Quote Originally Posted by BorderColliez
What is the best age to start raising a bird??
If you mean for wild baby birds ....

The only time a baby bird should be raised is when the human has enough knowledge of hand -feeding birds, the bird should also NEED help and if you think it's very sick don't keep hand feeding it .. instead call a wild life centre to pick it up asap, I know the signs of a sick baby bird and a healthy baby bird .. I'll hand feed a healthy baby bird if it's in my knowledge but if it seems puffy and not wanting to eat I'll give it to the bird rescue group. A good birder should know the signs of a sick bird right away.

Not saying you would but if you ever see a baby bird on the ground with feathers please don't pick it up and take it home thinking it's cute, if it's going near the road or laying on the ground not being able to fly just pick it up & place it in a close by tree away from the road and leave it there for about 3 hours, wait and see if the parents come by and feed it (From far away). Also the parent birds will want to stay away from there baby fledgling as long as possible to avoid predetors from seeing them.

If no parents come by for about 3 hours or more and the baby keeps falling down then there's a need to take it in and feed it (with hand feeding bird knowledge) then you can call a wild life centre to pick it up OR you can keep the baby bird with you if you have the time and skills of freeing birds back into the wild.