Wren’s are small fast birds that you can find in your own back garden, Their are over 10 million wren’s in the UK alone!. They have been localized to many towns (even maybe in your area) and are compact with quick reflexes and energy.
The Wren have a beautiful song that is loud and full it has a excellent speed and vibrant tones which can last for 5-6 seconds and can be heard a kilo-meter away!!!.
Did You Know?
When a Wren sings if you look closely then you can notice it shakes with effort because the high pitch and loud capacity.
Fun Facts
The Wren is usually seen on the ground running in forest and garden floors at day you can spot many Wren’s in popular woods and forests and the tree’s come alive with the common wren and other species of bird they rarely fly and when they do they hop into the air in quick short gliding bursts and only in straight flapping lines.
They eat insects and spiders searching in cracks of wood, brick, and mud/grass, they rarely take food from a bird table they eat mainly from the ground and if they do take from high bird tables it’s either winter or their very hungry.
Wrens are one of the smallest bird and measure nine to ten centimeters long (9-10cm) and weigh eight to thirteen grams (8-13g)
Birdie Baby’s
Young Wrens are born naked pink and blind when they hatch they just have enough strength to lift their heads and open their little beaks to eat food that the mother supplies them with usually 5-7 egg are laid and not all survive about two don’t make it through hatching and die but mainly most survive (Sometimes all sometimes none) The Baby Wrens make their mothers busy when they hatch and they barely eat to feed the growing Baby’s one chick eats up to five hundred to six hundred meals a day (500-600 meals!!!)
66 responses to The Common Wren
I am trying to keep a baby wren alive. The sibling has flown away and the mother bird has abandoned the other one. I’m not sure what to feed it. I fed it some raw egg earlier with an eyedroper – tomorrow I will try and dig up some worms and mash them up for it. Is there anything else I can do to keep it alive? It is very weak because of the mother not feeding it for a couple of days. I have kept it in the nest which is waist high, and have been handeling it with rubber gloves, just in case the mom comes back. Should I give it water. Thanks Nancy
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we found a baby wren and we have been feeding it bird formula we bought from the store. we found out that it doesn’t matter if you touch the baby bird cause if the momma bird comes back she will still take care of the baby, even though you have touched it. we found the baby bird last monday and he is doing great.
dont touch baby birds
dont touch baby birds because you will leave your sent behind on the bird and the nest.then the mom wont come back.
4 birds
i was outside and i looked in this bush. i saw 4 baby wrens. i kept checking on them.and today they all left there nest im sad because i have been watching them for 3 weeks.
not true
That is not a true statement, just an old wives tale.
birds can't smell
It is a fallacy that birds will smell your scent and abandon their babies. They have no sense of smell. Please help them and do not worrry! They will see you and may not come back for a while, but most oftent they do return to take care of their young.
handling baby birds
If you have to handle a baby bird it is untrue the parent will not come back to feed it, as long as the baby is put straight back as the call of the hungry baby overrides any scent left but do try to use gloves and do not handle them unless absolutely necessary.
Return fallen babies to the nest
I have picked up and placed fallen baby birds back into their nests and the mother has always returned to take care of them so it is not true that your scent will stop her from returning.
we to found 4 wrens we have been having sucess with can dog food and a pair of twizer.we add just enough water to keep it moist .good luck
naked baby Wren
I found a eyes closed baby Wren on the ground. I am glad that I look down when I did. It was cold and HUNGREY. I took it in and housed it in a round small bow on a wash clothes and started feeding it small worms as fast as it wood eat them. When it went to sleep I checked the internet for food to feed besides insects since there are many that I am not sure to feed.Suggestion was soft scrambled egg through out the day as well as insects,cook oat meal, and now I am feeding baby chick food medicated.He started out with one leg that did not function and now the other leg is loosing mobility. I haven the heart to let it die and it eats like crazy as well as chirps/sings all days. It has all it features now and works his wing when I exercise it about 4 time a day by holding it with thumb and finger to support it. It seems to enjoy this. Seens that will be its life until…….
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It sound like really young wren or a lazy one.
