Bird Type: Cockatiel

Is it normal for a. Make cockatiel to be playing with the eggs his mate laid?

My female cockatiel layed 3 eggs ,one hatched and other 2 dint and after the chick came out of the egg both of My birds are outside the breeding box why so

My male and female were breeding, he is biting the back of her neck and it was bleeding bad, she looks a bit beat up but she is still sitting on eggs. I had to take him out, she was trying to get away from him. Will she be able to still hatch and care […]

Hi my cockatail laid4 egg in firs cluth but 2 of them hatched and parent nibble them to dye, what should i do to save remaining 2 egg and how to know if they will hatch or not.

Thank you sooooo much, this site is really great!!!! This is the first time I get a really satisfying accurate knowledgeable information!! Thank you. So in following up on my previous question. So do I throw away the eggs 🙁 ? And how I rest them for 6 months? They are already mating again?!! Do […]

I have eno cocketiel pair for 2 years.now they both most of the time in box.but when they try to mat the female does not let the male to ride on it .if the make rides then she is not relaxed.she moves away.both play with each other all the day long.male cocketiel makes mating call […]

Hi, thank you for this very helpful page. This is my first time having cockatiel couple , I did the mistake of moving the eggs and they did abandon them. But she laid another 5 eggs. But I am so afraid to touch or move any. But the issue that they are incubating them for […]

Hi, so my cocktails just had 2 babies two weeks ago. I have grown cocktails I had them all in one very big cage my husband built outside for them, but as soon as we saw the 2 couple were mating we brought them inside the house in a separate cage so they can have […]

I have 2 cockateil birds and recently had 2 baby’s and I wanted to know why one baby is getting fed more then the other? The one not getting fed is starting to look week and won’t grow for the time been I’m looking for a way to feed it.

Cocktail Mating after 15 days.. Still it not lay egg.. What is the reason…?

Hi my cockatiels have 3 babies one is a week old the other is 5 days old and one just hatched today. I noticed parents aren’t really paying attention to it, they don’t seem to be feeding it like the other two. It’s hard to see but I don’t think they are feeding it. What […]

My white female cockatiel is 10 months old. I have bought her a partner. He is grey. He shows affection to her. But she is not responding. She is very close to me. What should I do?

Hi , My Female cockatiel is 7 months old. I didnt keep breeding box or pot. Last week on morning when I went to change water I saw one egg which was broken. On next day I bought breeding box and I attached to cage. Its been one week since I kept the breeding box. […]

I have bought a pairs, the male was making mating sound at starting after few weeks when female also got interested, now the male is ignoring her and harming her by biting in head and not even allowing to come near to him, provided every necessary items. Kindly help me through this

I have both male/female cockatiels. The male trys so hard to mate but female ignores him, or hurries away from him, even gets physically mean to him. 3 days ago I find 1 egg in breeding box. Male is always setting on it only coming out seconds to eat. Neveŕrrr seen female in box. If […]

My cockatiel pair of 2 years old have 2 successful clutch. After that ,I changed their breeding cage and they stoped entering their nestbox and stop laying . Please help!

Our cocktail parents killed one of their hatchlings. So we took out the remainder two hatchlings and an egg. We hear the baby chirping from inside the egg. Should we help it hatch?

My male cocktail is around 4-5 years and fully hand trained so we brought him a female cocktail who is probably around a year and a half and I think she wants to mate but the doesn’t. What should I do

I pulled eggs from cockatiels parents because they never take care of babies, so I decided to incubator them my problem is I don’t know what egg was laid first and they had sat on them for at least 5 Days so they are rolling now, but I hear a chirp, should I take it […]

We recently brought a pair of cocktail which had already laid eggs in the shop after we brought it home we checked the eggs after 15days they had laid 4 eggs but all the 4 eggs where infertile what was the cause?? What should we do to prevent this

My bonded pair of cockatiels are just at 12-14 months old. Our girl started laying eggs a few days ago and we have 2, but she’s looking heavy like another is coming. I’m scared that they are young. She is protective of the nest and cares for the eggs. I was going to wait til […]

A pair of Cockatiel always sits inside the breeding box but never layed an egg. What could be the reason? And what needs to be done?

Hi, my cockatiel pair laid 4 eggs . 2 hatched and baby’s came out.. 1 st baby is 4 days old and 2nd is 2 days old. Both parents ware very loving till now.. but suddenly both stopped paying attention to baby’s and more concerted about eggs.. what shall I do..? If these baby’s didn’t […]