My Grey is laying eggs.
Should I remove the eggs,in the past shehas broken them and eaten them,now she is trying to hatch them.
Nest
My healthy pair mated and now the female spends most of her time in the nest while her mate feeds her. This was an obvious sign of eggs in the wooden box nest. However, I didn’t open and check the nest fearing that it may stress her causing her to abandon her eggs. It seems […]
I’m trying to breed my bird and I need help for my unique situation.
My cockatiel is reaching an older age and I want to breed her before she to old to do lay eggs. Despite my efforts to separate them, she has mated with her brother. They even had chicks a few times and despite my best efforts they ended up dying, due to their mutated anatomy as […]
Vitamin E-Max 10
Good morning I have a male and a female cockatiels. They mated and the female laid alot and alot of eggs but none of them hatched. Their pet store owner suggested a liquid bottle with Vitamin E-max 10 on it and he told me that it’s going to help in the hatching of eggs. Is […]
Parakeet Parents
I have several keets in a very large cage. One hen has laid eggs in the nest box in the cage. 2 males are enthusiastically feeding her. I witnessed one mount her. I want to remove the nest box/momma into another cage. I know her mate should be with her. Is it ok for me […]
Finches in nest
Hi I have 2 zebra finches and they just recently hatched baby finches . Every so often they stay out of the nest. It’s my very first time having baby finches , and I’m not sure what I should give them and how to care for them
cockatiel laying eggs
when should i remove the eggs its been 20 days
dead baby finch still in nest
Hi there , There is a dead baby finch in the nest still with 3 healthy babies. Can i remove the dead chick? What normally causes them to die like this, it looks like it was squashed.
Zebra finch babies
My zebra finch chicks are 14 days old and the parents are not sleeping with them tonight . They are in another basket next to their babies .? Will the babies be ok ? Or do they need their parents sleeping with them still ?
Mating Ritual
I have six year old Fischer’s lovebird who is a male and lives with his female mate. It was mating season and I already gave them a wooden nest. I noticed when he tries to mate, he bobs his head up and down aggressively and makes quiet clicking sounds. When he finishes mating, he stays […]
male cockatiel is aggressive
my lovable, friendly male has suddenly started biting me and attacking his mate, refusing to let her enter the cage basically he just launches himself at her , beak open ,squawking and at me top they bred last year, raised four healthy babies
Breeding parakeets
I have a male and female budgie, and am trying to breed them. The female is so back and forth with her moods, sometimes they’re kissing and he feeds her, and other times she is really mean to him. Two days ago I saw him trying to mount her, I don’t know if it was […]
Is Pumpkin Nesting?
Over the weekend, I’ve noticed that Pumpkin has sat down and tried to stick her body inside of an orange food bowl, which isn’t all that weird but I’ve also seen her acting more frantic than normal. She usually sits on the perch almost all day long, only getting up to eat, drink, and occasionally […]
My cockatiels are overfeeding their chick
My birds got 4 eggs. It was their first clutch ever. Beakie (the mother) is only one and a half years old and about 16 months. Only 2 eggs hatched but one died, I looked at the chick and shes only 4 days old but her chest is huge and you can see lots of […]
Budgie pair and first potential clutch
Our budgie pair have mated and so far the hen has laid 2 eggs. We aren’t prepared as we thought we had 2 girls (we adopted them from an elderly neighbor who got them when they very young and told us they were “sisters” though not biologically), but based on their behavior over the last […]
Chicks ++++
Hi again, I need more advice, lol ok, I have 4 chicks out, 2 are weaned and living in their own cage..The 4 th one came out on Friday and keeps going back in and out again..I have heard this happens..(chick I’ds 34 days old.. The last chick is 33 days today and has not […]
Chicks+++
Update,2 chicks are coming on 40 days this weekend. They are eating on their own, will be moving them to a cage of their own.. 3rd chick has been out for 4 days now, doing very well, 4th and 5th chick are popping their heads out everyday, they will be 30 days this weekend.. I […]
Nest
My male finch will not let the female sleep in the nest. She tries to get into the nest but he chases her around the cage, then flies back to the nest. Then it starts again. The daytime is good no chasing. They seem to get along only at night. She cries out until she […]
Why are my budgies not sitting on there eggs 24/7
Hi I have too parakeets and they had been laying eggs in the cage for for a while and I read that you have to by them A nesting area so I did and I’ve been realizing she laid four eggs and isn’t sitting on them all day every day she sits on them most […]
Male cockatiel being territorial after chick’s hatch.
