Question category: Breeding

Female zebra finch

Hi I have a pair of zebra finches and she’s been sitting on bout 6 eggs but the male doesn’t feed her or take her any food is this normal?also neither of them are eating fruit or veggies

cockatiels breeding info

Hi im trying to breed cockatiels and i need to know what should I do to make it happen faster and make them more healthier

Female Finch Attacking Male

I have a pair of zebra finches. They have a clutch of eggs. About 1 week after laying the female sometimes gets really aggressive to the male. She chases him around making a screeching noise. Like she protecting the nest. This will go on for a few minutes, 1 or 2 times a day. The […]

hand rearing

I am looking to hand rear parrot birds. I am successfully hand rearing finches so I can gain experience but my goal is to do the same with more expensive birds so I can earn money while I am not well, which happens a lot! Is there anything I should know before I invest in […]

Breeding birds

I have two cockateils i am sure of their gender as the female lays eggs and the male does his thing unfortunately the birds arent i terested in mating the female would make the mating call and the male would just ignore. The male would sometimes try and have sexual inter course with a chair […]

Sitting on egg

My b&g lived most of her 26 years in a cramped cage eating sunflower seeds and no toys. With me a year now she is healthy and enjoys freedom. She had eggs before but were always removed. Now I let her brood and its 34 days and she wont give up. She tossed one but […]

Female cockatiel presented not properly for mating with male??

I have a pair of cocktail. Both are fully mature pair and before that time female also laid her eggs but all were remained infertile. In my case problem is that after two or three times mating cocktail female starting altogether a strange to mate her male pair and she come on the floor of […]

doesn’t take care of eggs anymore

I have one couple of lovebirds, the female laid eggs. but unfortunately, at night they broke one of the eggs and it rotted inside the cage. after this happened I cleaned the cage and the birds have showered. but, the birds stopped taking care of the remaining egg as if they don’t recognize it anymore. […]

Make cockatiel fighting

Hello, my cockatiels are on eggs for the past 5 days. The male is fighting with the hen for some reason. He doesn’t let her incubate during the day & comes out of the nesting box to fight with her. Why is he doing that?

Love bird match

I had two love birds. Peach face and Dutch face. They accidentally got out. After one night outside we were able to get the Dutch face back but not the peach face. For a possible mate for the dutch. Do you think an Indian ring neck would be a good match?

Cocktail breeding

I have male and female cocktail they give egg but not in the box they lay egg outside the box and they break them what should I do?

Big change in attitude

Hi I have a pair of cockatiels. The male sings constantly and is very happy and showy. He and the female have gotten closer and finally tried to mate for the first time yesterday and than again today. From that time the male hardly sings. He spends alot of time with his eyes closed even […]

Not babies

I have two cockatials, has had eggs for a couple of years, but never have babies. Male is 4 female is 3. I feel bad they have the eggs and nothing comes about it. Both lay on the eggs when they have a clutch, the male likes to most of the time. Why aren’t they […]

baby canaries

What do you recommend to feed newly hatched canaries? I do not intend to hand feed them. I want the parents to feed their young if at all possible.

Umbrella cockatoo

Lately my cockatoo has been sitting a plastic bottle, she will Sit on it all day if I let her, I take it away and she looks for it, should I be concerned about this. Like this morning we let her out of cage she went right for the bottle and put it on couch […]

My new babies

What to do? I was not intending to breed babies. My parakeets seemed to want a cozy dark space , so I got a coconut shell for them, no nesting material, and next thing I know she laid 4 eggs. 2 hatched this week. I am excited and nervous. Mom fiercely protects(sits on/screams at me […]

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fighting

Hi im concerned about my parakeets i have 3 1 male and the others r supposed to b male and female but im thinking both r females they do a lot of squawking and the solid white 1 (a female i believe) coontinues to bite and make loud squawking noises any time the other 2 […]

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Cockatiel Mating issue

My creamwhite cockatiel laying unfertile egg 3rd time. Male sitting on top of female for mate but not mate properly whats the issue.

Finch birds

What do I do about bird having eggs in food? They already had babies a few months ago, I don’t want anymore lol

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My Bird lays a lot of eggs

How can i help my girl she lays eags every couple of mounts and i dont know what im doing wrong i do cover her at night and her diet is seeds and raw peanuts and some bird treats some times she will get a piece of bananas but i do pet her on the […]

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Breeding

cHello Brenda, I had a Pair of Cockatiels since last 7 months. They are Old enough to breed more then One year older. They tried mating lots of time but they did’nt alable to make their Breed. many peoples asked me to change the male cockatiel and try breeding again. So I have changed my […]

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Budgie keep breaking her own eggs *urgent*

I have 4 budgies in which there is one pair so when they reached breeding age I provided them with a breeding box and fortunately they breeded and hen starts laying eggs but the problem is that she keeps breaking it and not even try to hatch them. After searching online I find out that […]

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Senegal babies

live on Martha’s Vineyard MAssachusetts and am having a really hard time trying to find a young SENEGAL parrot to ad to my family..i have all thre “”FIXINS” waiting and ready ..a nice large cage and in the summer i will spend plenty of time outside tethered to me and am looking forward to a […]

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can chicks bond to people

My umbrella Cockatoos just mated. I wish to allow them to raise their chicks on their own. Will the chicks be able to bond with us humans, as do their parents?

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Cockateil

My cockateils is laying eggs but after sometime female cockateils is not giving heat to their eggs not al time siiting in his pot during hatching.

