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Tables of Contents for Hand-Feeding and Raising Baby Birds
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
vi
From Egg to Hatchling, an Introduction
1
22
The Ancestors
1
1
The Eggshell
2
4
Eggshell Repair
6
2
Number of Eggs
8
1
Nests
9
3
Brooding Behavior
12
3
Hatchlings
15
3
Inside the Eggshell
18
5
Natural Incubation
23
15
Making the Most of Your Hobby
23
2
Selecting and Managing Breeding Stock
25
1
When to Breed
26
1
Pairing Off
26
2
Nest Building
28
3
Inspecting Nests
31
2
Candling
33
1
After Hatching
34
1
Almost Grown
35
1
Closing the Breeding Season
36
2
The Nursery
38
21
Introduction
38
1
Setting up and Equipping the Nursery
39
5
Sanitation
44
8
Banding Chicks
52
3
Record Keeping
55
4
Incubation
59
29
What You Need to Know About Incubation
59
1
Brooding Birds
60
5
Artificial Incubation: History
65
2
Brooding in the Incubator
67
2
Temperature Regulation
69
8
Brooding with the Motorized Incubator
77
4
Temperature and Aviculture: an Overview
81
1
Humidity and Aviculture: an Overview
82
1
Lighting
82
1
Substrate (Bedding)
83
1
Types of Brooder Containers
83
2
Chicks and Their Care and Management
85
3
Proper Avian Nutrition
88
8
Introduction
88
1
Food Quality
89
7
Feeding Tools and How to Use Them
96
6
Introduction
96
1
Pipettes
96
1
Tube-feeding (Catheter or Tube)
97
2
Bulb Syringes
99
1
Piston Syringes
99
1
Spoon-feeding
100
1
Gavage Needles
101
1
Feeding and Weaning Chicks
102
16
Introduction
102
1
Feeding Day-old Baby Birds
103
2
Feeding Older Chicks
105
3
Methods of Feeding Chicks
108
3
Growth Rates
111
2
Weaning
113
5
Hand-feeding Step-by-Step (Practical Notes)
118
12
Introduction
118
1
Temperament Differences
119
1
Hand-feeding Amazon Parrots
120
2
Hand-feeding Blue and Gold Macaws
122
2
Hand-feeding Lories and Lorikeets
124
1
Hand-feeding Pionus Species
125
1
Hand-feeding Finches
126
2
Hand-feeding Mynahs
128
2
Health Problems
130
11
Introduction
130
1
Diseases, Symptoms, and Treatments
130
11
Glossary
141
3
Useful Literature and Addresses
144
3
Index
147