breeding

Hi everyone. I have found a person looking to rehome their cockatiels. They are adorable pair of male and female. However the owner says they haven't had time to tame them so they never leave their cage. My main concerns are: Would having a pair of untamed birds make taming them difficult? As...

Hi, So I have a pair of eclectus 12 years old. I bought them last year, and the previous owner told me that he successful had chicks from the pair. For the last year breeding these pair was a total disaster. The female produced clear eggs, although I did see mutual feeding from the female...

I've had my two gcc's for around two years now. One is definitely female as she has laid and egg and the sex of the other is unknown. However, both eggs were infertile(I torched them to check). I got them together from someone who could no longer take care of them and they have stayed in the...

Hi all, I recently acquired a proven and bonded pair of parrotlets whom I would like breed. I've read about full spectrum lighting that is beneficial for breeder birds especially in the Canadian winters. Anyone know how much light they should be getting and at what times? Thanks in advance. :)

Hi everyone! I have a question on some unusual behaviour from my GCC. He is 3 years old now just as of the other day (never got a DNA test so gender couldn't be either) Last month (October) i noticed that he was masterbating more than normal, or what I call, being a dirty birdy. Then I noticed...

I heard from someone that most of the time, when a parrot has a clutch, the hatchlings are all the same gender. I was curious as to if this was true? If a hatchling is DNA'd female, how likely is it that the rest of the clutch is female as well?

Hi! My two normal gray cockatiels recently started to lay eggs. They just laid their second. This will be their first time breeding so I'm quite worried. I've been keeping track of the dates the eggs came out, the weight, I have tried candling with my phone light (not sure how it's going so...

Im sure this would have been covered within the forums previously, bust iv just spent a few hours sifting through search results for the term incubator, brooder, and although iv come across hundreds of posts regarding specifics, humidity, timing, turning, hatching, candling, measurments etc i...

Hi, Could you kindly suggest a good breeding box for Eclectus please? Because on the net i'm seeing a good variety of boxes and each box is claimed to be the best :-( Regards, Etienne

Hello we have a bonded pair of ringnecks which we got from a pet shop before last Christmas where they was kept in the back to breed . We got them with a montana cage so we put a nestbox on the side and straight away they was preening each other and preping the nest in the summer just gone they...

I have an aviary setting, and several nesting boxes. One of the budgies has been going in and out and very oddly behaving, and I found inside, the budgie's mate, attacked and mutilated, the live mate still trying to go in and "wake it up" Why could this happen? Suggestions to prevent this in the...

Hi All, I am new to this forum and this is my first question. I hope I am posting in the right location. Please let me know if I am not. :) I have a pair of 5 year old Goffin Cockatoos and they have started showing nesting behavior. I think they might lay eggs soon. I have read on the Internet...

Can a parrot be "hand fed tame" if I start hand feeding formula at weaning stage? I've read that there are two stages to hand feeding parrots: 1) newborn hand feeding - which is separating them after certain number of days and feeding them formula. 2) weaning hand feeding - After they start...

My green cheeked conure Zazu has been laying eggs for a while now. She recently just had her 7th egg. How many more should I expect? Thanks!

Hello! Zazu is still continuing to lay eggs. We are on our fourth egg now! I read that she could have protein deficiency during this time. What do you guys recommend I give her for protein? I tried hard boiled eggs but she won't eat them ):

Hello! My two green cheeks, Zazu and Bowie, (female and male) have recently started mating. I bought them a nesting box knowing that Zazu with was egg. As the big day approached I tried my best to figure out how to raise these eggs to babies, and so on and so fourth. Since the "pregnancy" timing...

I recently purchased a breeding pair (Proven) of Black Capped Conures. They, as expected, are far from friendly (quite wild) but have decided not to enter breeding mode at all. When I purchased them they were, apparently, getting quite ready to breed, but ever since I have brought them home...

Hi, I wanted to buy a Sun conure chick but I was thinking of buying two instead of one, not for breeding purposes but so that it doesn't feel lonely. I can devote an hour daily to it (and my sister is also willing to take care of it) but just in case I was thinking if it would be happier if I...

I am 100% (and I mean 100%) clueless about bird reproduction. When I got my budgies, I was told that if you don't put a nest box in, they won't breed and that's that, I didn't put a box, they didn't (not sure of their sex so don't know whether they could've if they'd wanted to). I've since...

Hello everyone! My one year old budgie Thaii, has been interested in one of my old shoes and tries to go in and out of it. She has a mate, named Dexter and he is also 1yr+. I only took the shoe to give to my Boyfriend's tiel since I'm birdsitting him, and he LOVES shoes, feet, and socks. c...

