Question category: Breeding

Incubating Sun Conure eggs

I am looking ahead in incubating my sun conure eggs as there are about to lay now I have an automatic incubator and wanna know what is the temperature and humidity required Need assistance before i start please help out

Budgie nesting box

My female has always been real sweet. I put a nesting box in her cage and now she is biting me really bad. Is this appropriate or should I be Worried

Why does my parakeet is not laying eggs

My female parakeet is around 3 to 4 years she mated with many males from age 1 to 4 but did not lay a single egg even 1 time like she don’t have any eggs of her own so is it possible in parakeets to not have kids like in some humans?

Breeding

Hi Brenda, I forgot to mention they are Galahs. They won’t eat fruit and vegetables they just throw them on the ground. However I did buy some liquid nutrients n minerals to put in their water. The bonding galahs are 5 years old this year and this is the first time they have made a […]

Breeding

My bonding pair are 5 years old now and this year have made a nest in the last 4-6 weeks but still no eggs have been payed

Albino male or female

Im not sure it’s gender! I feel it’s a her, but does an albino bird need to be with another albino bird, I have anothe blue parakeet with dark blue nose and they haven’t had babies ? And I’ve had them for a while!

baby died

my budgie bird played 5 eggs 3 of them hatched but one of the chicks is dead should I take the chick out ? or do I leave it in their with the rest of the chicks ?

lutino peach face

my female lutino laid an egg a week back also it’s likely that there is another egg to be laid as I see the swollen area. but she has not laid yet she is active and mating 3, to 4 times a day. is this all ok? Also, how can I know of illness or […]

Mating

I Have 2 female cockatiels and ons male and only the one lays eggs buts stop feeding then after a week and sometimes the babys are killed.Can the other female be jealous?

Wing clipping & egg binding

I read somewhere that the same muscles used for flight were involved in egg expulsion and this was one reason wings should not be clipped. Is there any truth to this relationship? I have also been looking for a good muscle diagram with the muscles labelled. Thank-you

Breeding season 🤦🏻‍♀️

I have 4 GCC. Mom, dad and their two babies from their first clutch in 2017. Every Sep/Oct they start nesting behavior. I’ve used dummy eggs in the past but I feel so bad seeing my girl, Opal, lay two clutches every year as she gets confused I think. My two bonded pair will mate […]

Males

can two male zebra finches lay eggs without a female

Is the hole my Budgie made a nest?

So, my budgie does have a brown cere which I know indicates that she is hormonal. She has been digging a hole in a pot of dirt we for some reason left in with them and I am concerned that she may be trying to build a nest there despite us also giving her a […]

Cockatiel chick is not eating on it’s own

I have a cockatiel chick who’s 10 weeks old and has full ability to eat on its own but doesn’t. It keeps begging for hours until it’s parents feed it. But it’s other two siblings have become independent since they were 8 weeks old, only this chick refuses to eat by itself. What do I […]

Removing unlatch lover bird egg

My love bird laid 4 eggs 6 week’s ago. Only 3 hatched should I remove the one that didn’t. I noticed their’s only 2 now. Could the female have eat one?

Cockatiels

Do you take male out when female lays egg. The male is taking eggs out of nest and broke one ? He is very nasty now and even is biting out which he has never done. We just bought them 4 months ago they are adults . That is pretty much all the information we […]

Male bird always at nest

I have a pair of finches and 1 nest fir them they are breeding but haven’t lay a egg also only the male finch sits in the nest and the female sits out side of the nest famale finch bird doesn’t get inside the nest

Cockatiel s

Laying eggs on the floor of the cage. There is a nesting box. What must I do with the eggs on the floor. Thx

My cockatiel eggs

My bird keep laying eggs ..non is hatchimg.. she keep mating though..do yu recomment to remove the nest box?

