my cockatiel bird laid 3 eggs from 20 nov and until now didnt hatch cockatiel was warming the eggs at day and at night but last days she is warming eggs only at day and stay out the nest at night , the eggs is not empty my question is, if the egg is warmed […]
My parakeet laid 6 eggs the first one was laid nov 7or 8th and still has not hatched. The other ones were laid a few days apart. She is sitting on them a lot and only leaves them enough to drink or eat so she spends most of her time on them. Why aren’t they […]
Hello, Few months back I adopted 3 young albino Budgies. The vet was certain that the two white ones were females and the light green a male. To my surprise the white Budgies are now a couple, I was surprised once l fund an egg at the bottom of the cage. My questions are: 1- […]
hello, is it possible for Budggies still mating during the process that the female is laying eggs.
Thank you for this page. There are 5 eggs ready to hatch. Omg what do I do? How do I keep them warm.
What will the mommy and daddy feed their babies or is it me to feed them? Thank you
Hello, I have a Goffin Cockatoo that I got from my mother around 2008, my brother purchased her around 85 as a retired breeder I found a broken egg in her food dish this morning. my brother is guessing she is 45 to 50 yrs old. She has a plain round leg band of an […]
Male finch starts mating song and when female starts vibration of her tail he stops and very hesitant to jump on her one time he jumped on her backwards, its been going on now several weeks and still same. Is he inexperienced or what it really upsets me.
My parakeet laid 6 eggs the first one was laid nov 7or 8th and still has not hatched. The other ones were laid a few days apart. She is sitting on them a lot and only leaves them enough to drink or eat so she spends most of her time on them. Why aren’t they […]
Hi Lafeber team, 1) When should I start to hand feeding a baby bird(like Lovebirds/Cockateils/budgies babies)? I mean at what age. 2) What happen, if I just started to hand feed a baby bird at age of, say like, 1 and 1/2 months, which has fully grown feathers, yet still fed by mother bird and […]
My single sun conure layer an egg. How to stop them as I saw you mentioned it’s dangerous for them.
Hello, Thank you in advance. I am really confused and need help please. I used to have a pair of Canaries. After the female died last year, I couldn’t buy another one till last month this year. However, I also got 2 pairs of finches and a female Canary. I kept all of them in […]
Hi, We have a 13yr old Senegal who just started laying eggs this year. So far, she has laid eggs in clutches of 2 or 3 and they are spaced out every other day or so. In this latest clutch, she laid an egg 6 days ago and has not laid another yet. She is […]
My female cocktail dropped the eggs while she was sitting on the stick. She already has 4 well grown babies. But this time,she is doing so. why?
My cockatiel is matting everyday but not laying eggs what should I do? It’s been a 1month
My budgies had eggs before but after they were 5 weeks old the mom started to bite them and I moved them to a different cage. Now they still trying to have more but every time she lays eggs she either eats them or she leaving them outside the nest !
I have an sun conure pair they are about 1.5 yrs of age they started mating like 4, 5 months ago but still haven’t started laying eggs. They are always free roaming around the house . They are tamed wings clipped birds . They are never in their cage i tried keeping a breeding box […]
My finches give eggs but babies not come out i check my finches eggs are not fertile how i get fertile eggs from them
My male cockatoo is acting like he is female inside his box scratching and acting like my female cockatoo i am not breeding them
I HAVE A 15YR OLD BLUE AND GOLD I PURCHASED 3 MONTHS AGO. HEN HAS LAID 2 EGGS BUT I DON’T SEE HER SITTING ON THEM. I HAVE TOUCHED THE EGGS SOMETIMES THEY ARE WARM AND SOMETIMES THEY ARE COLD
We have a large cage with a female cockatiel in and a younger Male budgie and recently my cockatiel has been laying eggs. We went to our pet shop and found that there is no way they are real eggs and they say we should remove then carefully, we have been doing that to the […]
Can I house two breeding pair of doves together or will the males fight?
