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At what age do a baby cockatiel’s eyes open? And is it okay for the parents to be eating Cheerios?

Posted on May 28, 2010 by admin| 6 Comments

I have 4 babies right now and 3 eggs left that may not hatch (1 was laid on the cage floor and the other 2 had cracks which I covered with clear nail polish). The parents are eating regular cockatiel food, millet, a powdery supplement for nesting birds, egg biscuits, cuttlebone (for calcium), broccoli, and Cheerios. They seem to like the Cheerios best and so far, the babies seem to be doing well (the oldest is 9 days old). Should I just continue on with what I’m doing then? I have been doing a lot of research on cockatiel breeding but I wasn’t prepared and that’s why the first egg was laid on the floor. I didn’t have a nest box in there since I didn’t think they had bred. Thanks for any info.!

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okay my birds are parakeets as i have mentioned, she will not sit on eggs?

Posted on May 10, 2010 by admin| 2 Comments

we now have 5 again she (flicker) has a male (beats) and a nice big box she seems to love it ,spends a lot of time in there also she don’t lay eggs inside her box outside it.some of them she breaks open or ignores them seems to move them around though loves her nesting box also has a cuttlebone,molting food ect…… WHAT ELSE DOES THIS HEIFER NEED?

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Baby budgies what do i do?

Posted on April 20, 2010 by admin| 5 Comments

ok. heres the situation. the nest box is placed on the floor of the cage. There are 3 chicks. 1 of them is quite big basically nearly the size of the dad. the second chick is abit smaller and there there the other one which is a bit more smaller. now the problem is. i wake up in the mornings to go check on the birds. all 3 of the chicks will be out. the 2 biggest chicks with be venturing around the cuttlebone. whilst the smallest chick sits under. the nesting box. i have yet to see any of them perching. what i have been doing is puting all 3 of the chicks back in the nest box and mum and dad are feeding them. but is this the right thing to do?

they come out around 2-3 times a day should i be putting them back?

the parents i dont think would notice the smallest chick as he keeps away from the rest

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i have 14 parakeet and a nest box only one of them goes in side which is the girl?

Posted on March 31, 2010 by admin| 2 Comments

i say this because the only female that goes in the nest boxcage is one female that its peak is growing to the side but i have a cuttlebone does that mean they want to have eggs should i separate those two birds.

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Breeder’s Blend supplement for birds?

Posted on March 19, 2010 by admin| 2 Comments

The direction say feed a pinch per bird per day. How do I feed it? Do I sprinkle it on the seed or add it to water? I already put calcium plus in the water and have a cuttlebone that they love.
I am planning to breed them. They are zebra finchs.

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