We found a baby starling which was uncooperative when being fed worms and had to be forced fed. We then purchased live maggots (from a fishing-bait shop) and feeding became easy, as soon as it realized it could eat them, it was pecking them off the ground. A fledgling wren will be a lot smaller than a young starling, but the maggot technique should work.
Normally birds gain there water from there food. But if your worried of dehydration you can dip the food your feeding it in water or rub a wet finger around its beak, if its really thirsty it will drink from your finger.
A Wrens natural diet is Beetles, spiders and anything that crawls in between thin rocks and lump of rotting wood. Use tweezers when feeding and it should ideally be fed every 30 minutes, if the maggot technique works feeding will become easier.
If you do have to force feed there’s a possibility you will bruise its beak, but this will heal.
PS: you may find force feeding cruel but a bruise on its beak is better than starvation!
By the way: if you have any pictures of the wren we are more than happy to post them here.
GOOD LUCK! ;0
Kyle Wal
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we found 3 baby wrens outside our backyard.
the nest fell over in gusting winds, andi grabbed all three babies and brought them inside.
i have them in a heated blanket and im only feeding them raw egg, i need advice on what to do next.
-Rebecca
I have been trying to care for 5 house wrens for almost 3 weeks. They were probably about 3 days old when I ‘rescued’ them. The little guys did great, they were eating and flying. I was taking them outside everyday. They werent trying to find insects on their own. Two of them died in the past 24 hours. I am trying to figure out what I did wrong. My advice to you is read everything you can find about caring for baby wrens. I’ve been feeding them a mixture of canned cat food, mashed up dry cat food moistened, oats, peanut butter, and mashed cooked egg yolks. They were always hungry and I may have overfed them. Maybe wrong kind of food. I may have made them too cold by trying to clean them because they kept dragging their tails in their poop. The research I’ve done repeatedly says how fragile they are and how quick they can get ill. They can get fluid in their lungs if the food is too moist, or if the food isn’t put far enough back in their throat. I wish you and the little birds the best. Please post on here how the little guys do. Need Wings
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I found a baby wren with all it’s feathers in the bottom of a trash can that was near the nest.
All the other wrens were gone. I put the baby wren back in the nest and waited all day to see if the mother would come back for it. The baby wren kept calling out and after it became dark and clear that the mother wasn’t coming back, I brought the baby bird inside and brought part of it’s nest in an attempt to make it feel at home. I have a parrot so I moistened some of it’s food and gave it a small amount in an eye dropper since I’m not sure how much or what to feed this little bird.
Can you please help me? I need your advice.
Thanks,
Linda
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feeding maggots
if you feed maggots to any very young bird make sure you kill the maggot first by running tweezers through it as live maggots will eat bird from inside
I AM HAD RAINSING 3 BABY WRENS. SMASHED UP DOG KIBBLE IN WARM SURGAR WATER, HARD BOILED EGG YOKE, AND BABY RICE CERAL,,,,,WORKS WONDERS. THE SHRIMP OF THE BROOD IS GROWING AND GIVING HIS SIBLINGS A RUN FOR THEIR MONEY. I HAVE ONLY HAD THEM FOR 4 DAYS AND THEY ALREADY KNOW WHEN THE CAGE DOOR MOVES ITS FEEDING TIME….AND YES YOU HAVE TO FEED EVERY 30 45 MINUTES DURING THE DAY LIGHT HOURS ONLY. THANK GOODNESS THEY SLEEP ALL NIGHT,.
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OK,
Just yesturday Jenna found a baby Wren and we are helping her stay alive but we don’t really like to pick up spiders and insects and we think that the baby bird is sick!!!!
EJL
We have 2 baby wrens in a birdhouse outside our back door. All was going well, but today, the babies have been screeching all day and no signs of the parents. Is this the parents way of teaching their babies it is time to go out on their own? They appear big enough to fly but have not done so. What should we do?
I found a small spotted egg on the ground today. I thing it may be a wren egg. It was in the sun and still warm. I have made it a little nest and have it under a lamp. If it is a wren, how long should I wate to see if it hatches?
A Wrens eggs can hatch in 4 – 5 Weeks but it dosent sound like a Wrens but more like a cuckoo.
