What do starlings usually eat? How to be able to talk?

Starlings are black birds with white spots on their wings. it is more common in the south. Many people like to keep them at home as pet birds because they can imitate people to speak. They do not realize that it is also a very important beneficial bird for agriculture and forestry. What does the starling bird usually eat? How to be able to talk?

What do starlings usually eat?

Adult starlings feed on eggs and rice, and feed a soft food made of minced meat, fruit (cut into small pieces) and powder (with thrushes) every morning, which can be eaten within 2 hours. The diet of young birds can be made of powder and minced meat with water or mixed with plantains to make mud. Feed the pills 5 times a day, 8 times a day. When the bird can eat by itself, change it to soft food, and then add eggs and millet when the feathers are all grown.

Generally add 4-6 eggs per kilogram, and add an appropriate amount of ants, skin worms, shredded lean meat, tender vegetables, bananas and so on. Starlings have strong digestion and eat a lot of food.

Second, how do starlings distinguish between male and female?

The main results are as follows: 1. the female and male identification of young birds before singing is to look at the body. the big ones are males and the smaller ones are females. The second is to look at the shape of the head, the big and flat head is the male, and the small and round head is the female. Third, look at the shape of the beak, the beak is thick and the elder is the male, and the thin and short beak is the female. The fourth is to look at the skin color of the beak and legs. The beak of the male is jade white and the legs are fleshy red; the beak and legs of the female are gray. Combining the morphological characteristics of the above aspects, the male and female of the starlings can be identified.

2. Male and female identification of adult birds the male and female identification of starlings mainly listen to songs. The second is the difference of form. The song of the male is beautiful and passionate, while that of the female is low and not very pleasant. Adult birds have the same feather color as females, but in terms of shape, males have large and slightly flat heads, thicker and longer beaks, white jade, red or yellow legs, while females have small and round heads, thin and short beaks, gray, and gray or light yellow legs. From the outside of the cloaca, there is an obvious difference between the female and the male. The female cloaca is slightly flatter than the male, with a loose circle of small feathers around it. The male cloacal cavity is a small cylindrical protuberance with tufts of feathers at the top of the cloaca. Experienced bird breeders can determine the male and female of adults or young birds only from the flat state of the cloaca. Touch the cloaca by hand, if flat is female, if there is obvious protuberance, it is male.

Third, how to raise a starling bird in order to talk?

1. The best time to teach starlings to learn the language: about 3-4 months old, the chicks begin to change their feathers, and about half of them, they can begin to learn the language.

2. the equipment for training starlings: generally, you can use a tape recorder or a repeater to train, of course, it is better for people to train in person.

3. The time to train starlings: the time is in the morning or evening, training for 20-30 minutes every day for about 30-45 days. When the crested heads of starlings grow together, the smart starlings will begin to learn to speak.

1, training language: generally two words, three words, four words are relatively easy to learn, such as Hello, welcome, Kung Xi Fatai, have you eaten, what do you do, you go to work, goodbye, etc., it is easy to learn every sentence in a month or so. It is more difficult to learn more than five words. Be patient with training.