They have been taking turns sitting and everything has been good, 2 eggs have hatched today and now he won’t let her back. In the nest box and is still sitting, what should I do?
Budgies
The dad of my pair flew away, will the mom and the eggs be okay even without the dad their. Note: she has 2 eggs layes at the moment
Zebra finch whimpering
From the past week or two, 1 of my zebra finches is just at times making these whimpering sounds, chattering its beak fast and silently. At this time, it also moves slowly and acts like its wierdly in a sort of slow motion. Past few days its been doing this more than usual. There are […]
Conure laying eggs
Hi my conure is in an aviary with 2 other conures. This is her first time laying eggs and has now laid her 7th egg starting April 2nd and her 7th one today April 19th. I have removed each egg and replaced them each time with a dummy egg. She is sitting on the bottom […]
Nesting isdue
My finches are sitting outer side of nest rather than inside of the nest. What should be the reasons ?
A problem in egg numbers
I am having an opaline budgie pair for 5 months and this is their first clutch. and they breeded and four days ago hen laid her first egg.I thought she would continue it but still now she didnot lay her second egg, and even though i am proving it with all nutritives daily. please help […]
Chicks++
Thank you for your support, first time doing this. 2 chicks are out now, the first one is eating seed, crushed pellets and banana.. put greens in the area, think most of it fell to the floor.. Parents are feeding all the chicks, yes its their first clutch.. I clean the nest every second day, […]
Quaker parrots
I have a pair of Quakers. First set of eggs she threw out. Has 2 eggs now and she is not sitting on them. Should I take them out and put them under a heat lamp
Chicks +
The fledged chick won’t stay on the floor to eat. The higher he can be the more content.. Parents are feeding him still . No aggression since the little pecking this morning.. There are 4 chicks still in the box. Last one has about 7 days left ..Second chick will be out by tomorrow, that’s […]
About laying eggs
My cocktail bird has layed her 1 st egg on 10th second egg on 11 th. But now its 14th she has not layed her 3rd egg yet How many eggs will she lay. Is it only 2 or is she going to lay further???
Chicks
.om and dad seem to be jumping on fledged chicks back and pushing home flat on the perch.. Mom Pecks a little, they will feed hom though.
Chicks
Hi, My first chick fledged today and the second is otw out as well soon. Do I return them to the nest or wait and seen if dad will feed them..I do have formula, but hoping a parent will continue. Thank you for answering my questions.
After breeding
Once the chicks are able to eat on their own, how soon can I return mom and dad budgie to the flock. Also, should I separate mom and dad, so they will not want to breed again.. They will not be provided with a nesting box, when they return. Thank you for answering my first […]
Four Month Old Budgie
We just lost one of our budgies which was only four months old. Our breeder said to put the baby in the same fly cage as our one year old. I noticed that the older bird kept harassing the baby at first whenever she went to eat or drink. After a couple of weeks they […]
My birds are mating but not laying eggs
We give them a lot of privacy they daily mate 5 to 6 times a day but the female and male both goes inside nest box but doesn’t lay an egg
Cockatiel eggs
Hi, so my birds were breeding and laid 4 eggs. I candled them and two of them are fertilized. They’ve laid eggs twice before but this is the first time it’s fertilized. The two fertilized ones were laid I think like 15-20 days ago? Today when I woke up (2 hours ago), I could hear […]
New Zebra finches
How soon should I put a nest into their cahge. They have been mating on the first day I brought them home yesyerday. I don’t want put a nest to soon for them. So when should I give one ?
Breeding
I have pair of African greys male and female they are about 4 years old can they start to breeding
egg laying in cockitails
HOW TO STOP MY BIRD FROM HAVING EGGS.Since march up until now she had 19 eggs. What can I do.