Kyle Wal
found a baby wren. it fell out of the nest.. i do not know if it is hurt or just in shock.. also i do not know what to feed him beings i do not know how old he is… what should i do please help?!?!?!?
Wren hatching time
A wren egg hatches in about 14-16 days and the bird is ready to leave the nest in about 2 to 3 weeks after hatching.
Hi, just read all the above. I saw this chick hopping in the road, round with quite long legs, only guessing it’s a wren, but also bald around the back end? Anyway, not too sure what to do with it. HELP!! I have picked it off the road and put it in the hedgerow at the rear of my garden as don’t want to frighten it to death, but feel I should be doing something. Any ideas? Don’t want it to just die – poor little thing!
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I’m at my wits end! have 3 baby wrens still with downy fur rather than feathers, in a nest in some windchimes on the patio, parent been so active feeding them for 3 days constantly! but ive not seen parent since 8 last night, chicks almost falling out of nest and constantly calling, i’m so upset and not sure what to do..i work 8 til 3 each day so i cant always keep ann eye out as to what will happen..any advice! Many thanks Nat
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I have 5 baby wrens,only 2 to 5 days old. I went to a local pet store (that fish place in lancaster Pa ) and purchased Exact baby bird formula.Ihave been feeding them with a syringe for baby medicine.They are all doing great!you have to remove the droppings immediately.and also keep the food off their feathers.In 1 week i started to introduce the bugs.They were a little shy at first but they get the hang of it.I am going to band them to see if they return!!
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We had a Wren nest under our deck. One of the babies (much larger) left the nest and the parents followed abandoning the two smaller babies. I suspect the much larger baby was not a Wren but a parasite cowbird baby. The unsuspecting Wren parents do not know they have left their own babies to follow and care for this cowbird baby. Cowbirds are parasites and lay their eggs in other birds nests. After about 24 hours of no parent feeding we have started feeding the babies ourselves. The Wren babies are quite young and I think we will need some prayers if this is going to work.
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Hi, I found a very small brownish fledgling yesterday – I thought he might either be a sparrow or a wren. I have been feeding it meal worms cut in half (eeurgh) which it is eating every 30 or so mins. He has got a very upright tail, perhaps more likely to be a wren? unfortunately he has a leg injury where the leg goes out in a straight line behind him, dislocated hip perhaps?? if anyone has any good advice i look forward to hearing it. but thanks for the forum, very interesting and informative!!
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i went to the vet today to get something for my cat, and there was a lady there with a baby wren, probably just a couple of days out of the nest since its tail feathers are so short. i suggested she put it back where she found it, but she took it in last night, so it was too late to bring it back to the parents.
i took it from her because she didn’t want to keep it. Now i’m trying to hand feed it, but i’m not sure what to feed it. i’m trying cat food right now, mixed with a little water to get it in the dropper. i guess i’ll be taking a baby bird to class with me tomorrow!
if anyone has any suggestions, please please let me know. i work with birds in the wild, but i am not really sure what i’m doing with this one.
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hi i also have found a nest on the ground in which is i think 3 baby fairy wrens .im going to feed them soaked cat nuts .i will see how i go with it .thanks to everyone for all the info on here
My pretty little bengal kitten brought me a gift of a very quiet (but breathing) baby wren, I have no idea where she has brought it in from, no idea about the age it could have been from the nest or maybe old enough to have been hopping around on the floor. I felt distraught so last night…… and I can not believe I did this, i cut up a slug and fed it using tweasers (now I feel guilty about the slug)… I made a nest in a china bowl using cotton wool pads and a few soft leaves (to make it feel like home).
this morning (at 5.00) I have a chirpy little thing that is hopping and looking much more confident. So the dilema is, is it ok, should I let it go and keep the cat in for a day or two, to give it a fighting chance, or should I try and feed it for a few days?
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have a brood of young wrens in a man-made spruce nest in my garden,,,noticed that the adults had seemed to have disappeared altogether and the young were making a right racket and were almost falling out the nest,,,i think they must only be a week old max….but who am i to say? so waited for signs of adult visits,,,none happened,,,took decision to start feeding them chopped worms,,,thought i would give them a fighting chance,,hoping the adults may return otherwise may get some maggots tommorrow and keep feeding them…seems to be working so far….play it by ear i guess?? any advice.. my expectations of them surviving are realistically low but worth a try, i think….
