I was cleaning my birds cage when I noticed 3 eggs inside of the nest. I placed a paper towel under neath the eggs. The parent birds have not gone back inside of the box. Did I mess the laying or incubation process up by handling the eggs?
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My cockatiel laid 3 eggs then left nest. Is this normal?
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will my cockatiel be able to be a surrogate mother?
I found a robins egg, and for the heck of it I decided since I have several cockatiels and parakeets, maybe one of them could sit on the egg until it hatches. I figure its better than letting it die. Well, anyway, it hatched and all of the birds in my cage(very big cage), want to play parent. They are feeding the baby, but now what? Will it get the nutrition it needs? Do I keep a wild bird? How will it know how to fly if I set it free when the time comes? Any help here would be great.
How do you take care a baby bird when it fell?
I found 4 baby birds on the ground, yes i did found 4 today, and they are really small, and have not opened their eyes yet, they are newborns from what my parents said, just hatched. they were in my back yard, and i have not seen any big birds lately, and i tried putting them in a cardboard box with tissues with a ladder on top, but the parent didn’t get them. I want them to grow big and healthy so i can release them into the wild. yes they are wild birds.
The eggs in the nest looks like Blue with red dots on them…
How do i take care of them
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How do you take care a baby bird when it fell?
I found 4 baby birds on the ground, yes i did found 4 today, and they are really small, and have not opened their eyes yet, they are newborns from what my parents said, just hatched. they were in my back yard, and i have not seen any big birds lately, and i tried putting them in a cardboard box with tissues with a ladder on top, but the parent didn’t get them. I want them to grow big and healthy so i can release them into the wild. yes they are wild birds.
The eggs in the nest looks like Blue with red dots on them…
How do i take care of them
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How good a parent are the following birds?
Okay, I got an aviary – social, and I’ve got:
Quails, Budgies, Kakarikis, Bourkes and Scaley breasted parrots.
As you may know for those in Australia breeding season is coming around and my Kakarikis are investigating the nesting boxes.
How good a parent are all those birds?
The scalies mightnt breed, but better safe then sorry.
This will help me alot, an easy 10 points 
TY
Oh and btw, the birds are getting along nicely, please answer the question no critism.
ty
Ty Tom,
just need to know about kakarikis now!
Lots of help!
Right now the budgies are starting to pickout pairs, kakarikis the yellow headed pair have been breed together by previous owner before sucessfully and the red headed ones are new towards each other.
You cant separate the bourkes and you CAN NEVER separate the scaleys as they will never be away from their partner.
ty again
I found a baby bird, nest destroyed and the parents are still around what should I do?
During a wind storm, this dove/pigeon (baby) fell out of its nest and the nest is gone. But the Parent birds are still hanging around. I put the baby bird in a box and the mother bird went down to it, fed it once or twice, and then just watched it. I went out there a few times to check on it.
And now only the father is out there not near it just sitting in the tree. the baby hasn’t eaten for more than 8 hours. I’m scared and i dont want it to die. What should i do. i have this cage that i put it in and it doesnt have a top to it, i thought that would work that way it cant get out and the parents can still get to it. will that work.
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Fledgling Western Bluebirds vs. Crows?
I have western bluebirds that have left their nest box. The parent birds are still very protective of the nest box whenever I get close to it even though it’s empty. I’m assuming that the fledglings must still be close by. There are quite a few large black crows hanging around my yard. Do they eat baby birds?
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