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?
Brenda, thanks for your reply. Very helpful! One more question. I took all four chicks out last night and rearranged the cage with toys and perches, covered them up early and quit giving them fresh food as you suggested. We had only noticed them mating one time two days ago, but today, they were going […]
My bonded pair recently had a clutch of 4, which are just now out of the box and yesterday started eating on their own, but are still in and out of the nest box. I was going to separate them all tomorrow and take the nest box down, but looked in awhile ago to see […]
Why my parakeet female eating her own egg…1st time laygin egg She has eaten 4 egg
My pair of love bird laid 1 egg on 03/07/2023 will it lay more of them. I am providing calcium on a regular basis pls provide if any thing is necessary. And will she lay more eggs
Hi, I have a pair of parrot from a long time I got them from my relatives but I don’t know what are thier species. I think they are cockatoo parrot, they are white in colour and they have a red spot on their cheeks. Before a week they laid 8 eggs but they doesn’t […]
my male lovebird kicked the female out of the box months ago but I looked in the box and their were eggs in there I don’t know if they were there when he put her out but they look new. he won;t let me in there and he bites all the times . so how […]
My 8 yr old Quaker Pixie laid a couple eggs the first one she was on a perch and it hit the grate floor and broke and i cleaned it out . 3 days later she laid another i left it this time nothing was wrong with it. she was running about in her cage […]
My two cockatiels finally decided to like each other after a year and has now made it and my female is pregnant with eggs. Do I separate the birds in different cages now or do I leave them together until the eggs are laid? I don’t want them to keep mating and having eggs all […]
hey i have 2 cockatiels and recently one of them which is male is sitting in the food pot and protecting it from the other female and the male is also being very aggressive to the other why is this and how to stop this
I have to start feeding a day old cockatiel baby neglected by the parents. I was told he wouldn’t survive, it has been 4 days and he is eating like any other chick after leaving the nest, gaining weight, standing on his own and asking for food. My question is: Since he haven’t been fed […]
Hello, we’ve had a pair of pied zebra finches for about 4 years, and I cannot seem to keep them from breeding. I’ve taken the nest and all nesting material out, but the male just starts chasing and plucking the feathers of the female, and will literally try to build on anything even if it […]
Hi my canary has laid 4 eggs, not hatched now plus 18 days she never mated . i am not a breeder. will they hatch as she stopped sitting on them now but still protective the colour is light blue with some veins
I recently separated my 4 week-old zebra finch chick from its parents because they were chasing him around the cage as if they didn’t want him there. I also noticed him eat on his own and drink water, so I moved him into another cage next to his parents’ cage. Now I am worried that […]
Will they abandon the nest after laying eggs they put a nest on my patio next to my screen porch they seemed to continue to build nest. I haven’t seen them but the nest has eggs in it.
Our female cockatiel got sneaky and laid an egg in (of all places) a bottled water package. When we removed, she would just lay another. We let her lay 4 and replaced with porcelain eggs. What is the best method to remove those eggs? It’s been about a month and she is not abandoning.
My male parakeet is chasing the hen down and attacking her when close to the nest and when she starts eating he watches her and causes her stress. Should I remove one of the parents or let them fight? If i should remove one which one should I remove. The chicks are about 15 days […]
Hello, my female parakeet accidently mated with my moms bird while I was babysitting him while she was on vacation. She has so far laid a total of 5 eggs, one about every two days, since the male is no longer here, we gave her a very nice toilet paper nest at the bottom of […]
Its been 9 days and my female peach face lovebird who is pregnant has still not laid. She is definitely not egg bound.. no symptoms are present. She has laid successtully many times in past years in a nesting box which I gave them this time as well. By successfully I mean she passed the […]
There 4 zebra finches in the my cage (2 male 2 female). The finch hens lays eggs and first baby was born yesterday. There were 3 eggs still remain in the nest too. But none of them incubate the remaining eggs or feeding the newly born baby. Why do they act like that and what […]
My mated cockatiel has laid five eggs on a paper towel on the bottom of the cage, they are fertile (candled them). She and mate sit on them, a nesting box. Do we need to put something to make a nest in the cage for when they hatch?
My budget lay and egg this morning and I’m keeping an eye on her she is heavy breathing I have noticed for the past 6 hours what should I do
I’ve notice that both lovebirds mate each si I’m confused I’d they are male / female since they reversed roles. They feed each other and as of now have not laid any eggs and this has been going on for months. What do you think
Hello, is it normal for my 23 year old gorgeous Sun Conure to still lay eggs at this age?
Our female cockatiel (has never laid an egg in 7 years) is sitting on the counter in between a mixer and a banana tree. She acts like she is sitting on an egg. There is no nesting material. She has no symptoms of being bound. She is eating just fine. She sleeps all night, on […]
Hi there! I have a 22 year old pair of Nanday Conures. They have been together since 6 mos old. I am the 2nd owner and have had them for 5 years. Danielle has laid eggs only once prior about 2 year ago. None hatched and after about 30 days she abandoned the nest. I […]
This is the first time I see my budgie laying eggs and I am so excited. My budgie has layed the 5th egg today. But the weather was extremely hot today so i just sprayed water in the aviary and accidentally water got into the nest box and all 5 eggs got wet. Though the […]
Can i put a proper nest in the cage after she laid a egg in the cages floor? It is laid put with newspaper
I live in the Pacific Northwest and have mourning doves who nest under the rafters of my deck. I have had several clutches over the past 2 years and noticed the parents are very attentive to the babies. They are so precious. This second clutch the parents behave different. A dove sat on the nest […]
I have a 17 yr old single cockatiel who laid an egg a month ago for the first time. She just laid another one. Why does this happen? Should I be worried? Her behaviour has changed.
