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Feeding/raising an abandoned black swan cygnet
By:Vicki Robertson <vickir58@hotmail.com>
Date: 29 January 2012

Hi...hope you can help with what we should feed a very young black swan cygnet...we think only a few weeks old. It is late summer in NZ. He is still covered in down with vestigial wings (not that I know if it is a he or a she!) Would chicken starter mash be OK or is there something else we could mix up? S/he has been given a mash made up of egg and cat biscuits till now, but I am not sure that is the right thing to feed her. Any help would be gratefully received. Thanks :)

Messages In This Thread

Feeding/raising an abandoned black swan cygnet -- Vicki Robertson -- 29 January 2012
Re: Feeding/raising an abandoned black swan cygnet -- The Regal Swan -- 29 January 2012
Re: Feeding/raising an abandoned black swan cygnet -- Vicki Robertson -- 30 January 2012
Re: Feeding/raising an abandoned black swan cygnet -- Vicki Tobertson -- 21 February 2012
Re: Feeding/raising an abandoned black swan cygnet -- The Regal Swan -- 23 February 2012
Re: Feeding/raising an abandoned black swan cygnet -- The Regal Swan -- 30 January 2012