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 Post subject: Re: Normal for a little feather underdevelopment?
PostPosted: Tue Oct 04, 2016 9:56 pm 
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tielfan wrote:
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I also find that parent raised birds grow faster.

Parent-raised babies get some of their parents' digestive juices with every meal. Handfed babies don't. It probably helps them digest the food more efficiently and/or the food is somewhat predigested before the babies get it. Either way it gives them the opportunity to get more out of the food.


I imagine they'd be getting the enzymes. Have you seen pigeon milk that they produce the first few days for their squabs!? Crazy


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 Post subject: Re: Normal for a little feather underdevelopment?
PostPosted: Wed Oct 05, 2016 7:08 am 
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I haven't seen pigeon milk but I've heard of it. It's fairly unique among birds and most species don't have something equivalent. I've seen spills of my cockatiels' home cooking and it's pretty amazing too. Like thick white paste.



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