I have cockateils and they just mated how long before she will lay her eggs?

Answer 1

If they don't have a nest box, most times they won't lay any at all. Cockatiels will mate for the sheer fun of it. You can buy a nest box for cockatiels at a pet store. Put a few layers of newspaper in the bottom & then a layer of pine bedding (like for hamsters). You will need to clean this periodically after the chicks are hatched. It's been a long time since I bred these, but I think it was like 21 days for them to hatch. She will start laying eggs in a few days (If I remember correctly), & usually she will lay one a day until she has about 5 or 6 eggs. You should be feeding her a calcium suppliment so that she doesn't become egg bound. That can kill her. Also keep a clean cuttle bone in the cage. This provides some calcium. You can also give them Dandelion greens, well washed! They love them. After the chicks hatch, you will need to keep a soft food in the cage for the parents to feed the chicks. I used hard boiled egg mixed with gerber baby cereal & cooked rice (keep refrigerated). Keep a fresh dish of this mixture in the cage at all times. The dish will need to be washed regularly (at each change). You should start feeding this to the parents now so that they can get used to it before the chicks are here. Keep mom & dad together! She is going to need his help raising the chicks! Handle the babies often when they start growing feather & their eyes are open. This will make for better, tamer pets when you go to sell them. Also PLEASE go on the internet & do ALOT of research BEFORE you decide to breed. This is a very important step before any animal ownership & especially breeding! Good Luck!

Answer 2

If you really want to breed, wait at least 1 1/2 years. They will need to mature, be put on a good BREEDING diet, not seeds that is birdie junk food. Also, make sure that they are not related!!! If you breed birds that are related the chicks will either be severly damaged genetically or will not survive at all.

Cockatiels live for up to 30 years, so it will not hurt to wait. Cockatiels will go through the act of mating as young as 9 months, but that is not a medically safe time to allow them to breed. They are still babies then themselves!

YOU will need to do LOTS of work and research.
If your birds abandon the chicks or refuse to feed, you will have to step in and feed the chicks. This is AROUND THE CLOCK. They would then need to be in a brooder so they could digest their food properly, otherwise they will die. If they are handfed incorrectly, they can die a very slow, painful death from crop burn, slow crop, pneumonia, or infection.

I'll go into a short list of things that you as a responsible person will need to do before allowing your birds to breed.

First, do not put the nest box in the cage until you do your research.

Go to the book store and purchase a book on how to raise and breed cockatiels.

Go to the vet and learn how to properly handfeed, just in case they toss or abandon the chicks. They can also help you out if your hen becomes eggbound. This can be and is usually fatal if not treated immediently.

Find buyers for any and all chicks that hatch, before you let them breed. There are LOTS of birds out there due to overbreeding that are in need of homes, most are cockatiels and budgies (parakeets) due to the ease of breeding these birds.

Why do you want to breed? Is it to better the species, or because you think they need to?
Do you know the background of both birds?
Did their parents have any problems?
Are your birds on a good breeding diet?
Do they have enough calcium to prevent eggbinding?
Do they have fresh foods offered daily?

If you cannot answer all of those questions, then I would not breed.

If they are not on a good breeding diet, pellets, fresh foods, and very little seed, you may loose one of your birds during the breeding, or have chicks that are sickly.

Here is another good resource for breeding birds.

http://www.cockatiels.org/articles/breeding/breeding.html

http://www.cockatiel.com/

http://www.cockatielcottage.net/

Answer 3

As with all birds,mating has little to do with actual egg laying.A birds egg production is triggered by the length of light within a day.Even though they are mating it could be up to a month before the female begins to lay.

Answer 4

It actually depends when they mated.Keep track on a calender so you can know next time.