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[serama hen]

Hi i have aquestion my female is sitting on 4 infertile eggs and wont let the male be near her at all they fight sometimes. She sits and sits but how can i encourage them to breed so the eggs will be fertile and she wont waste all her energy on nothing.

 

[Wishing4Wings]

I really don't know much about cockatiels, but they are probably similar to chickens, in that once the hen is broody, she will not want the attentions of a male (no mating) and will sit on her eggs with determination. Don't know if you should take the eggs away ? or not. Do you have access to a library? They will probably have a book about cockatiels and breeding or maybe you can find some info about it on the web (off of BYC

).

 

[serama hen]

is it true that if you put an egg in water and it floats it means its infetile and if it sinks its fertile?

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Not that I've heard of, but don't know. Thought it had to do with fresh vs. rotten eggs. Rotten eggs float.

 

[serama hen]

Oh T-T

 

[ladybirdb12]

Hey, dropped by to say hi,
Hows your new male doing?
Cockatails, breeding, do you remenber when I said they are like humans? Cockatails, can be friends, buddy's, pals or they can click and love each other.that all depends on them you cant change that.
your female is laying fake eggs, which is ok, the male might get used to her and they will mate MAYBE!! LOL, .I had pairs togethers for years and they don't mate, but they are freinds to each other.
I hope you have a cuttle bone for them, the female needs that a lot.
You don't want to hear this "but as a breeder, myself, you REALLY NEED TO KEARN HOW TO HANDFEED BABYS!!! ITS ALOT HARDER THEN WHAT YOU SEE ON U TUBE AND SUCH, YOU NEED TO FIND A BREEDER THAT WILL SHOW YOU HANDS ON.I WISH YOU LIVED CLOSE TO ME AND I COULD (LOVE TO TEACH YOU) ON HAND FEEDEDING,, BUT IT IS HARD,
PARROTS HAVE TWO PIPES ONE FOR THEIR AIRSAC AND THE OTHER TO THEIR CROP IF YOU HIT THE PIPE THEY WILL SUCK FOOD DOWN THE AIRSAC = dead baby, I don't want you to feel that kind of pain, or go though it.
When babys that are 12 days old they know how to chug, that's the que to put food in them WHILE THEY CHUG, THEN STOP WHEN THEY STOP CHUGGING,
you need a chart on how much food to give them at age or weight, but still THE CROP IS GOING TO TELL YOU ITS FULL, OR YOU CAN OVER FEED THEM AND THEY MIGHT GET SOUR CROP (BAD NEWS)
THE FOOD HAS TO BE AT THE RIGHT TEMP.I USE 103 DEGREES, MY VET SAID THATS THE BEST. BUT YOU HAVE TO KEEP IT THAT HIGH UNTILL THE BABY IS DONE WITH EATING.
HEAT BOX!!!! DEPENDS ON THE AGE, THSTS A MUST ...
SO IF YOU ARE WAITING FOR BABYS, PLEASE USE YOUR TIME WISELY AND LEARN FROM A BREEDER BEFORE YOU GET BABYS,
AS FOR ME I LOVE TEACHING AND SHOWING HOW TO FEED THEM ITS VERY FUN, I BET IF YOU ASK, BREEDERS WILL SHARE AND HELP YOU
IF THE PARENTS CARE FOR THEM, YOU SRE STRESSING OUT THE OARENTS AND YOUR BABY MIGHT NEVER GET CLOSE TO YOU, BUT SOMETIMES (FEW TIMES) A BABY WILL BE NICE, BUT NOT AS NICE AS ONE YOU HAND FEED.

 

[Wishing4Wings]

ladtbird, I'm glad you posted with such excellent information. The little bit I learned about cockatiels is from books, and I only read enough to help my son care for the adult male that he adopted from a friend. With your experience, I hope you keep checking in and posting. Expert advice is so valuable!

 

[ladybirdb12]

Thank you, I am sorry that I have not been around, but life turns around and I was very busy handling what came after me lol.
Wishing4wings, maybe I can help with your sons bird, just explian what is going on.
I have been breeding over 10 years HOBBY ONLY LOL. I have my large birds, as pets, (they own me) and I breed cockatails, but they are my pets, I treat them as family (my kids) lol.
last night my Gibby and latte gave me a baby, the baby is a size of a quarter, and my other pair gave a baby she is six days old. So excited!!! I pull the babys at 12 days most of the time sometimes at 15 days depending on their feathers. At times if the baby has straight legs then I pull them the day they hatch, LOL EVERY TWO HOURS OF FEEDING, BUT I WILL DO ANYTHING TO GET THEM GOING.
Just let me know what I can do to help with your sons bird
Take care sherry

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Congratulations on your new little ones! It must be exciting. Do the parents mind much when you take the babies away?

