my cockaitel layed eggs and she has no male to firtilize them?

Question

if i get her a mate can the eggs she already layed be firtile after i get the male or do they have to mate to get firtile eggs.

Answer 1

You must have a male present BEFORE her actually laying them for the eggs to be fertile. Do not take the eggs away from her though. If you do, she'll continue to lay until her clutch is full, and if you take them away, that will be never. If she continues to lay eggs, then it will deplete the calcium levels in her system, and it can cause sickness or death.

Wait until she loses interest in the eggs to take them out of the cage.

For you to actually have baby cockatiels, you'll need a male tiel that is of age, a nest box and the education it takes to handfeed, and hand raise to get them ready for rehoming.

Good luck.

Answer 2

The eggs will not be fertile. Let her keep the eggs for a while before throwing them out. Otherwise she will keep laying more & that is not good for her. She will need a calcium supplement added to her food to prevent her from becoming egg bound (this can kill her). Also keep a clean cuttle bone in her cage at all times, this not only gives them something to chew on, it also provides some calcium & will help keep her beak in good condition.

Answer 3

No, the eggs she has laid already will never be fertile. The sperm has to be present in the hen's body when the egg is being made inside the hen's body. Otherwise, the egg won't be fertile.

Answer 4

They have to mate! Your eggs you presently have will never be fertile. You can let her sit on them like a mommy for a while, but eventually you will have to throw them out.

Answer 5

My mother keeps these birds and I've found out quite alot about them on the internet and in trial and error, what works and doesn't work.

Good news is you found out your Cocketiel is a hen. Bad news, nope, the eggs she laid without a rooster around will be just ornaments which you can apply spray lacquer to to keep, if you want, after punching a small hole in the top and bottom to drain out the contents. Otherwise, they're just rotten eggs. And, I mean, literally, rotten eggs.

More bad news, cocketeils are picky and mate for life or for a long time. When I say mate, that's as in stay together and joined as a couple. It often doesn't have to do anything with sex or sexuality.

Several other birds do the same thing in joining for life but not so much as in with humans, as cockelteils as these, are kept as pets more than some other birds.

You can't put a male cockeltiel in the cage that's joined with another hen unless you want to break up their marriage, which isn't likely to happen, and that means nothing else is likely to happen in the cage with your lone, little hen. Also, you can't borrow a male from someone else that has a pair and expect stud service.

For the record, you can't put a parakeet or budgie in the same cage with a cocketeil. There may be a few birds you can mix with them in cages or larger community environments but parakeets and cocketeils don't mix!

Perhaps, if you buy a "known" rooster, introduce it to the cage of your hen they will bond. I say a known rooster as they are hard to sex at a young age.

A rooster is genereally more vocal, more active, aggressive, etc. than a hen. Occasionally, you'll find a vocal hen but from reports of people who keep such communities of birds in large communities, they are rare.

Also, cocketeils can bond with members of the same sex, not in a sexual way but as partners in life. They can also and often do, bond with humans. They do this because they are confined to a cage with another bird and not in a community of birds within an aviary. This is due partly because they are lone birds and their enviroment consists of a care-giving human and that's all they've ever known.

Birds on this level who have bonded with humans may show little interest in being bred with roosters and may even reject them. The only way to find out is to introduce a male to your hen and see what happens. Remember, these are little birds with highly organized social skills. Frankly, I don't have the blue book on these birds but you'll just have to play this part by ear: Pairing the two.

If your bird is young or even middle age for a bird, I would think that it would be possible for it to bond with a male. First thing, you need to insure it's a male. Male's generally are more vocal. Chances are if it's an unattached hen and an unattached rooster, they'll bond.

As they don't work, you're going to have to provide them with food and shelter. That means, you'll going to need to provide it with a nest.

What I've found works very well is a coffee can. Used to, coffee cans were, well, cans. Today, they're plastic.

Put two or more holes in the bottom of a plastic coffee can. Attach a wire through the holes to attach to the inside of the cage. If you can't fit the can inside the cage, you will have to use something smaller or attach it to the door of the cage. This only works if you can access the feed and water trays without the door and/or the bottom of the cage can be easily removed.

Next, make a hole in the lid that's large enough for them to enter. A large coffee can seems to be just the right size, they love this and will accept it quickly as a hiding place, private place and place to lay and raise young. If you place it near the top but not at the top, the rooster will often sit on top to survay his kingdom and all that he owns. Proud poppa.

The best part, it's cheap, easy to obtain and when they make-shift nests get really dirty, you can replace these with new ones.

The only problems you may have is if you make the holes in the lids too big and the young fall out. Then you have to put them back in. No matter what size you make the holes in the lids, the birds will remodel them by biting at the holes and making them their own.

If you've never raised these birds before, the first or couple of first sets of offsprings by the parent brood may need some help by you.

The parents may not care for the young as needed and they may die. Also, they will reach an age in which the father (rooster) desides it's time for them to go and will kick them out in one way or another. He may do this by fighting them or picking out their feathers.

You'll have to have another cage at the ready to house the younger birds as the parents decide they're ready to be on their own. You can't have too many birds in a small cage in a situation like this unless you want the younger ones injured or dead.

Other things, the hens need high-powered food to lay good eggs. They sell millet spray which they recognize and absolutely love. It's fattening but when they're laying eggs, it's like eating chocolate to them. BTW, I'd have to look it up again, but I think chocolate is poisonous to them.

Have fun match-making your birds and helping in raising your little ones.