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I need help

So my cockatiels are laying eggs but keep laying them outside the nesting box I need help asap

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Males or females?

I want to purchase more than one parakeet. Should I get 2 or 3 females, 2 or 3 males or maybe one of one sex and 2 of the other? If the latter choice, which sex should be the 2? I may also just get 2… one of each okay or better to have the […]

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mating

I have a Sun Canure and a Cockatiel together in several ocasions i have seen the Canure mating with the Cockatiel. Can these two different species lay eggs? Thank you

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Cockatiel Breeding Issue

Hello, I have got a pair of Cockatiles about 7 months ago. When I purchase at that time their age was nearly 1 year. and most of the time they stays inside the breeding box. The shopkeeper told me that they are breeding pairs. so to make it confirm I took them to Veterinary Doc. […]

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Parakeets

Can I have to Pairs in the same Cage to breed.

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Cockatiel breeding

In my case the female is too aggressive about mating then male and she keeps on forcing the male to go in the nest, whilst the female frequently visits the nest. She also did the mating call but my male cockatiel is hand tamed so he was confused i guess. Pls. Reply what do you […]

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Nest

Is it normal for a male cockatoo to build a nest?

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New female companion

My male cocktail is nearly 12 months old and already given birth to 3 kids through a female cocktail. They bonded well and looked after the family together. Suddenly the female cocktail died due to some disaster. Male cocktail is broken and depressed it doesn’t eat. I tried bring a female cocktail to patch with […]

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Quaker parrot eggs

My quaker has laid 3 eggs and has been sitting on them continously for the last 2 months. Her cage was never closed and she was very social previously, now she will not leave her cage. I am getting worried about her. She is eating and drinking normally.

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Mating

I have love birds who mate all the time but haven’t layed an egg what does that mean?

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Parakeet egg nesting

My parakeet laid two eggs ! We are at a loss at what to do now. How do we make a nest ? What materials should we put in the cage so they can make a nest, if that’s best.?

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Why is Fabulous suddenly so mean to Gorgeous?

My tiel Fabulous, who I previously thought was a male, is now sitting on a clutch of 4 eggs. Since laying her eggs she now chases my other tiel, Gorgeous, anytime Gorgeous steps onto the bottom of the cage. (Fabulous laid her eggs on the bottom of the cage). I have read that male and […]

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My bird isn’t sitting on her eggs

I have a female & male parakeet. The female has laid a total of 5-6 eggs… kind of all over the place. One in her food bowl. I’ve seen her sit on it a couple of times (I think) or maybe she was just eating. But they’re all over & I haven’t seen her sit […]

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Maybe two females?

I have two cockatiels which I had assumed were both males. Now one of them has laid three eggs so far. She won’t let the other cockatiel anywhere near the eggs. I have never seen them mating. Do I have two female cockatiels?

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Behavior

I have 5 peachface lovebirds in one cage. the unpaired bird has an unusual behavior. it rubs its rear end on the perch, does this mean this bird is a female? My 2 females are sitting on their eggs in separate boxes while the males are perched atop the boxes. why wouldn’t one of the […]

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Male Cockatiel Doesn’t Sit On Eggs

Hi, I have a pair of mated cockatiels and the female is sitting on 4 eggs now. This is their second clutch but the male never sits on the eggs. The female will get off to feed etc and he will keep an eye on the eggs but never actually sits the eggs. The first […]

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Peach faced Lovebirds

I have 3 babies (not sure how old) – from the same hatch. All 3 birds in same cage, separated from mother and father. 2 of the 3 babies seem to cuddle and connect w/each other and are pairing off; and the 3rd is on it’s own. Do we know if this means that the […]

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Breeding finches

Hi. I have question. My finches had laid eggs and recently they have fledged and are at their 18th day. The problem is, the male parent is picking their feathers and they have lost their tails. I assume that this is because the male wants to mate and build the nest, but is desperate for […]

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cockatiel abandoning thier chicks

hello i have a pair of lutino cockatiels they always look after thier eggs well and after hatching they dont feed thier chicks well and are showing less interest in thier own chicks. This happens always and i find it difficult to breed them.They last time fed thier chicks for about 4 days and the […]

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Cockatiel in food bowl

My atleast 4 year old cockatiel is sitting in his food bowl, and is happy as a clam. He doesnt make any sounds other than that beak ‘greaking’ sound. He will walk on it, and poop in it as well. Send sos

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normal eggs?

I have 2 parakeets male and female and she laid only 1 egg and she is not sitting on it is that normal for her

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Hi

My two Whiteface female and male cockatiel has been mating but no eggs they’ve been scratching each other’s head but they have been in the nesting box all day today haven’t ate or drink

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Two females one male

I have two female cockatiels and one male currently I I have one female separated and one female with him should I switch the females once in awhile for mating

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Aggressive bird

Hi. I have two lovebirds that are about 8months, one male and one female which where both raised together to be breeding pairs. However the female who’s bigger than the male constantly pecks at his feet whenever he tries to perch next to her or when he plays with the toys. She’s also very aggressive […]

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Hey

My female cocktail brid keeps going in and out of the box has not laid one egg

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Too many eggs

I have a 9yr old sun conure . She is in an egg cycle and has layed 20 eggs as of this morning . The last time she layed was 4-5 yrs ago , i have not changed her diet however I did change her cage bottom from newspaper to corn cob . She is […]

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Parakeets

I found out that the 2 parakeets I have are Male and female. What should I do if the female lays eggs?

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