Question category: Breeding

Budgies

How many days after will budgie eggs hatch?? My budgie laid eggs before 18-10 days….Still it is not hatching..Why??

Male cockatiel not mating with female

Hey, I recently purchased two cockatiels. I’m very sure that they are a pair. Female sits in food and water bowls, crouched and making faint noises. Male used to make a lot of noises and bang his head. But now when he wants to mate, she comes to him, but he only chews her foot. […]

Diamond Doves

In January of this year I had 2 diamond Doves. I now have 12. What can I do with all these birds? They keep laying eggs. I have taken them out and put in substitutes but it hasn’t stopped them. I don’t know what to do with all of these birds. I would like to […]

Breeding

my older Regent hen is in a mixed Avery . She has laid eggs but are all on the perch. would this be because she is being disturbed in her nest.she spends most of her day crowing to the male.

Budgies

Should we have to feed the baby budgie which is hatched 2 days ago?or else will its mother will feed it?

Cockatiel Companion

My mom has had her cockatiel for over 10 years. For safety reasons she has kept her in the cage. My mom feels she needs a companion because she keeps laying eggs by herself. She has always stayed in the cage but is always interacting with my mom. Should my mother get her a companion?

Female Budgie Agressive Towards Mate

Hi there, I’ve talked to you before, thank you for the amazing advice! I have a male budgie and a female who have had 6 babies (hatched and growing)! All of a sudden, we have seen the female get really aggressive towards the male, pouncing at him, and I’ve noticed her crest/front feathers rise. We […]

My Budgie’s gender

Hello, I have recently gotten a new budgie and well- the owners said its a cock but we have suspicions. I have read a lot of information online regarding how to identify a gender of a budgie but my family and I continue to have contradicting arguments. The age of my budgie is not precisely […]

Male cocaktiel does not know how to breed

Hi, I have a pair of cockatiels, male and female, both 2+ years old. I am trying to breed them, but the male just stands on her back and sits there. I don’t think they know how to breed. I already tried showing him videos of breeding cockatiels but he still does not get it.

My love bird

My love bird lay an egg but not in breeding box and she is laying on it

My Budgies won’t breed

Hi, I have two pares of budgies both more than a year but there Ceres have not turned blue and chocolate brown. They show all the signs that they might breed but don’t, we have all the things we need and they have a coconut they, we were going to make a box but we […]

How to teach my male Cockatiel to breed

Hi, my cockatiels have been trying to breed but my male doesn’t seem so know how. My female has already laid several clutches of infertile eggs on her cage floor, and I am worried for her health . I read somewhere that if a pair cockatiel keeps on laying infertile eggs, you could try giving […]

Why my Cockatiel Not laying eggs?

I had bought a male cockateil from one of my friends. Which is now aged 1.5 years. Later on i bought a Female for him which aged 10 months. I paired them and they started mating after 10/12 days. And It’s been a month they are regularly mating now and spends a lot of time […]

Can male and female African ringneck parrots be housed together?

Can Male and female african ringneck parrots be housed in the same cage? I have a male and female who are about 5 to 6 months old. And they get along when together outside their cages on their parrot stand. But I wanted to know if its okay to house them together in the same […]

Budgies

What happens if a female budgie lays a clutch of eggs more than 2 times in a year?Will it affect life of a budgie?Is it very much necessary to remove nest box?

Budgie eggs

What is the maximum number of eggs that a budgie can lay at once??(Please suggest me the at most number)

Cockatiel laying eggs

My cockatiel lays4 or 5 eggs every few months and they never hatch. I have a Male cockatiel with her and thought ive noticed them mating but when I candle the eggs I see no signs of baby chicks even after 4 weeks of them sitting on them. How do I soo mt female from […]

Budgies

How do I stop excessive regurgitation on toys? My budgie has recently developed a habit of regurgitating for his toys almost constantly. He will not interact with my other birds and when I remove the toys he simply regurgitates for the cage bars. tips on getting Budgies to eat vegetable chop. They will eat whole […]

Zebra finches

The male was always chasing and pecking the female.i thought it would be kinda courtship.my female then laid eggs before 3 days.but still the male is attacking whenever he sees her.what should I do?will I get those eggs hatched?I worried!!

My mother conure isn’t sitting on her eggs

I have 2 conures, the female has laid an egg in her box that we attached to the cage, it’s been 2 days since she laid and she hasn’t sit on it yet, I’m not sure if there are more eggs but I’m getting concerned, she is still rotating the egg usually and we havnt […]

Budgie eggs

My budgie laid its eggs for the first time..Will all eggs become unfertile as it is for the first time?

Pairing grey parrot

Hi, I had a breeder pair of african grey parrot. Unfortunately the male died and the female was alone for the past 6 months. Now i bought adult male grey parrot which is in a separate cage just next the cage in which female lives alone. Now how will I know that it’s a good […]

Budgie not sitting on eggs at night

I have two breeding pairs of budgies, Both have laid eggs. One has 10 the other has 7. They do not sit on the eggs at night only during the day. Do you think these eggs will be viable? They like to keep swapping nest boxes so I think they have laid eggs in both […]

Alexandrine

I have a hen alexandrine and have acquired 2 male Alexandrines . Can I put both males in the very large aviary with her or will there be competition for the hen ?