Female budgie laid 6 eggs 2 hatched about 2 months ago. I took the male out of the cage when the babies started feeding themselves. He was picking at Nia’s head. The 2 babies now are the size as their parents. Last week she laid 3 eggs but is sitting on the last egg laid. […]
Hi. I have a pair of eclectus parrot. They set in the nest box but the female lay eggs outside the nest box and thus they break.
what does it mean if my cockatiel is wating a lot more and sleeping mire often
I have two female cockatiels that are both laying eggs. I thought I had a male and a female when one started laying eggs but now the other one is laying eggs too. The first one has been laying eggs for months. How do I get her to stop? I know it’s not good for. […]
My bird lay 5 eggs 4 of the eggs hatch one didn’t the first egg was hatch may 13 my question is should I discharge the fifth egg
My budgie laid an egg, but they both were said to be females. Do i leave them or encourage her to raise it?
If they need to eat every 2 hours, what do they do at night?
My bird lay 5 eggs the first one was may 13 I think the last one was on the the 18 she hav one more is it a good or bad egg can I touch them
My female parakeet laid a clutch of eggs. I tried to not bother them too much, but once they were almost all covered with feathers, I started picking them up and holding them. Under the pile of babies, I found new eggs. She had another bunch of eggs going before the first bunch were weaned! […]
I have a pale yellow, grey tail mail peach across his nose white face Female is a teal green with vibrant blue tail, ghost face pale peach over nose. They’re having babies what colour variants could I see
Hello, I have two budgies and it turns out one is male and one is female. Recently the female starting laying eggs, but I believe they have fallen to the cage floor as she seems to be trying to nest on a flat wood plank further up in the cage, I am not sure if […]
So my female parakeet precious laid three eggs a while ago and now one of them has hatched literally a few minutes ago but she doesn’t exactly seem to be feeding the baby all I hear is cheeping from the baby but I was to be sure that she and the baby are healthy and […]
I have 3 budgies I’m jot sure of the sex for them . They have been laying eggs ,they have 4 eggs and none of sit on eggs that I know of. I’ve tossed 4 out .they whr cracked . I have a old cardboard box but they don’t use it. What should I do. […]
My budgie laid eggs, and she didn’t sit on them until days after she laid the 9th one. She’s now sitting on them, is that normal?
Can a quacker &green cheek conure mate
hi, my female is currently laying eggs. every time she layed an egg the male plays with the eggs and breaks them then throws them out of the nest box. i seperated them from each other and since then she’s layed 2 eggs again. will it be a problem once the eggs has hached and […]
My lovebird is suppose to be female seagreen cinnamon Fischer. My other peach face is laying large clutches of eggs (11) I finally removed them after 2 months passed. She’s laying eggs again. Could a year old male be old enough to fertilize the eggs. She/He was 9 months when mated with female, is it […]
Our cockatiels just laid and hatched 4 eggs. It was not planned….too young. 12 month male, 17 month female. We had to build the box when the female tried to nest in our cuboard. Egg was laid the next day. One week from the first chick hatching and I looked in the nest (shredded paper). […]
So I have two cockatiels and I thought they were both male. However, the male I originally had started getting on top of the new ones back and the new bird has been lifting her tail and chirping when he is on the new bird. But the male bird doesn’t mate, just stands on the […]
My 42 year old Cockatoo has laid an egg..I left it for her for 3 weeks before I changed it out for a dummy egg.( Due to the egg had a small crack and was covered in poop, it is not fertile) When she is not sitting on the dummy egg she comes to us […]
My female parakeet has still been attending her eggs will she take care of any hatchlings?
Hi, I have male cockatiel and he want to have a female. He is in the breeding season. If I let him out he is attacking us. Now I left him in the cage. What can I do about his behavior? Kind regards.
How to change lining of breeding box? As the babies are too small.
Our pair of finches is in cage with a pair of Scaly-breasted Munia and the femail zebra finch keeps attacking on the male zebra finch and some time she attacks on other also when we keep the male zebra finch out of the cage he tries to go in again and when we put it […]
I got these two Conures for three years now. They have always been very loving and kind to each other. The last two days, the male conure has become very aggressive towards the female conure. He tries to grab her by the neck and bites her feet as she tries to run away from him. […]
Hi looking for some advice I have 2 pacific parolets and they been mating? I have attached the nesting box on outside of cage as advised. But they have snapped the purch off and won’t go in it?
I adopted 2 cockateils from the humane society , they are male and female . Last week the female layer an egg on the bottom of the cage . I took it and put it in a shoe box with shredded paper towel and sat it in the xage bottom . She layed 3 more […]
There is no bedding in the nest the diamond doves are sitting on currently. New at these sweet birds. I researched what bedding to get and ran out to get it. Is it ok to remove the eggs, put proper bedding down and replace the eggs immediately?
Hi there My budgie is not laying eggs after mating and we have two female budgie and one male budgie
Hi I have all breeding pairs at adult age and ready for breeding… so the main question is can parrots breed without breeding season.. (parrots like Amazon,cocatooo umbrella,cocatooo gala and African grey pairs) Like is it must for them to breed at breeding seasons only? Or they can breed anytime in year.. because I heard […]
