Hatching baby moving inside egg.

[SilverSage]

This is the baby that I tried to show you all a video of the heartbeat of a few weeks ago. He is in the process of busting out of his egg! He internally pipped yesterday, meaning he broke through the membrane and into the air cell, and now he is working his way around the shell with his egg tooth. We expect to meet him tomorrow or the next day


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[SilverSage]

Never mind, "network error"?? I'll try again later


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[texsize]

exciting and stressful at the same time.

I did not know about the cockatoo's problem (male killing female).
Why would they do that??
I can understand the male killing the chicks, male cats will kill kittens.
But to kill the mate makes no sense.

 

[DerTier]

Probably a fight reaction of the fight or flight, stressed animals don't always react in a manner fitting the thing that scared them and don't recognize it's their mate. My opinion anyway some species instinctually protect their young over themselves while others protect the adults to give a chance to produce more young

 

[SilverSage]

Is there a thread about cockatoos killing each other? Mate aggression is usually caused by the breeder doing things like pairing up birds who don't want each other, not providing enough food dishes, introducing the nest box too soon, pairing up inexperienced birds, etc. I have never had this problem because I am
Extremely careful never to force two birds who don't like each other to share a cage, much less a nest box. I must have missed whichever thread you are referring to; I'll look for it.


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[SilverSage]

https://www.facebook.com/275200426020667/videos/652971844910188/

Trying to like the hatching video via Facebook...

It linked but the quality is horrible this way. I don't know why the forum or my phone or whatever isn't allowing me to post videos anymore

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[SilverSage]

I found the thread you guys are talking about. Just another reason not to breed a species that is so poorly suited to line with humans. There are some AMAZING cockatoo owners out there, many on this forum, but the statistics show us that the vast majority of cockatoos produced never spend more than 2-3 years in any given home and are the most vulnerable to self destructive behaviors. I always discourage people from getting them, with the notable exception of Galahs and Cockatiels.


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[texsize]

Yes agree, a cockatoo is not a bird I would want to take on.
I wonder how many people went out and bought them when the show Baretta was on TV.

And you can't just throw a random male/female pair together and expect them to breed. I wanted my whiteface and lutino to breed but the whiteface picked my cinnamon Teil for a mate.
After two clutches I had to separate them. They would pluck the babies after about 2 weeks. Plus it's not easy to basically give away the chicks that you end up working so hard to raise.
There is a part of me that still want to have more, so far the logical/common sense side of me is winning the argument.
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