Two baby starling I'm raising

[hopesvids1]

Oh my gosh. i have starlings. i thought they were black birds though! lol >.<

[Silverbolt8]

Hurray! So many people are clueless and kill them. Ignorant people dont know how many bad insects they eat I guess.Babys ONLY eat bugs No Earthworms!Hi protein food is a must for babies,soft chicken based cat food Not parrot food like Exact!Adults eat insects/fruit/veg.not seeds.Theyre Softbills! They R super smart+can learn to talkand R related2Myna birds.Im glad there R smart folks like U that do the right thing when the poor birds need help.Thank U!BBlessings

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[driewe]

Starlings are some of my favorites..

[syp1002]

what do u feed it may i ask??

[kerryluvztodd]

@syp1002 When ours grew up, we fed it crushed up hard boiled egg with bread crumbs and insect mix mixed with a spoon of baby food. They also love mealworms, but only occasionally as a treat. you should be able to get the insect mix and the worms from your local pet store. We started off feeding our starling egg and cat biscuits crushed up together too, but I do think the insect mix is an important part of a healthy diet for them.

[kerryluvztodd]

@syp1002 oh and if you do feed them the farex cereal, remember to mix it with water and don't mix it with milk. :)

[lovedapizza1]

birds] O.O HOLY SHIT DUDE...alien...

[norseleague]

Starlings make good pets-they can handle cold and will imitate human speech!

[chwd6]

And would be better to relocate your grandmother out of earth

[mjwnjw72]

I hope you taught them to pick up food on their own before releasing them, if not they will not survive.

[Pridefulpain]

We have a horse barn FULL of Starlings right now. There are more dead chicks every day and the whole barn stinks of decomposing Starling chicks. I managed to "rescue" two who were probably within an hour or two from death, but plan to release them when the time comes. I'm hoping that since the only interaction they get with me is feeding, and since I'm making sure they learn their species' song, that they will release easily. If not it looks like I got myself a couple very cool pets

[Voinar010]

Are you sure, that birds are in good condition, that you didn't destroy them instincts?

Or you just leaved them "Oh, it's OK, they are wild, so I don't have to think about it"?

ASHAME!!!!!!!! :/

[Voinar010]

The birds aren't fucking toy!!!

I don't know how in your country, but in Poland destroing nests is forbidden, during birds have children.

Also forbidden is harming birds in any way.

You are making VERY bad job, because first of all, the birds are getting stress, them parents lost them children, and it wasn't neccesary to this.

It's just cruelty - stealing chiks from parents, and destroing them nest. :/

[Pridefulpain]

@Voinar010 You know in the US they are one of the biggest pests right? They are UNprotected here for a reason. They are NOT indigenous to the United States and are a threat to the birds who are. Most people will intentionally leave fallen Starling chicks simply because they are an unwanted species. These two are just lucky that the person who found them didn't kill them instantly.

[chwd6]

@Pridefulpain are u indigenous to US? And aren't you too the biggest pests for the rest of the world with fast food, GMO, warmongers, etc...

[Pridefulpain]

@chwd6 Point?

[chwd6]

@Pridefulpain Point is: reading a bunch of idiots talking about what is legal or not, or what are indigeneous species or not, threatening other species or not, etc., regarding natural life and non respecting make me think that mankind in developped countries has become a mass of totally conditioned social robots just able to speak nonsensical shit about nature but still persuaded that they know everything. Ludicrous! Too much TV, fast food and flag salute since childhood I guess LoL

[Pridefulpain]

@chwd6 What does any of that have to do with my response?

[StarChild840]

European Starlings are one of 3 species found in North America that are NOT protected by the Migratory Bird Act. Dear God people,do your homework before you go trying to call other people out for doing something "illegal". It is perfectly legal to keep a Starling under US Federal Law. Note that certain states may prohibit it, but as far as a US law goes, Starlings are not protected.

[starlinghunter]

@StarChild840 Starlings and Sparrows are not only UNprotected, they need to be eliminated so other cavity nesting birds can survive. I have had several nesting boxes raided and chicks killed by these two breeds....Chickadees, Blue Birds and Tree Swallows just to name a few.

[StarChild840]

@starlinghunter Then you should like this video. Here are two less Starlings roaming the streets. 

[chwd6]

@StarChild840 since when do you need law to respect the course of nature?

[BellaBrown2010]

@StarChild840 They are not endangered you idiot.

[StarChild840]

@BellaBrown2010 Learn to read, YOU IDIOT. I never said Starlings were endangered. Are you smoking crack?

[BellaBrown2010]

@StarChild840 your the IDIOT FATASS

[BellaBrown2010]

@StarChild840 And you are the smoking crack go and have a look at your self in the mirror you fat sh!T

[driewe]

@StarChild840 - Thanks for that information, we keep 4 starling houses in the backyard and I was thinking about raising some.

[mae1958]

So cute. Did they survive? I remember when mine looked like that about a year ago. Now they are grown up and talk all day long.

[hessy11]

no but better than death i spose they could be a good friend

[hessy11]

my prick of a cat just brung in two today ones ok i think the other may die as it samller than the other and has a punture wound but there both eating there moist cat kibble ile make the proper stuff tomoro

[carleeburns66]

i found it lieing on the ground

[carleeburns66]

i have one but its a baby

[peege001]

Handling and taking wild birds from their habitat is illegal in the US. The best thing would be to tell Grandma to deal with the noise. You'd think she would be used to the concept that birds live near people by now if she's a grandmother.. People are so arrogant. She has a house, but they can't have a simple nest outside her house?

