Starling Chick
Space
We have had a problem the last two days with chicks in the garden. We tried
to rescue two chicks as they wandered around the garden on Saturday. Mum
and dad were flying around frantically trying to look for and then feed the
chicks. Yesterday we came across another chick - it is either one of the
two or it is a third chick.
The starlings roost in our roof - and today I can't hear any activity. I
wonder if because they have lost all their chicks they have moved on
somewhere else.
Meanwhile, this chick is in a cat basket outside in the garden. We have
opened the top and it is moving around.
But after that.........what can we do?
bogmyrtle
"Space" <sp...@bt.internet.com> wrote in message
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Can you move it higher up out of harms way and also somewhere the mother
can find it ...My garden is full of them and I have an added bonus of a
visiting Rat so Im not feeding anything at the moment in the hope that
ratty will move on ....
Hirundo
"bogmyrtle" <bogm...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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I had a similar problem some years ago, when the starlings nested in the
roof. The fledged young fell down the cavity wall & were rescued from behind
the boiler(not lit at the time).
I ended up feeding them in a cardboard box in the garage, with cat food. I
left the garage door open during the day and eventually they left. Whether
they survived their first flight I know not, but at least they got a chance.
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