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Why my zebra finches keep fighting?

Posted on May 5, 2012 by admin| 3 Comments

I have 5×5 feet cage in which I used to keep two pairs of finch but I always saw them fighting then I placed their nest box on opposite corners but they fought, so I gave them back to pets keeper and bough two pairs of baby finch of 1month age they lived peacefully but they grow up and laid egg they also keep fighting, what the hell is with them????????
My friend has about 6pairs in 5×5 feet cage and they don’t fight.

Finch is a colony bird, why are they behaving so?

What should I do to prevent them fighting????? As I want keep 5pairs in this cage?
Plzzzzzzzzzzz tell meeeee

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about baby parakeet nest box & flying?

Posted on May 4, 2012 by admin| 1 Comment

the little baby parakeet Lucky is around 30 days old and came out of the box when she was only 25 days old or so. She climb back in & out when she wants to & now when the mother goes inside she keeps throwing the bird bedding everywhere! I’m thinking she is getting ready to mate & breed again so I’m not sure if I should take the box out. I don’t want her to lay eggs anymore, she’s not ready for it & she still is feeding her baby bird because the father doesn’t help whatsoever.

Do you think it’s a good idea to take out the nest box?
And when does a baby bird usually start to fly? because I will be the one teaching her since her father is even scared to go near her.

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She is fully feathered.
around 30 days old.
Try’s to eat food but still can’t.
The mother also generally likes to feed her in the nest box but at most times she will feed her outside of the box & at times when she wont go to her, I bring her to her mommy and she gets fed from my hand.

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could my budgie have diad of depression?

Posted on May 3, 2012 by admin| 3 Comments

well my budgie has had many babys and most have survived but this time she had a baby and another budgie went in her nesstbox and chucked the baby out when i went in the avary the baby budgie was almost dead and the mother was on the floor at the other side so i put the mother n baby back in the nest box and got the other bird out the baby diad and then i noticed the mother bird stoped been able to fly and becam weak could this have been depression or just becouse shes diad becouse of having babys or just died for no apparent reason

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my broody hen is sitting eggs in the coup ive moved the other birds but will she be ok in the nest box?

Posted on April 30, 2012 by admin| 1 Comment

do i need to try and move her and chicks to ground level after the hatch and will i need a heat lamp with a broody?

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my broody hen is sitting eggs in the coup ive moved the other birds but will she be ok in the nest box?

Posted on April 30, 2012 by admin| 1 Comment

do i need to try and move her and chicks to ground level after the hatch and will i need a heat lamp with a broody?

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How do i know if my cockatiels are going to have chicks?

Posted on April 29, 2012 by admin| 2 Comments

So i have two cockatiels and they’ve been acting a little strange. I keep hearing a mating call but when i go in to see, its quiet! I have a nest box set up for them just in case. The nest box is chewed on and a bird has entered, but the one entering and chewing is my “female”
i have no idea if i have and male and female or female and female or male and male! One is pied for sure but the other im not so sure on. He/she looks like a pearled but has no pearls on its belly. My pied has horizontal stripes (visible) on its tail but there is no notch in the feather. The other has notches but no visible horizontal stripes.
I’ve read up on breeding cockatiels and i know what to do if they do have chicks. But there is so much controversy on how to tell if they are going to have chicks and to tell which is for sure a male and which is for sure a female.
I know about the DNA testing to find the sex of a bird, but i cant afford that with the depression and all…
Please help me!

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why won’t my parakeets mate?

Posted on April 25, 2012 by admin| 2 Comments

i have 1 male and three females he seems to have bonded to one of the females but it has been over a year and they have not had any babies they dont have nextbox..could that be it..i have heard of birds laying eggs regards wheter there is a nestbox or not… please help me and if i need a nest box how can i make one i want to make it not buy it… thank you

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