The Common Wren
my comment to Campbell is to keep feeding them in till they start trying to fly off your doing the right thing feeding them small pieces of food don’t forget to occasionally dunk the worms in water so the wrens get liquids.
if it is a week old it should be a fluffy white or brown color with a small beak if it cant open its eyes its younger than a week.
use twisers so they don’t get use to humans there’s nothing worse than a bird not being afraid from a human being.
Kyle Law
Hope i could help.
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Ive been taking care of several wrens for about a week. Our local nature center told me to feed the birds dry cat food that has been soaked in water till soft. Works great and the birds love it. A good alternative till I can release them.
Good Work Regina they should released in 2 to 3 weeks time just keep doing what your doing Keep me posted.
Kyle
I found a Wren fledling in parking garage at work yesterday. His legs are straight in front and he sits on his hind end. It’s eating mashed finch food soaked in water very well from a syringe. Not sure if injured or just too young to stand on those long legs.
I found a juvenile wren in the middle of the road. It doesn’t fly or sing but it eats mealworms. I just don’t know how many to give it and I don’t know if that is a balanced diet. any ideas?
Hi Leila,
If it’s cold in your area (close to freezing in the UK) it looks like you’ve got a late batch of young wrens nearby.
I would guess the wrens been clipped by a car and is in shock, we found a young blackbird (more than old enough to survive alone) sitting in the middle of the road late evening (was dark).
Just missed running over it, we pulled in walked over to it and it didn’t move, picked it up, put it in the back of the car in a hat with no struggle at all.
At home we put it in a small cardboard box overnight with a little food/water and left it (it wasn’t eating). Following day when we went in the box it was much more alert and tried to escape (flew out the box). We kept it for a couple of days in a large wooden box with a mesh covering and gave it plenty of worms.
Took it to the local park (2 mins walk from where we found it) and released it. Since it had it’s own droppings on it’s tail from sitting in an enclosed space we could recognise the bird for a few days and it was happily foraging on the park at least a few days later.
As long as your wren isn’t injured (clipped by a car for example) I’d expect it to be far more alert now and be trying to avoid your contact.
If it is acting normally a few days of only eating meal worms won’t cause it any harm especially when you consider if it was foraging for food it’s highly unlikely to do as well as juicy meal worms everyday, so I’d say it will do really well on them (better than trying to find food in the wild).
With regards the number of meal worms to feed it, when it’s full it will stop eating. So if it will eat without the use of tweezers (which I assume it does) put a small feeding tub of mealworms in it’s cage/box and when empty refill it.
Since wrens will eat insects, spiders, larvae/caterpillars and seeds in the wild you could provide small seeds or even ground up cereals like Weetabix or Cornflakes. Worse case scenario is it won’t eat it
Although a late in the year fledgling is going to struggle to survive through a winter (unfortunate truth for all late fledglings) I’d aim to release it as close to where you found it as soon as you feel it’s recovered (few days if not injured and just in shock).
Obviously you don’t want to release the bird on a road, so like our young blackbird find the closest appropriate area for release like a local park.
Good luck
The Common Wren
love to see and even more so hear the wren. Used to have them in garden but nextdoors cats chased them and lots of others away… cats are now dead, through natural old age, I have to say!!!! Birds are slowly returning to my garden but only seen 1 wren. what could i do to encourage it to bring its friends?
Have regular woodpeckers, blackcaps, siskins, finches of all sorts, blue, coal, great and occasionaly longtail tits. Crows, woodpigon, house sparrows. and hedge sparrows, thrushes, robins, starlings by the dozen, and lots more. Also have buzzards and sparrow hawks flying over daily. Heron down the field from ours and duks. The list goes on. I am VERY lucky to live where I am. Still would like to encourage more wrens.
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I just found a baby wren in the bird bath this morning floating on its side. I got it out in time; the others had flown out this AM early .I think he was on his way, too, but fell in there. After he slowly came back to life I put him back by the nest and he is slowly recovering, had been shivering but seems better now that he has dried off. The nest is by the back door and I had been watching the activity, knowing they would leave any day now. I will try the dry cat food and meal worms as a short term solution; Thank goodness I found your website as I was at a loss as to what to do. Got some great suggestions from your contributors. Wish me luck. He is so helpless right now.
