CAPTIVE BREEDING PART 4 / REARING

Rearing will show how to raise healthy, good quality chicks from hatching until they are ready for training. Topics include the first 72 hours after hatch, brooders temperature and humidity, dealing with unretracted yolk sacs, rearing junior chicks, DNA sexing, diets, problem chicks, identification and ringing, breeding records and pedigrees. Also explained how and when to foster chicks on to imprint parents, placing chicks with natural pairs, multiple broods and feeding regimes. Excellent for falconers, breeders, rehabilitators, vets and zoo managers. (Each DVD comes with an added free booklet with more information about each topic at no extra charge.)

4070 Rearing / CAPTIVE BREEDING PART 4, By Nick Fox & Faraway Films 83 minute DVD. $34.95