I have pair of Fisher bird and budgie pair. Both are in separate cages and both have laid eggs and hatched 3-4 babies just few days before. Question is that I want to shift both pairs in other new cages during babies hatching period. As current cage is not in good condition anymore. So can […]
I have a cockatiel pair form more then 1 year. Recently they lay 4 eggs of their first breeding clutch. From last week they were sitting on eggs for hatching on rotation basis like male in day and female in night. But from today male cockatiel is coming out of nest box sudden again and […]
My cockatiel pair have laid eggs and now they are sitting on eggs in rotation. I want to shift them with their nesting box in a bigger cage as previously there cage size is small. So can i shift thier cage while egg hatching period?
My Zebra finches had a clutch of 5. They are all doing extremely well. However the nest is crowded and babies keep falling out. The oldest is 15days . If the oldest one or two come out I’m worried if they stay out on the bottom of cage they wont be fed . Will they?
I got 2 love birds from a lady that had already layed eggs after time they didn’t hatch. She said I must just take them out and then they will start again so far is 2 months is it to fast for them to lay eggs again the female did start to build nest last […]
My dove has 2 eggs in nest but the male won’t leave her alone should I separate then
If I have a male and female and I dont give them a nesting box, will it ensure they don’t breed? I was given a female instead of male, last minute by the bird shop and I dont want them to mate and have babies as I dont want to breed my birds.
We have had an African grey for about 4 months. Recently she has laid 4 eggs but does not show interest in sitting on the egg. Three of the eggs broke because she is dropping them from her upper perch were she sleeps. We put a towel on the bottom of the cage to catch […]
U have answered harshly for my previous question because I know that you want me to take good care of my lovely budgies.Thanks for that..I have successfully removed the nest box. Let me get into my question..Today my baby budgie fell down from a height of 2.5 feet to the floor.She behaved for a moment […]
Hi….You had suggested me to remove the nest box immediately…..But I could not do so as there were small young birds which were not knowing to fly..I had decided to remove the nest box when those small birds learn to fly.But the budgies mated and laid eggs before the maturity of last clutches of eggs..Now […]
Hi Lafeber team, 1 have a pair of adults cockateil. The pair have been laid eggs before and have hatched all the eggs to healthy and cute babies. But somehow, I found that the pair showing no interest in mating, recently. The cock never make any of mating call. But the pair are in good […]
Hello. I have a pair of young diamond doves. For more than a week, they both sit in the nest in turns or together but have not laid eggs. What is the reason ? Do I need to take any special action?
My English budgies who are over 2 years old, are not sitting on theirs 8 eggs during the night, but sit on them all day. This is their first time laying eggs. I saw them breeding many times. Now, I wonder if the eggs ( hoping they are fertile ) will still produce baby, since […]
My female cockatiel laid two eggs, first time, I believe they’re fertilized as my newer cockatiel has been mating with her. I really don’t have baby birds, but she’s sitting on the top of the cage incubating her eggs. She’s on a metal tray and she leaves them at night and only sits on them […]
I brought 1pair of cockatiel as 2months old I keeping them for 15months and they started to lay eggs it’s was their first clutch it laid only 3 eggs and female bird sat on the eggs for only 10days after that female bird is not sat for past 2days
Hello I have pair of mint GCC they were kind to each other and mating sometime , but now the male attacking the female , I dont know why they are in cage birds , and they had breed last year with no issues , should 8 separate them and how long ? Is they […]
I have a huge flight cage with six parakeets. Today we noticed a clutch of three eggs after finding one egg broken on the cage floor three days ago. The clutch of three eggs has been laid in a meet log. The bonded pair appear to be working together however they have the eggs in […]
We have an eclectus that ate too much chia seeds and the bottoms of the feathers turned black. He is turning green slowly, and acts normal. We have a couple disabled eclectus with spinal problems and just end up with arthritic problems or chewing on their foot, all kinds When is it ok to take […]
I have a male budgie about 14 months old. He has started regurgitating. Most of the time its only 3-5 seeds but occasionally its more forceful and he regurgitates and the seeds go everywhere. Its not every day. Is it just him maturing or is it a problem? He’s active, eats well, droppings normal.
