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[t33n3r]

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 is so short, the incubation box wont be here for at least four more days.So what should I do for that duration with the egg? Side note: Zazu nor Bowie is noticing the egg it seems and she laid the egg on the carpet on my room and not in the nesting box. I read that sometimes if conures are people oriented they don't know how to take parenting. Just someone please help D:

 

[MikeyTN]

I'm a little confused, in your profile you said newly hatched eggs, you mean newly laid egg?

So you ordered a nest box but it's not there yet? You could easily bought it at petco, petsmart, or pet supermarket.

It can take them a bit to learn to do parenting but handfed birds doesn't always make the best breeders. Plus there's other considerations you must consider if you decideto go fourth with letting them raise chicks. Remember the parents can turn mean after raising chicks. Things can happen with the chicks you must know what to look for and how to handle it if they arise. It's not as simple as just giving them a box and expect everything to go smoothly.

 

[t33n3r]

No no. My bad. Zazu laid an egg yesterday. I already have a nesting box. The egg is inside the nesting box.

 

[hacatta]

My green cheeks had a young 2 years ago and they too are tame birds.
They managed just fine,and raised her fully and when i had them out off the cage i took the young with me when she was a few weeks,and back in when they had to.
If she was hungry they would feed her ,preen her.
I could really see that my female was happy to get out off the box.
My female actually became a lot sweeter to me,nobody else could get close,i could do whatever i wanted with the young.
But this isn't the case for everybody.
While it is a good idea to have an icubation box ready if you really want the young but try to let your gcc's have a go at it first.
Don't be alarmed when she has laid an egg already and isn't sitting on it ,they will sit on it once a few eggs are laid.
My gcc where hand raised and have never completed the natural way ,yet they knew how too.
But are you sure you are ready for this?

 

[t33n3r]

Zazu is the biggest sweetie in the world, I want her to keep her babies. I want to raise them. I just need to know what to do to make it through! I know it will be hard. But it will be worth it.

 

[Mekaisto]

Is there an avian vet in your area? They should have an incubator that you MAY be able to borrow, if it isn't already full to the brim!

Failing that, I'm afraid you'll just have to wait for your incubator! You can make an incubator yourself, but keeping a space at a constant temperature for 4 days will be almost impossible without a bit of specialist equipment such as a heat pad and thermostat.

In a day or two, your bird should lay another egg - maybe it would be worth trying with that one?

Now please be aware that hand-raising a bird, especially a small bird like a green-cheek, will be very difficult, time-consuming and trying. It could end in disaster - are you prepared to see a small baby bird die, and know it was your fault?

I'm not sure what type of incubator you bought, but cheap incubator - suitable for chickens and ducks, may not be good enough for a parrot. Precise temperature and humidity control are essential, and if the incubator is not automatic you'll have to carefully turn the eggs yourself, a dozen times a day or so.

If you really are determined, go out to a good library, an avian vet or a good internet retailer and buy/borrow a book on avian incubation and handrearing.
"A guide to incubation and handrearing parrots" By ABK publications is a very good book, but I'm not sure of its availability outside of Australia.
Talk face to face with someone, a breeder or vet, about techniques such as candling, syringe-feeding and banding.

 

[weco]

At this stage, put a couple of paper towels in the nest box and if she has decided to accept it, they will shred the towels to create their nest......you will want to be careful to not put too much material in the nest box...unlike wild nests, chicks hatching in our controlled atmospheres are more susceptible to splay legs than getting cold, unless of course the parents abandon them. As Hacatta mentioned, Zazu probably won't sit her nest until after the third egg or even the fourth egg has been laid, so don't get upset if they don't seem too concerned about them yet.....

Until you know how protective the parents are going to be over their clutch, it is best to stay out of the nest box and any checking you need to do should really be done with both parents out of the nest box...if you can arrange that.....and those inspections need to be kept to the bare minimum.....

Good luck.....