Female not letting male feed

Hi , so i have a male parakeet and a female parakeet and female laid three eggs. One of the egg hatched today and I saw that the male bird was trying to feed the female bird but she was attacking him insted. Also she is not letting the male feed her. She is coming […]

African Grey

My African grey is about 37years old ans she is blind in one eye. She has a 6year old male. She keeps on laying infertile eggs, although we give them a healthy diet and everything else. Is she too old? What do you think should we do?

Both my male and female cockatiels are in the nest

My cockatiels have been mating for a while and I’m expecting eggs but the last couple of days they have been staying in the nest and I was wondering if it’s possible time for the eggs? Side note : I have checked there are no eggs

Female African grey showing aggression to male

I have a breeding pair of African greys. Ever since I reintroduced the nest box, the female has started showing aggression to the male. Chasing him off perches and not letting him get too close. What should I do?

My 10 month old female cockatiel mating on my hands

I have only ever had experience with male parrots, but few months ago I bought a 2 month old female cockatiel for my male cockatiel. My male cockatiel would try to interact with her sexually but because she is too young, she doesn’t return the same energy leaving him sexually frustrated. However, my female cockatiel […]

Regarding cockteil

I have two cockteil male and female , they both are breeding and she laid a egg 2 days back . she didn’t enter the breeding box from beginning.she laid it on the floor and I took it an kept in the breeding box . Now I was asked not to open the cage anymore […]

love bird

my love bird hasen’t layed any eggs it has been 2 years?

breeding

Good morning My female conure laid an egg, in her outside cage that day. night came and brought them into their night cage in the house and also brought the egg and put it in their night box. Since I did that, they have ignored the egg completely. Don’t know what my next move should […]

Mating cockatiels

I recently introduced an 8 month old male to a grown adult female (age unknown) who’s already a mom. Surprisingly after only 3 days they’ve grown fond of each other and I’ve witnessed them mating. I dont have a nest box and I can’t imagine where she’d lay her eggs considering there’s only perches and […]

Cockatiels fighting

Hi. I have a 20 year old cockatiel whose cage mate died of cancer about 6 years ago. He was losing his mind when the other bird did not come back from the vet. Got another bird from a breeder (initially thought was female, is male), did the whole quarantine and introduction thing. Everything seemed […]

Budgies

I have 3 females and 3 males with 3 nesting boxes, I have notice, ( first time budgie owner ) and first breeding season for my budgies that I am finding the eggs on the ground have no idea what to do

cockatiel

i have 3 birds, two female sisters and one male that’s is not related. recently one of the sisters mates with the male. i moved the other female to a different cage due to him pulling out her feathers. my question concerns the female and her mate. they had eggs but none of them hatched. […]

budgie not sitting on eggs

My budgie has been sitting on her eggs for the past few days but I went out for a few hours like 2 and once I came back I saw that one of my other budgies was in her cage and after removing that budgie she hasn’t been wanting to sit on her eggs should […]

Baby Zebra Finches

Hi…. i adopted 2 zebra finches… they have 4 babies right now in the nest… i believe its been about 3 weeks now.. the babies all look healthy – when will they leave the nest? will they just fall out?? they seem pretty big and cramped in the nest i have, I will remove it […]

Why is my lovebird not laying eggs?

My lovebirds mate almost every day and it’s been a week or so, but she hasn’t layed a single egg yet, and I’ve done everything you said, I have given them plenty of privacy, and I never move their cage. Please help 🙏😭

Two budgie mothers fighting

My mother of 5 budgies went into the nest of a mother of 3 budgie. They fought with each other and I separated them before they would kill each other. When can I put them back together again?

