Hi, I'm from Australia and have two pairs of mute swans over here. They both have bred in the past and successfully reared their young. When they had the cygnets I covered the entire enclosure with netting as to protect the young from crows. When left previously with the parents with no no netting the crows took all the chicks within a few days. This season unfortunately I have had to take the netting down because the land owner does not like the aesthetics. I still want to breed the swans as they are quite rare over here. The only way I can think off to achieve this is to hand rear the chicks. I have tried to hand rear them years ago but they ended up with splayed tendons: I think they grew too fast and their legs could not support their body weight..?.. Would you guys have any information or people i could contacts on correct diet for the cygnets? Thanks Nicole
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