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i have 2 love-birds and they have a nest box.
the problem is they are not doing with it (almost) anything. the only ting is coming into te nest box and i think only to protect themself
can some one tell me why?!?!

I have a green one and it likes humping the blue one alot, so the green one is probably the male. However, I heard that female birds lay eggs even when they’re not fertile. I don’t have a nest box available for my birds, so is that why she doesn’t lay unfertile eggs? And they copulate ALOT, like about 3 times a day for the past 2 weeks, and once in a while on regular times, year-round. How often does a bird lay fertile/unfertile eggs? I’ve had mine for 5 years, and I’v only ONCE found somethign that looked like smashed egg shells covered in poop on the cage floor.

I have a pair of love birds. The A/c blows extremely cold in their room so I put a nest box in the cage, they apparently think it’s a stab-in cabin, b/c there are four or five eggs I noticed a month ago, I checked last night in the box with a flashlight and it looks like one egg is cracked and another has a quarter inch hole in it, but I don’t see any babies?? I kind of concerned any advice?? Would really appreciate some educated opinions, from experienced bird lovers, list source if not too much inconvenience. Thank you
Thank you “Miki” for taking the time to answer my question.

I’d like to explain a little further into the temp. I made it sound like an arctic zone in their room, but the coldest it gets in there is probably 68degrees, big two level apt. 7-10 degrees warmer in other rooms at times. Made that their room b/c good windows and I understand that sunlight and cuttlebones are a good source of calcium for the little fellows. What would be an Ideal temp. for their young to hatch.?

I have 7 bird 3 males and 4 females, I have them in this huge aviary and i would like to breed them, but i only have one nest box. How can i make my own nest boxes for them. I was thinking of taking some balloons, and paper mashaying them, then cuttingg a hole on one side, then painting them, and then hang them up, but i dont know if that is a good idea. If you got any ideas please tell me. If not…… Do you know any where i can get them cheap.

I went out and bought a car cover because it seemed they even saw their self in my tinted windows so I had to cover the whole car. Will they stop soon or will they do this until this fall? I can’t uncover my car for 5 mins without them coming and attacking it. When I get home I hae to put everything down and cover it up real fast or they come and attack it. Is this going to happen next year too? My husband is thinking of moving the nest box.

we decided a month ago to let a pair or our parakeets hatch their own eggs out, after a lot of research and stuff. It was her first time, so the eggs never hatched. Then, we took a different pair, who had already bonded, and put them in a separate cage. Toddra, the female parakeet, sat on the eggs and barely got off. Her nest box is a wooden box with 1 hole and a cover that lifts up. A few days ago, I found out some exciting news; one baby chick had hatched! It had hatched a day or two ago, without anyone knowing. Toddra has been sitting on the small, bald chick. It was peeping a lot, so it’s strong and seems healthy. Toddra is fed seeds, a formulated egg diet for extra protein and calcium, and some veggies and fruits, such as apples and celery. So since the mother is feeding the chick, it’s getting a pretty healthy diet. My question is, do we just let Toddra take care of the chick until it’s old enough to leave the nest? If so, at what age is it old enough to live on its own(such as eating solid foods, drinking water, etc.)? Some people take them at 10 weeks and they feed them a special baby bird formula, but we don’t have the time to feed the chick 4x a day. Toddra and the father seem to be taking good care of the chick, so we aren’t really worried about her not feeding it or something like that. Any info on baby parakeets would be great!(not for raising them ourselves, but for knowing when they can live on their own and stuff like that) Thanks!

Hi other than palm leave can i give hay or what u cal that frm rice crop? I tried with shereded papers but this birds take em al out of the nest and dirty the whole room and empty the nest box. Can i give the coconut hair? Or wot other house hold thngs could be used?