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At what temperature do you incubate wren eggs.
I found 3 small birds laying about 20 feet from one another and later discovered their nest laying beside my garage.I’m guessing the nest fell from the tree. The birds seem very young…some brown/black down feathers on head, pink bodies and the feathers on their wings and tail are still in this plastic looking sheath, and they can’t walk…just sort of flop around. I have been feeding them jarred baby food, meat only, since getting them 2 days ago. They seem healthy so far. I have to take them to work with me and feeding them so often is quite hard, but worth it if it saves their little lives. My boys are learning from this as well.( One of our dogs was a starving stray as well.) I’m not sure if their wrens though…I have pics of them if you would take a look for me.
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Can anyone tell me how fast a wren can fly? Mine was sure knocked silly for half a day after running into a window!
we found a baby wren and it’s hurt. what do we do? not sure how old the poor thing is but it’s brown w/ a spotted breast and sort of downy. we read the comment from kathy keener. should we try it? HELP US PLEASE !!!! we call it Peepers.
We just brought in a baby wren, about 5 days old. Does it have to be keep warm? It’s brother and sisters all died and his mom hasn’t come back.
I have a small bird and I think it may be a wren. It is young and I have been taking care of it for 4 days feeding it worms. No force feeding required, she is quite able to just pick the piece of worm off the end of a tooth pick. My concern is, she seems almost crippled. Her feed are a mangled mess under her body and she has no feathers directly under her belly. I do not have any experience or knowledge of birds at all. Can anyone help me out with any guideance?? She has started flapping her wings but having difficulty spreading her toes and grasping onto my finger. What do I do now??
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In one of our out buildings at work, we had a nest of Wren’s, same as last year, they have finally flown the nest today 4no little babies and I have been watching them with the mother this afternoon, 3no have disappeared but one still remains and mummy is coming back and feeding him, I got some lovely pictures and video of him calling for mummy, she did come back with a worm for him.
This is the second year in a row they have nested in our outbuilding, but this year we are moving offices and our premises is being demolished by the council for apratments. They will have to find a new home next year!
Very amazing site, not something you see everyday!
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hello there i have got a baby wren he is eatting very well ready break mashed up and pooing well but sometimes is kneck swels up like a big bilister and this i find worring i have try to find out how to care for him he has feathers on wings and back not many on belly but seems in good health can not fly just flutter and sing churp sort of but if any body can help me that would be great i have brought some meal worms but can not get them down what should i do how do i care for the little fellow manythanks x
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Hello, I really need help. I found a baby wren outside my back door a little while ago. My cat was around so I think she may have caught it. The wren looks fine, he’s breathing but not moving much. He has falpped his wings a few times but Im not sure if he’s injured or just in shock. What should I do?
Hi,
My friend has wrens nesting in her garden and a few times when she has come home from work there have been wrens flying around inside the house!!
Why would they come inside? And why so often? (it’s happened about 4 or 5 times now)
Anyone know?
I welcome all comments.
Thanks
i got a baby wren and at first i fed it with raw sprats broken down into small worm size pieces, now i’m adding a few small pieces of fruit and some water to its diet with some water.for now he is doing pretty much okay. hope this helps.
PS remember they need protein.
Hi – was wondering of anyone can help please? I think I have taken in a wren today that has been injured by a cat judging by the mangled feathers that were found close by. Looks like it has an injured wing and although it can walk ok, I’m really not sure what do to with it. It has water and various bits of food including some works and seems to be eating just fine but it can’t fly. At present I have it in a well ventilated box in a dark cupboard indoors. When I last checked up on it, it was sleeping and settled. Generally it appears to be in good health, very alert etc. Just not too sure what to do next. Any helpful suggestions welcomed please!!!
