well i have 2 loves birds a male and a female and their outside with a big cage we made for them she has her nest box at the at the bottom of the cage.the female had layed her eggs like at least 3 weekks or 2 and i was wondering because they stay in the cage the whole time and i know that at it takes like 25 days for them to hatch but what if it passed and the lovebirds still stay in the nestbox? what do they know they aint going to hatch or they know that it may take longer
i have a male and female cockatiels, they have babies for about 2 weeks now. the babies have been inside the nestbox ever since and i occasionally let them out and handle them (without their mom and dad knowing anything). the problem is, the babies have been pooping inside the nest box and their poop is accumulating inside so the nestbox really has a stinky smell and i want to change the pine shaving for hygiene of both the babies and my home. is that ok or would the parents abandon the kids if they noticed that the pine shavings have been changed? i don’t want that to happen because i don’t want to hand-feed the little birds. thank u
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i have a male and female cockatiels, they have babies for about 2 weeks now. the babies have been inside the nestbox ever since and i occasionally let them out and handle them (without their mom and dad knowing anything). the problem is, the babies have been pooping inside the nest box and their poop is accumulating inside so the nestbox really has a stinky smell and i want to change the pine shaving for hygiene of both the babies and my home. is that ok or would the parents abandon the kids if they noticed that the pine shavings have been changed? i don’t want that to happen because i don’t want to hand-feed the little birds. thank u
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my cockatiels are 1 male and 1 female and because they never leave the nest box together since they started nesting, i don’t even know how many eggs they have laid and i didn’t do the candling test. the last time i checked was before nesting started and there were 3 eggs.
i heard that opening the nestbox while the bird is sitting on the eggs will cause them to get scared and break the eggs. is that true? i’m sorry but this is my first experience and i really want to make it right.
thank you
Female Chestnut-backed Chickadee continues to bring moss to the nestbox on her 1st day of nest-building. She spreads her wings and presses her belly against the floor in her premature attempt to form the cup of the nest.
I had 2 birds competing for one nestbox in my yard. First, the tufted titmice were there. Then, about 3 days ago, I saw some annoying house wrens going into the box. I tried everything (including wren guards) to keep them out, but they still found a way to get in there. So, after noticing for 3 days that the house wrens were going in there and fearing that my chickadee’s nest would be there next target, I decided to place a trap over the entrance hole to move the birds far away from my yard ( I know I can’t kill them). But today I caught a tufted titmouse?
What’s going on? Are both species using the same nestbox? The only species that I’ve seen going in and out of the box are the house wrens.
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I have two nestboxes set up in my yard. One has a chickadee nest in it with 2-week old nestlings inside. The other is a titmouse nest that was built a week ago. Today a house wren went into the nestbox of the titmice, and I’m not sure if it punctured the eggs. I tried to cover the hole of the box somewhat to keep the bird out, but I was wondering if there are any tips for deterring house wrens. Thanks!
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