hello I’m a beginner in owning birds. now my cockatiels are less than 1 year old and the female laid 2 clutches of eggs both did not hatch maybe because they are not fertile i had 2 cockatiels a male and female but the male flew away from home and wasn’t mating with the female. […]
Hi My cannaries gave two eggs in 2 days.but she didn’t sit on it yet. Both male and female are in same cage in hidden place. They have their privacy. But what if she didn’t sit on eggs. Will eggs survive? She has her nest but giving on ground. What should I do?
hello my name is malak and I’m a 14 year old beginner in raising birds. so i own 2 cockatiels. a male and female. i have owned them for a few months but the dont like me much. the male just flew out of the cage today and didn’t come back. its highly that he […]
Hi, I have a male and female conure that are free flying, I have had them both for 7 yrs. And they have never mated before today. I caught them mating and not sure what to do next. Do I get a nest box and if so do they both have to be together in […]
Hi I was just wondering if I need to give the parents any other food other then the bird seeds they usually eat,like worms or fruit or vegetables I don’t really give them fruit because they never touch it should I still put fruit on the kappob stick in there cage and the water is […]
Baby budgie is 3 weeks old and dad is acting aggressive towards mom and baby. Out of 3 eggs only one hatch. Baby doesn’t seem ready to be on his own but dad is making it dangerous with his behavior. He fought the mom so terribly and she seems to be guarding the cage from […]
Hi , i have 2 cockatiel, they both arent tamed, but they eat from my hand normally, just scared a little, the male bonded with the female 4 to 5 months ago, but he always bite the female, and she sleeps a little too much. The male spends sometimes minuts in the nest, but the […]
I have 2 cockatiels. The male always bites the female, and enter the nest 5times a day for 10secs. The female never enters the nest. they are coupled like 3 month ago. Idk if the female isnt ready to lay eggs or she maybe dont feel comfortable with the male. Should i seperate them ??? […]
I bought 3 zebra finches from the pet store (It turned out I had a regular male and female, and a mutant black faced male.) After reading many of your answers I learned that I was given a lot of misinformation. I was told they always needed a nest and nesting material to feel safe […]
I have a pair of cockatiels, the male cockatiel is five years old and the female cockatiel is one year old. Four months ago (when the female was eight months old), they mated and laid four eggs, all of them were infertile . Again, four months later (when the female cockatiel was one year old), […]
I have a 12 yrs old Indian Ring Neck Female, She lays eggs but obviously they not fertile. I am searching a Male IRN for her. It is difficult to find the male of same age as female. So Can she pair with 4 yrs old Male? or it is too young for her? If […]
I’m peting my cockatiel for 1 year now and it’s a pair .both are half tamed. I never seen them mating but whenever I put a nesting box my female lay eggs and keep a good care of them and I checked the eggs they are not fertile… Its the 7th time it lay eggs […]
My finch is laying eggs every other day then she breaks why is this
Hey if my 8 week old rainbow lorrikeets are starting to drink water and eat the dry adult mix should I stop feeding them the hand rearing mix every 6 hours they have been eating grapes and apples but do I feed them dry feed only and put them in a cage with water and […]
My females spends lots of time in the nesting box with her 5 eggs. Egg laying is finish. Do I need to keep the male parakeet with the female untileggs hatch and babies get older?
My budgies are mated and almost 3yo The male budgie is used to cracking their eggs, and now they had a single egg and he kept trying to get into the nesting box but the female won’t let him. So i separate them after few days, but placed the two cages next to each other […]
Hi, My female parakeet had a her first clutch a couple weeks ago and none of them hatched. She naturally abandoned the eggs and they were disposed. The first two days after, she was very tired and slept a lot. On the 3rd day she started to attack me viciously. I usually give my her […]
My lovebird laid eggs then her mate died. She is in the nest most of the time, coming out only for eating. Should I get her another male? And what about the eggs?
