The first foods that baby pigeons consume are pre crushed and semi digested by the enzymes present in the crop milk produced by their parents.
Baby pigeon food.
Both male and female adult pigeons produce use their crops to produce this milk which is then fed to chicks by regurgitation.
Pigeon chicks eat a nutritious substance called pigeon milk.
Baby pigeons can be fed on kaytee exact baby formula egg food natural flavoured complan available in the uk or chick crumbs that have been soaked in hot not boiling water for half an hour blended and passed through a sieve.
Fill the syringe with the formula.
Bird safe grit and crushed oyster shell just a little sprinkled on their food like a seasoning rather than an unlimited supply pigeons doves only need a little bit of grit veggies or greens 3 4 times per week.
If it s late and you don t have dry baby food you can use oatmeal.
Hold the baby over the egg cup and tilt both at an angle.
It will grow in no time.
Follow the instructions provided on the package in order to prepare the formula.
Pull it back every once and a while to check how full its crop is and to let it get some air.
Food should be offered at room temperature only never warmed or heated and also never refrigerated or chilled.
In an emergency they can be fed puppy biscuits that have been soaked until they are fluffy.
Feed the fledgling baby bird food.
Just grind it mix it with water and feed the bird every half hour from dawn to dusk.
All dry food should be softened before being offered to a baby bird.
Homemade baby pigeon food youtube i use equal parts of pigeon feed to dog food.
Cut or crush food appropriately to suit the bird s size.
Mix the baby bird formula with water.
Very small birds need very tiny bites.
Pigeon parents then regurgitate this milk depositing a kind of protein porridge with grains seeds worms and or larvae directly into the mouth of their young.
Use a more watery consistency if the baby pigeon is younger.
Allow the pigeon to dip its head into the cup and pull up food.
Keep bits of food small and in proportion to the bird s size.
Mix dry baby food with some water making sure it doesn t get soggy and feed the bird with a pointed syringe.
The best food for a fledgling pigeon is a commercial baby bird formula.