Two pairs of finches

I have 2 male zebra finches and 2 female finches both of them have there own nests but both the male finches fight so the other male finch is always in its box only comes out when I am around the cage ..if any of the pair lay egg will the other pair kill there […]

Male zebra finch

I had 2 finches one was a male and one was a female my female finch excaped from its cage because the cage fell frome were i had it they already had a nest so i go a new bid and the female bird wont get inside the nest

Eggs not hatching

My pair of love birds laid eggs almost more than 3weeks ago but still not a single egg from the cluth have hatched. But still the mother bird is sitting on them should I throw the eggs

Male Cockatiel laying eggs

My male cockatiel was sitting on the eggs and then as soon as he left the eggs 3 more eggs appeared and he seemed to be pushing away the female cockatiel’s eggs away. Why is this?

Breeding

My love bird layed 3 eggs just want to now if they dont hatch what will happen will she still lay on them

Large clutch

Hi. My zebras hatched 5 babies. They are now almost 2 weeks old. Their nest is so small that they ate starting to fall out. Should I put them in a bigger nest? Thanks.

Egg laying time

My Green Cheek conure, layed a clutch of 4 eggs in April & they hatched in May. Towards June 10th we noticed her closing her eye or feeling weak & then she layed one new egg on June 13th to our surprise.(she was quite on a protein diet for the chicks) .Post which she seems […]

Cockatiel breeding

Hi! I’ve a question, so my cockatiels who are 3 years old and not related, finally bonded and started mating. Can I move to another house before they lay eggs?? Would they not get mad and decide to not lay any eggs and breed theme??

Newly Hatched Cockatiel

It’s my second batch of eggs and one hatched just recently, normally they sit on eggs but this time they are not even sitting on the eggs nor feeding, what should I do?

why is my two birdaying egg

umm it answerd my question partially as why did the female bird bread and again did the same thing with the other bird and they two are in the next and they two also lay eggs for the thought one of my lovebird is laying fertile eggs while the other on is laying unfertile egg […]

my lovebird layed 2 eggs a day

i have 3 lovebirds when i make wo of them alone they mated ok.but after 3 days i added the female with a another lovebird but now the female is mating with the other one and now they both layed egg an i have 4 eggs in 2days.why is this

Cockatiel laying eggs

Ihave a 1.5 female cockatiel and 1 year male. They are ok friends only i assume. Later my female layed eggs at the bottom of the cage today i add 4dummy eggs to the ones she layed . I don’t want her to lay more she is young . Since i added the other 4 […]

Helping pipped egg

This is my first time having baby birds. My budgie’s egg pipped about 3 days ago, and the day of, it opened up more so there’s a small hole in the surface. Since then, however, it hasn’t cracked the egg open anymore. I’ve been checking every little while to see progress and haven’t seen anymore. […]

Not producing

I have a pair of finches who were young when I got them, they did produce a clutch of eggs and 3 babies were born 1 was tormented by the male and died the other 2 grew bigger and I gave them away still doing well….now it seems that the female lays eggs but no […]

Male cockatiel 3 years old

I have a male cockatiel for 3 years now and he have absolutely changed his behavior in the past week in way that I am in panic mode at this point. He had a mate when he was 2 and half and they produced 6 beautiful, healthy babies. Because I didn’t want them breeding anymore […]

African grey

Can african grey if its the male 18 years old and the female 6 years old can breed together

Breeding

How many times in a year do cockatiel breed and how long should I wait before breeding again? When is the best time to breed?

Male Cockatiel

I have a 3 year old male cockatiel that was separated from a female after mating. They had 6 beautiful babies all of them very healthy. Recently he mate again with a different female. She laid 8 eggs (first time breeding) but both, male and female parents were absolutely careless with the eggs and the […]

4 cockatiels in one cage

Hello I have 4 cocktails, 2 males and 2 females. There is only one nest and they are laying eggs but throw them out of the nest. I have seen both males in the nest so im insure if the one throwing them out is the parents or the extra male. They are about a […]

Female love bird not sitting on the eggs from evening

My pair of love birds laid 2eggs. The second egg was laid after 3days from first egg. But I noticed a strange behavior. During the day the female bird continuously sit on the eggs but from evening till late night she don’t sits. I am not getting what to do?

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