... Pharmaceutical Supplies
First Aid / Emergency Care ... Supportive Care ... Restraining your Bird. ... Toxicities / Poisoning ... Toy Safety ... Cage Safety ... Home Safety
Nutrition:
Bird Nutrition ... Dietary Requirements of Commonly Kept Psittacines and Converting Seed Junkies ... Toxic Foods (includes fruits, veggies & other items) ... Use Food to Heal and/or Prevent Disease
Toxicities - Toxins in Food & Environment
Toxic: Unsafe Foods ... Unsafe Plants ... Trees / Wood Not Safe for Perches ... Toxic Household Products ... Toxic Carpeting ... Teflon Poisoning ... Dangerous Air Filtration Systems
Safe / Healthy: Safe Plants ... Trees with Safe Wood for Perches & Toys ... Safe Alternatives for Toxic Household Cleaners ... Safe Disinfectants ... Natural Pest Control ... Air Filtration Systems ... Environmentally safe, non-toxic products for you and your home
Traveling with / Shipping your Birds / Advertising Sources:
Pet-friendly Accommodations ... Useful Travel Information (Vet Finders, Boarding Kennels, Pet Sitters, Import/Export Regulations, Airline Polices & Regulations) ... Transportation / Pet-Shipping Services ... Free Advertising Sources
On-line Bird Magazines / Articles
How to Recapture a Bird ... World Wide Bird Patrol ... Grieving / Support Groups
