Cockatiels?

Question

I have 4 cockatiels my very first one is coco she lves me and i love her alot!:D then my uncle bought a nother cockatiel his name is chinku I love him too! I was planning on how to make them mate for once so they could have babies!!!! Can you tell me how I could make them mate? I know thats gross but still I need help.

Answer 1

Go purchase "Cockatiels! Pets - Breeding - Showing" by Nancy A Reed, and join the North American Cockatiel Society http://www.cockatiel.org/ so you can communicate with other breeders.

Are both of these birds of HIGH QUALITY and unrelated? No bald spots, genetic problems, and YOUNG. Pet store birds are not a high quality bird and are usually RELATED, so they are a POOR choice for purchasing for breeding purposes.

Purchase the largest cage with an access for attaching the nest box that you can afford, that way you don't have to cut your cage bars. California cages makes some wonderful cages with that access, just make sure that the bar spacing is small enough for the chicks.

If you really want to breed, wait until the birds are at least 2 1/2 years old. They will need to mature, be put on a good BREEDING diet, not seeds that is birdie junk food.

**Cockatiels live up to 30 years, so waiting will only work in their favor.**

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, this would mean no parties, going on vacation or even going to a friend's house overnight. Do you have an AVIAN vet for emergencies? Will your parents even take them? Some parents will not pay $100+ for a vet for a bird that cost $50-$100. Not to be harsh, but this unfortunately is the truth more often than not.

The chicks 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 and the birds are old enough.*******

Go to the vet or a breeder 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.

Don't think that you will make money selling tiels. They will sell to a pet store for around $35.00 privately, you can sell them for a little more, but not much.

If you have any questions, please feel free to email me. I have had my oldest cockatiel for 19 years and have sucessfully bred my birds.


Also, visit these sites:

http://www.cockatiel.org
http://www.cockatielcottage.com
http://budgies.ubergoth.net/contents

Answer 2

You don't want to breed cockatiels unless you know what you are doing. I did the dumbest thing years ago by letting my m/f 'tiels be together and gave them a nest box. Of the 10 eggs that resulted (out of 2 clutches of 5 each), only one baby survived to adulthood even though I was sure I knew what I was doing.

I didn't know. Three of the first clutch never even hatched because I kept meddling with them. Of the two that hatched, only one survived. The other died before it was a year old.

The second clutch all died at the same time before they even fledged so they must have gotten a disease from other birds in the house even though they were in a different room.

Breeding birds is a very difficult thing to do even for experienced people. For someone who just wants to do it "for fun", it's cruel to the birds and any babies that may result. You don't sound like a cruel person to me, so please, don't do it.

Answer 3

I have five cockatiels. It started with one female, Millie and one male, Rosey. (Yes, a boy bird named Rosey) They didn't mate until I had them for about six years. I moved them to a smaller cage one day because their big one broke, and about a month later Millie layed an egg. I guess it was because I put them in a smaller cage so they would be closer together and not at either side of a large cage all the time.

And it took a year for Millie to sit on the eggs until they hatched. You have to make a little house for them. I made mine out of a cardboard mailing box, taped it closed and cut a hole in the front big enough for them to go in and out of. If you can't put them in a smaller cage, you probably should just make them a house.

Buy them a cuttle bone at the pet food store for the female to chew on. if you don't, the female loses a lot of nutrients from laying eggs. They go into the egg shell. She will die if you don't get that for her. Coco and Chinku will be more aggressive to you when you're around their house and babies if they do hatch eggs. But whenever you can, hold the babies. Get some hand feeding formula at the pet food store too. The instructions are on the bag.

If you aren't around the babies enough or feed them yourself they will grow up to be skittish and not like people. I hope I've been able to help!

I ♥ cockatiels

Answer 4

I love all kinds of cockatiels. I own the normal grey ones, albino ones and pied one and some pied yellow split ones. They are all lovely in their own way. I own 12 cockatiels and have right now 10 eggs and 3 babies.

Answer 5

Put the two birds you want to mate in a cage by themselves. Put a nest box in there. Give them time to bond with each other and if they are going to mate then they will do it witout your help.
do not let the other birds disturb them.
When birds see a nest box it will signal them to start preparing for the family. You will see them chewing on the box, checking it out etc.
Put some Aspen shavings inside the nest box. About an inch deep ( you can get these at Walmart)
Do NOT use cedar or Pine.
If they do not bond and look interested in the box in a month then the chances of them mating is slim.
Good Luck

Answer 6

Why?

Do you know what you will do with the babies?

What happens if the females dies of egg binding?

Do you know how to hand feed babies?

Do you have a big enough cage for all the babies?

Do you have the money to vet the birds if something goes wrong?

Can you asure all the babies are in homes for the rest of their lives?

There are just to many unwanted birds as it is, and you are going to make more, why?

Answer 7

You need to get them a nesting box and then make sure you are feeding them calcium-enriched food. Next, put the male and female in the cage together and let nature take its course. :)

You also might want to talk to the people at your local pet store about things you might need for the baby birds or pitfalls you could encounter.

Good luck! :)

Answer 8

You really can't "make" them. Birds actually need to feel a bond between eachother before they do the deed. If the birds are in different cages set the cages close to eachother for awhile and eventually have them living in the same cage, they will bond and eventually u will have babies!

Answer 9

my birds are doing that. we got rid of my birds mate and now she lives with another bird and so on. you can't force them. it takes time. you also need a nesting box. she won't have eggs unless you have 1. i don't know why but u do.

Answer 10

First, Are you sure you have a boy bird and a girl bird?