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DFlowers said:
Hey y'all ! My name is Debra Flowers and I am northern born but southern bread!lol! Born in northern Minnesota , Ooooooo !cold country! I've lived almost in every region of the USA . Being an air force bratt, I've lived from the east coast to the west and from the northern border to the Rio Grande river on the borders of Texas and Mexico! Last place I lived was where I planted . The sunny palmetto state, south Carolina. Went from a snow bunny to a beach bunny! Lol! I'm in the country of the small town of Andrews sc. We have five ackers of land and rescued 19 chickens. Don't know the breeds except for a few select. Banum game, frizzles and Austrian blacks are the only three breeds that I'm sure of that we have have. We went from 19 to about 40. The Austrian blacks we bought solely for egg production. And the rest are just here lol !! We get eggs from all of the hens tho. We not only have chickens but when we rescued the chickens, two bourer/alpine goats came with them! Now a third goat came along last Feb . We did not know the nanny goat was pregnant ! We also have five labs. One golden retriever and four Labradors We have a ministry. We are evangelist and we minister wherever and to whomever we come across. We also have a small vending business. We sell what people call "The south Carolina Candy" salted boiled peanuts. We keep them steaming hot ! I don't know much about chickens or goats for that matter. The little 9month old billy is sick. He got that bloat. And toxic . E almost lost him but he is recovering. But not out of the woods yet. Any advice about bloat ,endrotoxic and constipation will be so appreciated. Oh! I almost forgot! We have two cockatiels . One mail and one female . They are breading and have been laying and mating for over a year now and still no babies. Any advice? Was told the male might be sterile . So that's it in a nutshell .
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Welcome to Backyard Chickens! We are glad you joined the flock!:welcome BYC is a helpful site providing all the information you need to know about poultry! There is always space for more members on the BYC roost!:highfive: I am sorry to hear about your goat! There is a forum here for other pets and livestock BTW. I hear chicken feed can be deadly to them and make them bloated too. It could possibly have to do that the calcium is too high in layer feed but that is just my guess. Hope you enjoy it here as much as we all do!
 
Hi Debra. Welcome to the flock. :frow

Is your cockatiel hen sitting and brooding the eggs at all? If she is trying to hatch them and nothings happening it's likely your male is sterile. Have a look at her eggs next time she's been sitting for a few days. Shine a light (you phone flashlight is great for this) through it and see if there's any development or if there's just a yolk. By about day 3 of her sitting you should see veins developing if they are fertile.

You may need to shorten your hens exposure to light so that she takes a break from laying as it does take it out of them and puts them at risk of egg binding due to depleting their calcium stores. If cockatiels are inside they are exposed to longer 'light' hours so they think it's breeding season all year round. By reducing their daylight hours to 10 hours of light a day, and putting them in a darkened room the rest of the time, they'll think its winter and their hormones will settle down and let them take a break.

Hope that helps.
 

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