So my male cockatiel and female cockatiel have been mating and have produced 8 eggs will they stop eventually or do I have to do something to force them to stop . They already broke 2 of the eggs and have six left but the male sits on the eggs in the afternoon and the […]
Hi, I have a 3 year old very tame male and a 2.5 year old female who is not tame although she will come and sit on my arm sometimes. They live in a huge cage with 2 male budgies and a female budgie and have their own room where they have free flight. All […]
I need help and fast! I have 2 cockatiels, disco and Zeus. Disco has never asked to mate with Zeus; my 9 month old cockatiel, before. Today she did. And they mated. Disco is a little over 2 now. Usually, she’s ask to mate with me and whenever Zeus would get close she’d bite him […]
Hi! This isn’t really a question so you don’t have to answer but I am just letting you know that I was only planning to keep one chick I think I forgot to mention that and luckily the male has settled down a lot and he and the female are taking turns again so I’m […]
If two of my grey African lovebird breed will i get grey chicks
Hello, i am trying to bond my cockatiels together so i can breed them in the future. My male cockatiel is 8 months and my female is a little over a year. I had read online to put them in a cage that doesnt belong to either of them that way they are less teritorial, […]
Will a pair of finches lay on eggs that arent theirs? I have a friend whose finches are laying and she doesn’t want more birds. We have a pair (society finches) that have been with us for 2 weeks and so far no eggs
Hi, I have 2 pet cockatiels, one male and one female and recently they have layed eggs and they have hatched into 3 baby cockatiels. My birds are 3 years old almost 4 and 2 of the babies are 2 weeks old one the other one is a week old. The parents are raising them […]
Should I remove the egg after my parrot lays it? I don’t want her to lay eggs
I have 3 day old babies and i have heard they get quite noisy durring feeding time how soon does this take? The nest is impossible to see into and i can only tell the babies are there by watching closely for the hen to come out and eat, dad then feeds babies while mom […]
Hi Can you please help me with this my budgie laid 7 eggs among them 1 egg hatched 2 days back and today the baby budgie died 😢 I have removed the dead baby and what should I do with other eggs?? Please help me to understand the process
the baby finches are 3 weeks old and two have come out of nest but went back the other 2 are still in there but I noticed they are starting to eat the inside lining around the entrance to the nest, what should I do
My parents layer 10 eggs Monday and isn’t really sitting on them in the day I’ve seen her sit on them in the nite but they feel cold?
How do these bird have intercourse?
After a bonding pair are separated into their own cage and have raised a clutch, must the pair be kept together or can I separate them back into their respective ( males only and females only) cages?
I have 3 budgie males in a cage, next to an identical cage with 3 females. The females are young so I will wait to breed them. When the time comes, the bird store owner said to let them all mix so they can pair off. Must I then separate the bonded pair for breeding?
Hi I have a pair that just paired up, the female is over 2 years old and the male is much older, they have been in and out the nest, the male is a lutino, and I he is a male as he does male behaviors, they laid eggs but they weren’t fertile, so I […]
I was left with 4 Conures. I know little about breeding behavior and was unaware that a nesting box is not necessary. At this point one of the Conures now has two eggs. I am doing daily research to educate myself on this topic but one question I’m having a difficult time finding an answer […]
Can my make tamed ringneck parrot can mate a female tamed ringneck parrot.