Thanks x
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I have what I believe is a winter wren fledgling. I live in Finland and every year there are many bird families who raise their young. This fledgling, however, was in front of our apartment complex (the forest and lake are in the back) and it could barely fly (about 1 meter). It was in an area where children play and there are occassional cats. I brought it inside as it was in the evening and I didn’t see the parents, although they may have been watching. Later I went outside and saw nothing but a few night swallows and some fieldfares. NOW I NEED HELP WITH A PROBLEM: The baby needs a source of protein. I have tried finely chopped chicken, egg yolks and whites (cooked and raw), and mushed up cooked peas. In fact, I have mushed up about everything in my fridge and the ONLY thing it likes is mushed up cooked carrots. This morning, I can get something from the pet store and I will call the university to see if there is a bird rehabilitator. As far as I know, here in Finland they only take rare birds. I had a down woodpecker for a day in recovery because it was being savaged by 2 magpies. It ate some raw ground beef, but it was a young adult. I also fed it water. After a good night’s sleep, I went deep into the forest – away from the magpies, and turned it loose. I saw it two days later and it was doing fine. It was recognizable because it had lost a few feathers, which gave it the appearance of an irregular bars on the wings and its tail was pretty ragged. Now, back to my baby. If I set it loose in the dense underbrush in back of the apartment complex, is there any chance the parents will hear it and come back? Once I turn it loose, I will not be able to find it again because the brush is dense. I can keep this bird for four days, but at the end of the week, I have a very long drive to attend a funeral and I will be gone for 2 days. Taking the baby bird with me is possible, but it makes a long trip more challenging. That said, I need to know at what point I can return this baby to the wild. I had planned to keep it a couple days until it could fly instead of hopping about flapping its wings. What do I do with it? It’s lovely and would make a good pet, but it is probably against the law to keep wild thing without a permit. I have a parakeet who preens the baby and tries to keep it company. The parakeet has not been aggressive in any way. I’m hoping the baby might start ground feeding as the parakeet wanders around my kitchen picking at its own seed dish plus helping itself to whatever vegetables are put out for my guinea pigs. ANY ADVICE ABOUT FEEDING AND RELEASE WOULD BE WELCOME AND MOST APPRECIATED. If yo want to see a photo of this baby, please let me know if you have a place on your website where I can post it.
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i am having a extention on my house and the buliders were taking the roof off and found a ren sitting on 8 eggs wih only 2 uncracked ones, the ren flew off and i cant put the nest back on my roof now.
ive put the eggs at the top of my snakes cage and courned it off so that she cant get them and they get heat, what temperature do you have to keep them at? and how long is it till they become inderpendant? PLEASE HELP ME!! thanks x
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Hi I have found two baby wren eggs in an abandoned nest outside my house I have them under a light trying to keep them warm I dont really know what to do so any help would be awsome.
HELP!!!
We found a baby wren who had fallen out of a birds nest! His left wing and leg our broken… so he cant walk nor fly. We have in a warm towel. We have given him water with a dropper and we tried feeding him bird seed… but he threw up! We need to feed him… what should we feed him and how should we help!!!!!! Plz reply???
A couple of wrens built a nest inside our stove fan vent (that leads directly to the outside. When you’re standing outside looking at the vent, there are three metal flaps that open somewhat, when the stove fan is turned on. I have no idea how they managed to build the nest inside, but they did.
What is the problem?
These freaking birds to not shut up.
Ever.
It is no longer cute or sweet – they are driving me crazy.
Is there anything I can do to make them be quiet? I’m not a cruel person – I have no intention of harming them or their babies – I just want to know if there are any solutions you can think of.
Today I climbed up on a ladder and opened the vents briefly, and saw the birds sitting on their nest, so I left them alone. I wanted to see if there were any babies but the birds looked pretty full grown to me. I felt bad for frightening them and will not disturb them again.
Meantime, seriously, is there anything I can do, here? Do you know how long all of this is going to take before their eggs hatch and these babies grow up and fly away?
Please respond via email at newsgirl58@entouch.net.
Thanks.
The Common Wren
Dear Mary,
After the wrens lay tier eggs they will quiet down significantly. I suggest patients. It will not be long. Good luck!
