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my pair of parakeets have mated and the female laid 6 eggs. As of yesterday 3-24-09 the first egg hatched. This morning the 2nd egg hatched. What if any thing do I need to do. The female never would made a nest. We bought nesting hairs and put the box in the cage but she would not have any thing to do with it. So I had to put straw in the nesting box my self. She pushed a lot of it out of the box. The rest is spread out in a circle in the box.The babies are laying on the bottom of the box. Not the straw.Should I put more straw in the box? The cage is small and so is the nesting box. Should I put a bigger box in for a bigger nest? I want to do all that I can to help these little birds. I have enjoyed my bird very much even thow they will not let me touch them. We have had them for 1yr and 1 month. I got them from my nephew. Them raise birds on their back pourch. But they let the birds do all the feeding and raising of the babies.

I have three sets of keets and I am going to breed them. . I have read allot on info and I recently ran across a guy talking about the fact that he does not and never has used a box. . .I have also heard of keets laying in food dishes, bottom of cages and other random places. . .

my question is
Has any one had a bird that layed eggs in a odd place OR does any one have experience in breeding without a nest box? if so I want to know where they layed and what materials do you use

This probably seems a really silly question, but which way do i put the concave in our birds nest box next year. Obviously with the dip facing up but where exactly does the dip go ? by the small hole mum goes in and out of or by the flap that i will look through. I am worried the chicks might fall out or get trodden on by mum.

I found a speckled brown and white egg on the ground. There was no nest in sight, so I’ve had it under a lamp and in a box with washcloths for about a day. I can’t tell if its alive or not. I turn it every few hours though. It would be helpful if i could get some advice on what i should do…Including if its alive…..

friend found the bird in her backyard, we think it’s a northern flicker possibly a sapsucker. it has some feathers but not all. she has it n a cardboard box with branch to stand on. shes feeding it some sort of mush. what should we do?

I guess I should have given you more info. I have had these birds for a year probably. The never used to act like this. The female has also been acting up going inside her nesting box. And actually they seem to want me to cover them uo. They are not singing to me. They actually when I uncover them throw a fit. they get on the front of the gage and direct their dis pleasure right at me until I cover them again. i wish they were singing…But the squawking they are doing is in a very mad tone. Just as soon as I put th cover back on they are peaceful again. I love my birds and enjoyed them up until they started this. I hope with this you may have even better answers.
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I bought them about a month apart from different stores. We are pretty sure one is male and the other female…which is what we want. The yellow one has a light colored nose and the green one has a purple nose. I have a nesting box which neither seem to use while we are home….however, the grass which is in the box, has been brought outside of the box, which i found yesterday when i cleaned the tray…so they must be “using it.” I dont know their ages, but when do they begin to “court” or mate and what are the signs of courting? They have access to the room, for we leave the door open so they get flying exercise everyday. I had purchased another bird but he fought with the female, so we took him back and got this green one. They seem to “love” each other. They groom and sing and follow each other during exercise time. Any links that would help would be great…Thanks
Edit; They dont seem to use the box at all. The cage is a double size which seems to be fine. I dont see any signs that they are trying to mate. I’m not even sure it they are m/f. What kind of foods other than seeds can you feed them? thx for all your help.
Edit; They dont seem to use the box at all. The cage is a double size which seems to be fine. I dont see any signs that they are trying to mate. I’m not even sure it they are m/f. What kind of foods other than seeds can you feed them? thx for all your help.