Breeding cockatiels

I have 4 cockatiel breeding pairs in a big avairy all sitting on eggs but notice today one male from breeding pairs having sex with another female from different breeding pair what’s going on there thx

About Diamond Dove

Hey there! I am Neerag from Nepal and I just had a question about the egg laying process of diamond dove.I got them from a pet store with 2 infertile eggs and I have kept them in a big cage with proper nesting. It’s been almost 2 weeks to 3 weeks they are not even […]

Cockatiel breeding

I have a pair of cockatiel and they are 11 months old I saw them mating for one month ago and until now the cockatiel female didn’t lay eggs what is the problem of what i am doing Note: 1- I am putting the cage at the window because they are afraid when they are […]

Age limit

I want to ask also bec. African lovebirds life span is 12-15 years what is the exact age that lovebirds cannot be breed anymore ? May i ask also what is the exact size of the nest box for albs2?

African lovebirds

My african lovebirds is already 2years old but until now she doesnt lay eggs what is the problem

Taking Care of Baby Budgies (pt 2)

Hi again, Our two budgies laid seven eggs, to hatch anytime soon. I read online that the parents will most likely keep mating over and over again, but if we don’t want that, can we separate them? Also, will the baby budgies mate with each other when mature? I read online that they might, but […]

How to Take Care of Budgie Eggs

Hello, We have two budgies who mated and layer seven eggs together. Tomorrow is going to be the 18th day since the first egg was laid. From researching online, the eggs generally hatch somewhere between 18-23 days if fertile, but I couldn’t find consistent results online. How long should we wait till we could deem […]

sun conure eggs

My bird has layed several eggs, looks like she’s pecked three, what do I need to do with the others to incubate them.

Finch aviary

Dear Brenda THANK YOU so much for your very detailed response. It is all making sense now. I have left the nests in the aviary thinking it was cosy and home for the birds but it has become more of a problem over the last few years with the babies dying. I felt mean taking […]

Biting

My African Grey is always gentle but today she’s biting me when I have her step up even though she does want to come out. Why is she doing this?

Male cockatiel matting problem.

Male cockatiel is thinking human hand as his mate, it doesn’t pair with the female. How to change his habbit? Both male and female are hand raised. I bought this male a week ago, when taking with him in my hand. It give the sign of matting and started to rub on my hand. Please […]

Providing nest box for cockatiels

Hiii…. I have placed a nest box in my cockatiel cage. But my cockatiels are very scared to go near it. I think I have placed it for more than 2-3 months.. Please help in fix this problem..

Fledgling Zebra finches not being fed by parent when they can fly.

Zebra Finch parebts stop feeding fledglings that are strong and can fly but they still need feeding and they are dying. Other Zebra finches are pulling their feathers out and sitting on them. How can I save them from this horrible death. I have tried to bring them in from the aviary and feed myself […]

Male cocktail does not mate

I have a pair of cocktail. Male does not mate in spite of mating sounds. It seems that it is going to mate but not. Female come close to it and made a position to b mated but i havent see it .plz guide

Eggs from conure

my green cheek has 12 eggs already only 3 in cage should I take all out

Finches confused about nest and eggs

I have a pair of zebra finches and I provide them a breeding pot and nesting material… They breed after a while..she lays 2 eggs.. Both male and female were sitting on the egg.. One of the baby died while hatching and the other one survived… The female has already laid more eggs before the […]

Cockatiels want to breed

My boy and girl cockatiel are always hormonal now. For months they shred the newspaper in their house or hide under it. I move their cage around, rotate their toys, cover them up early, and they do have a LOT of time out of their cage to play. They get so worked up ; what […]

Aggressive

I have a female cockatiel that has laid eggs. She has become aggressive to the male. I had to take him out of the cage. What should I do?? Try to put him back in the cage or keep them apart

my bird eggs

Hello sir, I am vasanth from chennai. I am having 4 budgies….. 6 months ago 2 baby birds were born … one died in that….. so now there is only 1… It is not matured and got mate with another budgie and now there is a egg…. That small baby budgie dont know to take […]

Newly Passed On Dominant Female

Hello, my name is Piper and I had a male and female zebra finch who had 3 beautiful babies, 2 males and one female. Just today my mama bird who has been with me for years passed on. I now have her male mate and their two sons and one daughter. I was concerned that […]

A chick has died

Hello again! I followed what you said and let the parents feed the chicks. 3 of then are pretty big and are about 12 days old. I had a baby chick hatch four days ago. I was worried that it wouldn’t be feed properly so I moved the bigger ones away from the nest and […]

My 7 budgies

My birds all fly in the house will thy have eggs

Why my male cocketile not mating?

My female cocketile wants to mate but my male doesn’t want to do it. Both are one and half years old and my female always shows intereste but male one is not interested. I put a nest box where female lay non fertilize eggs. Of course they didn’t mate. But they have a good bond. […]

Love birds

My birds are breeding but they are not laying any egg. I have not change their nest box not even change anything in case.

Do female zebra finches make noise?

PLEASE HELP! I bought a pair of zebra finches and I thought I heard both making noise (that squeaky toy noise) and I had remembered hearing somewhere that it’s the males only that make noise, does this mean i have 2 males, the female looks like a female (she has no cheek patches, barely any […]

Should I take my parakeets to the vet?

I have 3 parakeets in a small cage. Two male and one female. The female one, you see, l say it’s kinda crazy. It goes inside the place where l provide the food (seeds) and it’s tail started to fall off. I think she’s pregnant ’cause her belly looks really big. The males are fine. […]

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