Hello everyone! My name is Luna. I am owned by an 8 year old Green Cheek Conure named Jazz. I've lived with her since she was about 3-4 months old. :green: I love her dearly! Right now I am fostering a Black Capped Conure named Disney. She is a sweet heart! Very easy going, allows anyone to...

I have a breeding pair of green cheek conures...over the last week the female has laid 3 eggs and for the last 2 days has been spending the majority of her days sitting on her clutch, only occasionally leaving the nesting box. This morning she came out and she and the male proceeded to mate...

Hi, I just redid my ENTIRE aviary!!! Woohoo, what a feat! New custom cages, nest boxes, food hoppers, lighting, everything! My life is much easier in the mornings now haha. I do have one concern though... The lighting I bought, which are 4' T5 6400K full spectrum strip lights that I mounted to...

Hello, I am getting a shed in the next couple of weeks and I am going to put cages in it for breeding my chickens. I am also going to make the last part an aviary for cockatiels and budgies. It will be about 8' by 3' inside and there would be an additional 10' by 3' outside. I am wondering what...

I have a hypothesis that I would like to hear your thoughts on. I notice that when birds are aggressive, they are often rehomed as "breeders". After talking with a handful of breeders, I've found that the majority of their birds, particularly amazons and other large birds, were one-time pets...

Hi I had them from a year now and I decided that I want to breed them. So I added the nest box. The female laid 2 fertile eggs. The first chick hatched the female didn't fed it. So it died due to dehydration Two days later the 2nd chick hatched. The same thing she did feed it. So I tried...

hi, im looking to get my macaw about November time but whilst looking forward to it i thought "will there be babies about at the time". like can they breed at any point or is it only certain times of the year (for instance they only breed feb-april etc.) ive tried to search the net but all i...

Hi everyone! So, i bought a breeding pair of Lovebirds from a bird breeder about 3 years ago (they were babies when i got them). They live in a big cage/aviary that my Dad built when i was little, with built in boxes for them to have nests in. And since releasing my Lorikeet into the wild a...

Hello, I have recently become an accidental newbie breeder and have really been enjoying it. I need some advice, here's a bit of background:- I originally had a pair of lovebirds. The hen laid eggs a few times, but none hatched. I have had these birds for 2 years now but I am unsure of their...

Hello. I have begun to hand feed a small sun conure chick (1 3/4 weeks old) since its parents for some reason killed its older 2 week sibling. I do not know why, but its left me heart broken. So I decided to hand feed the remaining chick. Well, I went to visit a friends friend who has been a...

What are your thoughts on hybridization of different parrot species? I know conures and macaws have been known to breed and successfully produce young, as well as different species of cockatoos. But could, say, a senegal and an african grey breed? I mean, they are from the same basic family of...

Hello my name is Marcy. My entire life I have been a true bird lover & have had parrots! I am a hobby breeder of Parrotlets, Cockatiels, Linnies, and Green Cheeks. My aviary is called, "Marcy's Mountain Aviary". My precious pets include Parrotlets, Linnies, Lovebirds, a Cockatiel, Hawk, along...

Hi everyone! Today I came home from MA. I had expected my finch eggs to hatch when I got back. I checked the nest and could hear tinny little peeps! I looked and there was one tinny little chick begging and peeping :D! I'm so excited I have been trying to successfully breed my finches for months...

I've been thinking about this and wanted to get some perspective from people on their thoughts on the matter of hand-rearing, in particular, the effects it can have on both the parents and babies. I've been reading the book Of Parrots and People, and one of the excepts regarding hand-reared...

Hello everyone i am trying to breed my indian ring necks 3years old and they are in a large cage please cn some one tell me on how to setup and breed them ringnecks. is there anything to do with temperature? anything to do with foods? when is the season? how do i get them to breed? thanks

I just got two Green cheek Conures from a lady who couldn't take care of them any longer. One is a yellow-sided female:green: (according to her) and the other is a "regular" green cheek male :green1: The woman I got them from bought them with the intention of breeding them, they were hand-fed...

I understand the lesser and greater sulphur cockatoos are different species, and occur in isolated regions naturally. Does that mean they cannot breed in captivity? Or if you've ever heard of it occurring is it then like a mule, or a liger where the offspring is unable to breed? Sorry if the...

I have posted quite many posts here since i became a member, but thats because i think this forum is absolutely the best parrot forum!!:) Soo...the question! : My two peach faced lovebirds :green1::orange: have now 5 eggs! And i have studied a lot of sites for breeding information and lovebird...