The Early Stages of a Bird’s Life

There are numerous ways to help your adult and baby birds throughout nesting season.

	Egg Stage Offer calcium-added foods, such as WBU “Plus” Blends and Peanut Butter’n Jelly No-melt Suet Dough, to help promote stronger eggs and bones for mother birds and their babies. Use thick-walled nesting boxes (wood: at least ¾" thick; recycled plastic: at least ½" thick) to help protect birds and their eggs from extreme outside temperatures.
	Nestling Stage Continue to offer calcium-added foods to help supplement or replace the calcium females lose during egg production. Use a predator guard over the nesting box hole to help keep critters from disturbing your nesting birds. Most of our nesting boxes have built-in predator guards. If you pole-mount your nesting box, be sure to place a raccoon baffle just below the box to keep squirrels, raccoons, cats and other animals away.
	Fledgling Stage Protein is essential for body and feather growth, so offer high-protein foods, such as mealworms, peanuts, Jim's Birdacious® Bark Butter® and Nutty for Nuts™. Create brush piles that provide shelter for fledgling birds. Provide a reliable source of water so fledglings can stay hydrated and keep their young feathers in top-flight condition.