my cockatiels have already had chicks and the babies have all gone to good homes but when i take the nesting box out my male bird starts pulling out the females feathers…
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will my cockatiels still mate if i take the nesting box out?
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Will a Happy Hut cause my parakeets to lay eggs?
I have three parakeets (two females and a male) and I do not want them to reproduce. I bought a Happy Hut today because I thought my male bird would like it, and I thought it would keep them warmer. It only just occurred to me that they might think it was a nesting box or use it as a nesting box. I do not want them to reproduce — should I take the Happy Hut back?
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HELP!!! My “male” bird just laid an egg!?
Ok, so I have a “male” bird and a female, the “male” is about 2 years old, and the female is only a few months old. He looked sooo much like a male, according to the internet and the pet shop we bought him from.
He was acting really weird, puffed up on the bottom of the cage, (which isn’t very big – I don’t have room for a nesting box) so I took him out, and an egg just like… fell out! He only laid one egg and is showing no interest in it.
What should I do? Take it away [It's NOT fertilized]? Is there anything I should do for him? Or… her.
Thank you so much, this is really weird =]
I shoulda made my question more obvious: what do I do?!
Take the eggs away?! Or leave them?
Should I feed her anything special?
help on cockatiel eggs and health plz….?
Well 33 days ago my cockatiel laid four eggs and has been sharing the duties with the male bird, the eggs are all infertile, and i was expecting the birds to abandon the eggs any day now, but to my suprise when i opened the nest box i found two more eggs….. i know this is not healthy for my birds, but what can I do? Is it possible that these eggs are fertile.
P.S. I am not home all day, so i do not knw what my birds are up to all day (if you catch my drift 
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thnx for any help
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does my birds egg sound like its fertile?
my parakeet laid an egg 12 days ago and laid one every other day untill there were 5. She is still sitting on all of them. The male bird is often in the nesting box and i hear a lot of kissing and noise in there. Sometimes when i peek in they are laying next to eachother. I have seen hime feed her a lot and she hardly comes out. If they were infertile would she have stopped sitting on them by now? Can the 3rd or 4th have been fertilized but not the first?Should i candle the eggs for the 3rd time? Thanks! And i have read a lot about birds and i know all about how they may become egg bound and how to care for baby birds and everyhting!
what is the job of the male bird ?
my parakeet laid 2 eggs and has been in her nesting box all day(except for eating) . What should the father be doing ( that is if he is the father b/c i didnt actually see them mate)? Is he supposed to be in the nesting box ? b/c he keeps going in there!! does it sound like the eggs are fertile?
my female parakeet wants to mate but my male bird doesnt know what to do..?
she’s been sticking her tail up in the air and he was trying to hop on but not sure how to. does it take awhile for the male parakeet to get the hang of it?
also i took out the stuffing in their nest because i heard parakeets lay eggs on the bare floor. should i keep it bare or put seeds on the bottom or something? i noticed my female parakeet was putting seeds on the floor.
im just wondering how long the mating “training” goes on before they actually start mating. they started showing signs of wanting to mate about a week ago, although she was getting into the nesting box all winter, the male parakeet is going over there now but hasnt went in yet.
we bought him about a year ago, so he’s over a year old