My zebra Finch had 2 babies, one of the baby today left the nest. I leave the cage door always open, the baby flew out of cage. What should I do for the weaning birds
Hi – female white bellied just started to lay eggs inside of a cardboard shoebox that they like to play in. The male bird was bringing her fruit which prompted me to look inside! there is some paper towels that I put in so she can shred as they eggs are just laying on the […]
Why the cocktails birds want hatch. And it’s getting spoil I gave vitamins but small birds want come what can I do
Hello! I have a black capped conure and a yellow sided conure. Until recently, I thought they were both males, but they have been mating and now it appears the black cap is about to lay an egg. I’ve tried doing some research on whether or not breeding these two kinds of conures will produce […]
Hello again Brenda, Can you give me tips on what to notice if rainbow is carrying eggs? Also thank you all your info. Rainbow is definitely enjoying her space and all the attention from Kiwi as he started to roam at bit flitting with the other females. Hopefully Angel & Dusty are not carrying eggs. […]
Hello Brenda, I moved Kiwi and Rainbow to another cage away from their friends Sky, Blu, Sunny, Violet, Nigel, & Snow, (All males) Angel, Dusty (females). The nesting box is moved into the cage with Rainbow & Kiwi. I did this at night before their 8 pm bedtime. I thought this would help with stress. […]
My parakeet Rainbow is super active in a new nesting box I set up. Her mate Kiwi is by her side often and my Sky & Sunny seem to be chaperones. As if they are keeping an eye on things when kiiwi is away from rainbow. There’s no fighting going on while the birds are […]
My budgies laid eggs two time November-december and February-march and it’s 5 April I saw a new egg in the cage when I didn’t even put the nesting box there.Is my female budgie going to die?
I have a pair of black cockatoos and have had them for over 20 years just wondering why the hen won’t sit on her eggs
My Zebra Finches(M and F) have laid eggs and 2 of them hatched, they are now feeding the hatchlings. Should I remove their nest after the babies leaves nest to stop further breeding or they wont breed again.
When is it to old for them to breed? Someone is selling a 14 year old breeding pair and I want them but want to make sure they are still good to breed.
Hello, I have two Parakeets a male and a female. We’ve had the male for six years now, before the current mate he has he had two but they died. However, none of them laid eggs before. The current female (aged 2 years) laid 3 eggs in her nesting box and I really have no […]
Recently my bird has layed eggs and when she nests she holds her poop and when she poops she diarrheas everywhere. Today she pooped outside of the cage and there was black in it should I be worried. Recently she’s just been eating seed
My Dad zebra finch passed away suddenly. Now I have Mom taking care of two babies all by herself. If both babies turn out to be female, can I keep them in the same cage with Mom as adults? Then later possibly introduce a new unrelated male so that everyone is partnered up? Thanks so […]
Can I keep the 5 baby budgies in the same cage with their parents and the other pair also living in the same cage. They are 4 weeks and one is 3 weeks mom is feeding them in their nesting box.
My female is about ten and half months and the male is 1 year last night i walked upon them breeding will it be okay for the female cause these two are the only birds i have
Hi! I’ve had a budgie pair for over a year now – they were both less than a year old when I got them. The female has exhibited several signs of “readiness” for breeding. Her cere has turned crusty dark brown over several months, gone back to white and then brown again. The male has […]
I had a female conure, adopted two males and all three became very close. The female mated with one of the males and all three started nesting behavior and the second male was acting like the protector of the flock. The female ended up with an egg stuck in her, and had sn operation to […]
I checked my eggs every day and night for the last 2 weeks- no veins when puts against a light bulb. (I’ve never had an issue before.) I thought it unlikely that my two birds had 14 unfertilized eggs, so I finally thought I should try a different light. I now have 12 fertilized eggs […]
Two of my parakeets mated now there is an egg they are not paying attention to how do I hatch it thank you
MY GOLD FINCH BABIES HACHN WITH A BLACK DOT ON THE GUT AND DIE WITHIN 4 DAYS
I read your article on infertile eggs and I have done everything you said in your article. I Love this bird so much and I am trying to do everything right for her. We have a male parrot in his own cage and they do not have contact I thought his last time is would […]
I have sun conures. Previously they had 2 clutches last year containing 3-4 eggs with atleast 6 months time gap between them. Both the times all the eggs were empty. I want to breed them. What is the issue that the eggs were empty? What do i do to get fertile eggs. They had their […]