hey i have a question i got a ringneck four months ago and he is very healthy but suddenly i dont know what is happening to him it is like he is pretending to vomit but nothing is coming out of its mouth what do i do should i be conserned about this i am […]
I have a pair of breeding cockatiels Their babies are three weeks old. However, the parents are breeding again. (Not good, I know). Should I pull the babies and start feeding them so they can begin sitting on the new eggs?
I have 2 mums (Mum & Daughter) in the same breeding box that have laid eggs and are looking after their chicks…. problem is the one chick that the daughter had is being pecked by either the mum or dad or possibly the other 2 chicks from the Mum…. I have a spare breeding box […]
I’m waiting for one last fledgling to come out of the nest before removing it. This morning, while cleaning the cage, my male bred with my female. Do I wait till the fledgling comes out and remove the nest? Do I just let her lay eggs on the floor? I want her to tend to […]
I have 2 cages with a mating pair of zebra finches in each. One cage has hatched babies and they are soon to be fledglings. The other cage has another pair nesting. They’ve both been in the nest for weeks. I assume there are eggs or possibly the male over built the nest. I removed […]
Hey! I have two budgies that are not breeding. I had them for 3 months now and everything is set up perfectly for them to breed. I give them a balanced diet with veggies but no eggs since they don’t seem to like it. I even took my other male out of the cage so […]
my cockatiel is trying to go into the nesting box be she is not going why
My cockatiel is not sitting on her eggs for the past 2 days and I’m worried. i checked on her eggs during this time n they are in good condition are not damaged. and i felt as if the pair wants to mate again. what should i do
I zibra Finch lay egg and egg alrady hatched and going to finish 1 month. Now when my bird will be ready to hatch next egg (Duration).
My budgies mated and the female started going in the box but did not lay egg
My budgie laid 6 eggs out of which 3 eggs are hatched and still 3 are to be hatched…This is not the matter. I am facing difficulty in cleaning the nest box. Because it is impossible to remove the young birds from nest box.. Are there any bad impacts if I dont clean them? If […]
Why is my Cockatiel (Male) nesting in the box with nesting prior ? He is overly protective and limits his exposure outside of the box.
its been 1 yr since i got 2 pair of cockatiels out of which 1 female has laid 2 eggs. what i want to ask is that is it ok of she has laid only 2 eggs and that she hardly comes out and why doesn’t she do anything when i go to check if […]
I have a budgie pair.female laid 5 eggs one week ago.one egg dropped by them and she’s not sit on eggs more times.she stay with male for sometime and go in.after 5 min. She again come outside. This is her 3rd time of eggs.but early clutches were also infertile eggs.what can i do? Plz help.
My finch laid eggs in their food dish and I recently purchased dummy eggs and switched her eggs with them Should I put something soft in with dummy eggs like torn up paper or something?, but now only the male is sitting on them and she has not seemed interested, it’s been about 5 hours […]
I didn’t not keep any pot in the cage but my budgie laid the egg yesterday night and I buy a pot and kept the egg inside and kept the pot inside the cage but my budgie is not sitting on the egg what to do please say
My Fischer love birds mate for 15 days and after that they start nesting and complete nesting I give it plenty of calcium and vitamin and they are confirm male and female and age is 1 year but they don’t lay eggs reason?
Hi I have three cockatiels (2 male and 1 female) One male (the father) and the female started having eggs and I got them a nesting box however the other male keeps trying to go inside the box or near the box and the male (the father) is very aggressive towards the other male. He […]
Hello! I have a pair of white face gray parents that just had three babies. Two are gray with white wing tips as usual but the other one is going to be all white with red eyes! Is it albino or just considered white face also? Thanks in advance!