I and my friend were biking around when we saw a baby wren hopping around and we picked it up and so outside we made like a little house out of grass and sticks and we don’t know what to feed it thanks for helping
I have 4 baby wren 6 days old today and I am confident there is a runt as it is significantly smaller than the other 3. I notice mom (and dad at times) feeding occasionally trhoughout the day but not near as much as some websites say they do (400 x a day!!) The nest is literally 1 foot outside my tinted window in a flower pot so I can observe them all day long and see who was fed when the food is delivered. This little guy is not eating and is super lethargic with it’s head pointing towards the back and down of the nest. It’s almost apethetic and I am afraid it will die. I even bought mealworms and left them by the nest for mom to feed just in case the problem is that there is not enough food and the runt is not aggressive enough to get fed but that is not the problem. The mom will feed the others mealworms in addition to what she brings in her mouth that time for the lucky one that receives it but the runt just isn’t getting fed. My question is, would you recommend removing the runt to hand feed (tweezer feed)? I know the birds need each other for warmth so it’s best for it to be with it’s nestlings but the bird is just pathetic looking by day 6 and it saddens me because I feel like there is something I could do to give it a chance. So I would like some opinions about what to do for this little guy, if anything. Also, I am wondering if anyone knows how the mom knows who to feed when she comes with food. Is there some sort of rotation that she follows or is it simply the first mouth to fall under the food gets it? I can’t seem to find any pattern or method to this maddness. Also, momma bird has not been sleeping in the nest last two nights and is that the normal course now? They still are all bald and pink but I know they are 6 days because I watched them hatch. The last question I have is, when they are a bit older and not quite “fledging” yet, will they come and go from the nest a few times/days before leaving or do they just up and go one day? The nest is already super cramped and they have all tripled or more their size except baby runt….
Thanks for any suggestions at all!
The Common Wren
I am trying to feed my resc ued baby wren but it wont take any food from me.. any ideas?
There is an antibiotic for birds that is sold in pet stores that’s called Marvel. I use it on my parakeet and on baby squirrels that I raised. The littlest squirrel keep getting fluid in his lungs.
I have rescued a nestling wren
A wren had five babies in one of the holes of my topsy turvy tomato holder and I had been watching her feed the babies daily. Today I looked in the hole and there was only one baby nestling there. I assume it was the runt because I noticed all the fledgings with the parent in the heavily overgrown wooded area in my backyard. The parents had abandoned this runt which is unable to grasp anything and it’s feathers are not yet “out” like the others I saw. I watched the hole for 2 hours and the nestling was not being fed despite chirping loudly for mom to come back. I now have the nestling in a “wren” wicker nest filled with nest material that I have attached to the inside mesh of a small cat carrier with a heating pad directly under and in contact with the bottom of the nest. i went to the pet store and bought meal worms which i cut the heads off and cut up as well as small crickets which I am feeding approx every 30-45 minutes. Is there anything else I should be doing??? Do not know if it will survive, I hope so.
The Common Wren
BABY WREN NEST
We moved the wren nest because my dog kept jumping the border that we put around the nest. He has killed two of them. There is one left. My question is: Is it possible to move the nest and the wren parent find the baby to feed it?
baby wren
I have been feeding a baby wren( found on the road as a nestling)
now for 11 days.It has a little worm when I can find one,the rest of the time I mash dried meal worms (from the pet shop) moisten them with hot water and cool them then use apair of tweezers to feed it. Now I am training it to feed its self.
NB The meal worms have nasty foreward hooked legs on the head end
so need to be crushed and fed backwards.
My little bird is doing very well so far
If you are not sure take birds to an expert or leave alone.
The Common Wren
I just found a baby wren, about a week old still full of pin feathers, he hasn’t asked for good yet, but I put some moist dog food in his mouth and he ate it, is feeding him that ok? I’ve read if a few times and a few robins I raised survived just on that, so is this ok?
found wren in middle of road
I just found a wren in the middle of the road. Picked it up and brought it home.
injured birds need it warm to recover. What temperature do I keep my room? I dont want to overheat wren. Wren is in my old parakeets cage sitting on the pearch. I have cage covered to keep it dark so wren can rest. I put all kinds of birdseed plus bread on bottom of cage. Water is in water cup. I will try this blogs idea of cat food. I think it is full grown or a teen. Any other helfull ideas?
The Common Wren
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