NutriBird Hand Mix Hand Rearing All In One Formula

Hand-rearing food for small seed- and insect-eating birds

• Scientifically approved composition with all the nutrients your baby-bird needs. Ensures an optimal growth to completely healthy young birds. Can be used for 100% hand-rearing as well as for supplementary feeding in the nest.
• With gut flora stabilizers, prebiotics, digestive enzymes and organic acids to promote digestion.
• Starting food for birds that are difficult to breed or found in nature. Supplement food for weaker birds.
• Recommended by veterinarians and used worldwide by ornithological parks and top breeders.

OPTI DIGEST - The enzymes, organic acids and probiotics support an optimal development of the crop for better digestion of the food.

OPTI FEATHER - Contains all the nutrients necessary for the development of a beautiful plumage.

OPTI GROWTH - A well-balanced food that contributes to the development of healthy young birds thanks to the right amount of vitamins, minerals and amino acids.

Composition

Bakery products, vegetable protein extracts, oils and fats, derivatives of vegetable origin, minerals, various sugars, yeasts, organic acids, psyllium, mannan-oligosaccharides, lecithin

Analytical constituents

Protein 21%, Fat content 9%, Crude fibre 1.5%, Crude ash 8.5%, Lysine 1.25%, Methionine 0.54%, Threonine 0.70%, Tryptophan 0.24%, Calcium 1.15%, Phosphorus 0.60%, Sodium 0.40%, Magnesium 0.14%

Additives/kg Nutritional additives

Vitamin A 7200 IU, 3a160a β-carotene 4.35 mg, Vitamin D3 1500 IU, Vitamin E 85 mg, Vitamin K3 3 mg, Vitamin B1 7.50 mg, Vitamin B2 16 mg, Calcium D-pantothenate 20 mg, Vitamin B6 6 mg, Vitamin B12 0.03 mg, Vitamin C 60 mg, Niacin 80 mg, Folic acid 1.50 mg, Biotin 0.28 mg, Choline chloride 790 mg, 3b202 (iodine) 2 mg, E4 (copper) 10 mg, 3b503 (manganese) 100 mg, 3b605 (zinc) 95 mg, E8 (selenium) 0.20 mg

Technological Additives

Bacillus subtilis C-3102 (DSM 15544) 22.108 CFU | Endo-1,4-β-xylanase (EC 3.2.1.8) 3000 EPU

Directions for use

Mix the powder with lukewarm water and mix thoroughly, until the powder is dissolved for feeding tube or syringe.

Administer a portion of ± 10% of the body weight per feeding session.

Tips

Can be used for both 100% hand-rearing and supplementary feeding in the nest.

Whether you are a parrot lover, breed parakeets, want a tame house bird or regularly show your birds at exhibitions, you may have to feed young birds by hand at some point. When is hand feeding birds the best option?

The simplest way is by letting the parents feed their young. But sometimes this doesn’t work. Then you can default to foster parents, but it’s not always easy to find them. Otherwise you can feed the little ones by hand, with the right nutrition. When is hand rearing birds recommended?

• With poor breeding pairs. Some parent couples have not bred their young well or don’t breed successfully in previous clutches. In this case, hand feeding is the solution for the next clutches.
• When it comes to precious birds. You don't want to take any risks during brooding or rearing. You prefer to take matters into your own hands. Literally in this case - by hand feeding the young birds.
• When you want one parent couple to have several broods. Often the first clutch is artificially hatched, so that the couple can have multiple clutches in one breeding season. In nature, too, birds will start a new clutch when the former have flown the nest early.

• If a nest has too many chicks. Some bird species, such as cockatoos, have a natural tendency to breed only one or two chicks, to the detriment of the weakest in the nest. By hand feeding some of the chicks, you can keep more of them alive.
• With a large age difference within the nest. Older chicks can indeed bully their smaller nest mates. In this case, as in the previously mentioned case, you can feed the smallest or the biggest chicks by hand.
• When you want to tame birds, hand feeding is necessary. For your own convenience, pluck the young birds out of the nest after two to four weeks, depending on the bird species. Then the most difficult period for hand rearing is over, and the young still have enough time to get used to people and to eat out of their hands.