[shurmeisha]

starlings are actually an exception, they are "European Starlings," a devastating invasive species

[101naturelover]

thats a very cute bird

[countingmx]

Starlings belong in their nests to live a happy starling life. They don't need Oprah. They don't need bars and curtains and newspapers and filth. They are glorious wild creatures, now kidnapped, shanghaied.

[lucybuffallo]

I rescued a european starling , we tried to release when it was old enough but it would fly back to me . All Birds Are Different :)

[freshkywoo]

If you raised the starling yourself it would fly back because it would be tame. Releasing it into the wild would endanger it because it would not be able to defend itself like a wild bird. Your raised starling will almost die in the wild.

[lucybuffallo]

No , We introduced them into flying when they were young . We Had An empty Room They Would fly around in . So They COULD Fly , Very Well ! :-)

[hollyspony]

you SHOULDNT TAKE them from there mum like that! you found them in a nest you should HAVE left them! its a tip *_* but they look very nice and SO cute! :D

[e7snype]

u shouldnt take birsds from their nest its like taking a baby from its mother

[ramsey7650]

if you found them in a nest y the hell did u take them??

[mae1958]

These little starlings in the video are adorable. How are they doing now? Do they talk?

[mae1958]

I tried to post a link to the Starling Message board but it isn't posting so youtube must be blocking it. Anyway, there is lots of essential starling care info there. Just do a google search for starling talk.

[kylahmae]

this is where i went when i found a baby starling. their was a group of starling nests in our chicken coup and one day something got them all but the one i found one. neways great sight and very helpfull

[Tasseru]

Part 4. I placed lots of flowers on his grave. I feel sad and useless for not being able to save this little baby starling. In hindsight I think somehow it's better to let Mother Nature take care of things. If I left him where I found him I would have never experienced the finality of his passing. I would have cling to a faint hope that against all odds; maybe just maybe somehow he made it. Rest In Peace little baby starling You are now with God.

[reefshadow]

Sorry this happened to you. Just so you know in the future, many songbirds (including starlings) require a very high protein diet to grow and thrive. The best food for a baby starling is a mash made from moistened dog food, a cooked egg yolk, and enough water to make it into a soft but not runny mash. Just soak it then blend it all up in the blender. I've used a straw with the end cut to make a shovel shape to feed all the pre-fledge birds I've rescued.

[Tasseru]

Part 3. This morning I woke up at 5 o'clock and the baby bird seemed OK. However his poop was similar to what I was feeding him hence something was wrong. I continued feeding him every 45 minutes and today at around 9:00 am he died. I feel so helpless and heartbroken. I buried him in my front yard garden under a crying cypress.

[Tasseru]

Part 1. Yesterday during a heat scorcher I found a little baby starling faintly crying on the searing asphalt. I think that poor thing was cooking under the unforgiving midday sun. I placed him under a tree close by and I hid behind some bushes hoping that mother would come to feed the creature. I waited for about half hour and nobody came. I couldn't leave him like that so I took the baby bird to my office; place him in a cardboard box lined with tissue paper and off I went to a pet store.

[Tasseru]

Part 2. I asked for some advice and I was told that given the fact that he's so small and it's obviously in a very bad shape the odds are against him. Nevertheless the lady staff suggested I feed him a baby bird food formula that's suited for both pet and wild birds. I took the baby starling home; fed him with a plastic syringe every 45 minutes. I made sure he was warm, clean and cozy.

[firstherp]

Hey I just found one of these baby birds trying crossing the road today. It's sibbling,im guessing by the feather color, was road-kill and I thought I take him before he was killed too. I would like to know if it eats live insects because he just wont eat.

[coldfreshwater]

Why would you ask youtube for advice when time is critical?You can go online & get the number of rehabilitators or even ask on google.Did it die?

[Flameswordsman86]

Good on ya, Huff. Not so much for taking the birds in the first place [I have a family of Starlins above my room in the attic. I know how they can be. But if it was neccesarry...] but if they've gone alright then you've done a damn good job. The little fella' I was raising was brilliant.

[itellatale]

The babies have to learn songs from their species, or they will not be able to mate in the wild.. they will live a solitary life even if they do well.

[Kasia5872]

If you took the babies out of the nest and they imprinted on you, then they won't survive in the wild because they see you as their parent and therefore they didn't have their starling parents teach them how to find food or learn to avoid predators, such as humans, cats, dogs or larger birds.

[MichelleKolbe]

this is a false statement..ive raised birds and so have friends of mine..and they do quite well when released and even return to eat out of your hand...nature teaches them how to survive...their mothers feed them just like humans do..what is the diff really...just my opinion...

[LisTheVideoMaker]

Why did you remove them from the nest? Do you realize they need to be free and breed?

[huffington99]

The location of the nest was creating a niose problem for my grandmother. I removed them around May 5, 2008. I then nursed them until the summer solstice and then I released them. Letting them free left me feeling good.

[LisTheVideoMaker]

You released them? Bless you:D

[MissPiscespets]

I can't help but feel like your Grandmother was being selfish.

[1ukjunglednbraver]

@huffington99 well at least you looked after them alot of people would have removed the nest a just stamped on them

[syp1002]

@huffington99 what do u feed them with? i just found a abandon baby starling today. and im feeding cooked egg yolk+cat kibble for now. but what does it eat when its ready to fly?

[kerryluvztodd]

@syp1002 hey, even though this question isnt directed at me, my family has a starling. Since its only a baby you will need to feed it a farex baby food mixture using a straw which has been cut off so you can easily feed it and help it swallow since it wont eat food on its own yet.