August 19, 2022
Female aggressive
Hi. I have 3 birds 2 female and one male. They have 5 eggs and today i found the male beat up. It appears the 2 females are co parenting and kicked the male out. Have you seen this before?
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Answer:
Hi,
When you are breeding birds, you should never have more than one male and one female in the cage. Otherwise one of the birds is likely to be killed by the pair. It is unusual that the females tried to kill the male. You didn’t mention the species, but I can see this happening with lovebirds in particular. Female lovebirds are more aggressive than the males. The same goes for female parakeets when they are nesting. There is a good chance that the females bonded and none of the eggs are fertile. You are actually lucky they didn’t kill the male. You should not put him back in the cage or next time they will kill him. If the eggs do not hatch, take the nest box away and then you need to decide if you want to let the females stay together, or split them up and try to pair one with the male. But chances are, unless you find a new home for one of the hens, neither will accept the male as long as the other female is around, and either hen may end up attacking the male again. Whatever you decide, never have an odd number of birds together again, and never give a nest or nest box to a pair unless there are no other birds in the same cage. Unfortunately odd numbers generally do not turn out well with birds, and extra birds with a pair generally end up being attacked and often killed.
Thank you for asking Lafeber,
Brenda
