Avian Weaning Schedule {guideline only}

Macaws and Large Cockatoos:

Age                                     Room Temperature                      Feedings

4 thru 8 weeks                                   85º                                   4 Times daily

Note: Some birds can go to 3 feedings per day at 6 to 7 weeks.

8 thru 12 weeks                                 80º                                   3 Times daily

12 thru 16 weeks                               75º                                    2 Times daily

Note: Begin offering adult diet of Pellets and Vegetables.

16 thru 20 weeks                   Average Room Temp.               Gradually push bird to wean.

Note: Gradually decrease morning feedings when eating well on it’s own.

Most Macaws and large Cockatoos will wean in approximately 20 weeks.

If the bird is slow, offer small

Amounts of food in the evening until 24 weeks.

Amazons, African Grays, and Small Cockatoos:

Age                                     Room Temperature                         Feedings

4 thru 6 weeks                               85º                                       4 Times daily

6 thru 8 weeks                               80º                                       3 Times daily

8 thru 10 weeks                             75º                                       2 Times daily

Note: Begin offering adult diet of Pellets and Vegetables.

10 thru 12 weeks                    Average Room Temp.     Gradually push bird to wean.

Notes: Gradually decrease morning feedings when bird is eating well on it’s own.

You can eliminate hand feeding in most by 12 weeks,

But you can offer evening feedings until 16 weeks.

Conures:

Age                                   Room Temperature                            Feedings

4 thru 6 weeks                                  85º                                     3 Times daily

6 thru 8 weeks                               70º - 75º                                2 Times daily

Note: Begin offering an adult diet of Pellets and Vegetables.

8 thru 10 weeks                       Room Temperature         Gradually push bird to wean.

Notes: Gradually decrease morning feedings when bird is eating well on it’s own.

You can eliminate hand feeding in most by 10 weeks,

But you can offer evening feedings until 12 weeks.

Remember:

(1)      Feed approximately 10% of body weight per feeding. 

(2)      Food Temperature should always be between 101º-104ºF.

(3)      Monitor weights

Most birds reach maximum weight when body feathers are in and  flight/tail feathers are approximately 2/3 of full length. They can usually lose approximately 10% of their body weight as they prepare to wean and fly.

(4)       A bird that refuses to eat on its own when i t is at approximately weaning age is often sick, even if it seems outwardly normal.