How to Keep a Common Blackbird? A Full Guide to the Correct Methods of Raising a Common Blackbird
The common blackbird is also known as bai she, fan she, Chinese black thrush, black thrush, and wu gu. It is an omnivorous bird that can be kept as a pet bird. So how do you keep it?
How do you keep a common blackbird?
1. Choosing the bird and the birdcage
Because wild birds are highly wild in nature, difficult to tame, and prone to dying, it is advisable to buy a captive-bred common blackbird at a flower-and-bird market. In addition, it is best to keep a common blackbird in a myna cage; a hwamei cage can also be used, or you can make a bamboo cage of similar size, with a bright bottom and a bar spacing of 1.8 cm.
2. Feeding
The common blackbird is an omnivorous bird. For feeding young birds, you can use the feed that chickens and ducks eat; soak it in water until soft, then cut animal-based feed such as small fish, small shrimp, and lean meat into meat paste and mix it thoroughly with the softened chicken-and-duck feed, then form it into small balls to feed the young birds. You can add a little more animal-based feed such as small fish and small shrimp when feeding young common blackbirds, because young birds grow and develop quickly and need large amounts of nutritious food such as calcium.
For adult common blackbirds, use egg-and-rice or egg-and-millet as the regular feed, and each day feed one food scoop (food cup) of soft food (minced meat + cooked egg + fruit puree + vegetable puree + insects), with the amount eaten within two hours as the standard.
3. Daily management
In summer, give a water bath once a day; in winter, try to raise the room temperature and ensure a water bath once a week. During the molting period, vitamin and trace element supplements must be added to the feed. The birdcage and food box used must be cleaned daily, and the water must also be changed daily to ensure hygiene.
In addition, when the weather is good, you can take the birdcage to a park or the countryside for a walk every early morning.