Thanks for offering to help with my son's cockatiel. Any advice is appreciated. Rodney came to us from family friends who felt he was not getting enough attention. My son (14yrs) had been asking for a cockatiel for over a year, and we knew Rodney and his family, so I figured it would be a good deal. I don't know exactly how old he is, estimating between 3-5 years or so. We have had him since July of last year. He came with his cage (which I think is too small

) and feeders and toys.

I expected him to be frightened for a while, but terrified is a better word. He is afraid of hands near and especially in his cage. He will hiss and panic and try to get away. He is not finger trained

, and although he will act like he's going to bite, he never has. Just touches your finger with an open beak. He has bonded with my son and will scream when he leaves the room, although he seems fine with the school schedule and doesn't scream all day, thank goodness. He whistles when he is happy and sometimes I can get him to stop screaming by whistling to him. (My son has braces and can't whistle right now, but he only has to talk to Rodney to reassure him.) I found out the previous family rarely had him out of the cage, although took him regularly to get wings clipped, so only occasionally would he be allowed out to climb around on the top of his cage. They did not handle him, but I believe he was a hand fed baby.

Our goal is to get him less afraid of us (mom, dad, and younger brother) and finger trained (at least for my son). Rodney is allowed out of his cage to fly around my son's room (door closed always), and on the rare occasions that he chooses to come out of the cage, he will readily get on my son's finger from whatever shelf he lands on or from the top of his cage (But never from inside the cage). Rodney will even sit with my son while he reads or does homework. He has also, just recently, gotten to the point where he can pet Rodney on the head, but only with a finger stuck through the bars of the cage. Ideally, my son would love to be able to go up to the cage and have the bird willing get on his finger. I would also like to move him to a larger cage, but I've been afraid of causing a bird heart attack!

It has taken 6+ months just to get this far, but training has been sporadic. Now my son has taken on the idea of regular training as a project for school. Do you have any tips for taming this fraidy-cat? Length of sessions, number of sessions per day? What to do? Should it mostly be my son, or should the whole family be involved? Wondering how far we should push the bird to accept a new cage or a new perch area outside his cage. Just do the cage change and let him get used to it, or will it set him back farther? Maybe it would help because his "security blanket" would be gone and he might turn to my son for safety? I don't want to scare him so much that he turns mean.

My son was really hoping for a pet that he could interact with more. I think they would both be happier, but progress has sure been slow. Any ideas? Thanks!!

 

[ladybirdb12]

Wishing 4wings, I am so happy that care so much, caring about a cockateils feeling ....
Most people think they can rush them to love them!! That can happen when its a hand feed baby it takes about two weeks.
Your son and you took home a five year old older, set in his way, without showing love playtime and such. But you can change this, but its going to take time, maybe months to years, but every little change in him is going to be fun.
The cage, the cage is his home, you wouldn't want someone to come in yours,its the same with parrots, its their safe house.
Is Rodney wings clipped? If not, please please do this either by the old owner or a vet, better yet if you know someone with birds they could do this. This could be done without him knowing who did it lol, use a towel to cover his head, less stress for him and he cant see who did it lol.
After the wings are clipped, which is so much safer for him. It is really fun when they found out they have no weight in their wings, they preen them then they will hang on to something and flap the wings checking for lift off or what kind of flight they do have, which should be no lift but glides easy to the ground.
If Rodney is in your sons room, Rodney needs to be his flock!!! Your family ... can you put him place that the whole family is in doing the every day things, this helps him, seeing his new flock and keeps him busy watching everyone, its a small step, but it helps him to understand his flock (your family) .
The cage, if you got a cage for him that's new, just leave the door open and leave his old cage open just set the cages next to each other and let him check it out, it takes time, but he is going to check it out lol, its their nature to find out WHATS THIS LOL something new. Same with new toys, new toys just leave outside his cage, in time he is going to see what he can chew up.
millet is the treat, this can be used when he wont come out of his house and the door has been open for awhile wso put the millet outside his cage so that he has to step out his door, watch this, but don't get close to his cage, so he feels safe, .
My critters are yelling lol need to feed them
please tell me, anything that will help you out with Rodney and tomorrow. I will getback to you
Take care sherry