Lovebirds breeding
I have 6 lovebirds I keep 3 pot but one lovebird only going to 3 pots it’s why
My doves had two babies
My doves started a beautiful family. Three questions: 1) when i remove the babies; at an appropriate age, will the parents get depressed? 2) if the siblings are opposite genders will they mate together? 3) If I keep one will the father try to mate with it if it’s a female?
Budgies
My budgie (female) died today.She has 8 baby budgies who she was feeding.Can the male feed them now?i am seeing him enter in the nest but i dont know if he’s feeding them all
Love birds hiding in nest box
i got a pair of peach face love birds they used to be in a cage without nesting box . i got them for 3 days now in new cage with nesting box , and when i removed there cover this morning i saw they were sleeping inside they nesting box , also started hiding […]
Help needed
I have two pairs of zebra finches, I have introduced nesting boxes to their aviary and they seem to like sleeping in their food dish instead of using the nesting boxes, is their a way to encourage them to use their nesting boxes as I have notice them now laying eggs in their separate food […]
Introducing a young female conure
I have a green cheek conure who is 2 years old. I have a young female which is 16 weeks old in a smaller cage next to him. I have tried to introduce them and he is very aggressive to her straight away. Can you tell me how I can end up have them together […]
canary hutch lefted by hen after 3 days of last egg laid
Should I purchase an incubator for the eggs? I have read all articles, blogs etc. about canary breeding time. I am honestly very distraught.
Heat pad
So I have successfully bred my two Cockatiels, but the female doesn’t seem to sit on the 4 eggs she has laid. I don’t want to use an incubator for hatching them, and decided to use a damp towel/bowl and a heat pad. But I don’t know if that would completely work for hatching them.
Blue and gold Macaw
Hello Brenda. Yes they are over 7 years old, they have the right nest, a wooden one with wood sawings in the nest, they have laid eggs before and had little Macaws in a different nest, in a cage inside our house. This cage is out in the yard, and last year the eggs they […]
Single cockatiel laying eggs
My cockatiel has started laying eggs, and I have taken the approach to take away the egg when she has laid it so she won’t spend a good part of the day just sitting on the egg. She has so far laid 3 eggs, on an every other day basis. If I do this will […]
Blue and gold Macaw
Hi. We have a pair of Blue and Gold Macaws and the female is laying, actually dropping from the branch she sits on, her eggs on the cage floor. What can I do?
Baby zebra finches
There is hardly no nesting material in the nest with 3 new babies in them. I’m scared that the babies will get hurt due to the holes in the nest. What should I do?
Baby budgies
I have two budgies who have had 5 beautiful chicks, but before the babies were 6 weeks old dad once again mated with her. The first hatchling are now 8 weeks and now mum has laid more eggs and two babies have just hatched. How can I stop her having another lot to give her […]
Parakeets birds
I have 3 an the female has layed 9 eggs so i took out the males now she wont lay on them. Should i put 1 back or both
Male Cockatiel Playing with Eggs
Is it normal for a. Make cockatiel to be playing with the eggs his mate laid?
When to remove fake eggs
Hi there! We’ve had our pair of society finches for around 2 months now. I’ve been supplementing their food with crushed hardboiled eggs to help them regrow feathers on their wings and tails. Not sure why they were missing so many crucial feathers (molting, damage from being housed with other birds at the store, stress?), […]
About finches breeding
My finches laid 4eggs. Female incubated it. But no chicks even after 21 days. So the female left the nest and it started to lay eggs in another nest. Do the eggs hatch??
Newly hatched cockatiel chicks diet, nutrition and care
I have a male and female cockatiel. 3 eggs were laid almost 3 weeks ago. And one has hatched right now. The diet of the parent cockatiels are mainly millets and seeds. They don’t enjoy fruits or vegetables much. The male cockatiel is not friendly with us but took care of the eggs most than […]
Breeding doubt
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
Quakers
Should the cage be covered if she is laying eggs
Cockatiel breeding
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 […]
Zebra finches
Hi I got 4 large zebras just fledged but don’t fly they look like there wings messed up. The nest was full nearly to the top maybe they where kinda squashed and got damaged wings cos of it…tnx
