Comments on: Cockatiels from egg to full grown. http://www.thebirdnerds.com/2007/11/12/cockatiels-from-egg-to-full-grown/ Your resource for bird related information Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:54:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Brigid http://www.thebirdnerds.com/2007/11/12/cockatiels-from-egg-to-full-grown/#comment-271 Brigid Sun, 07 Mar 2010 01:50:40 +0000 http://www.thebirdnerds.com/index.php/cockatiels-from-egg-to-full-grown/#comment-271 Hi, I have a first-time mother cockatiel who had only one baby. This baby is 4 weeks old now, and has traces of yellow down feathers left on its lower back/hip area, and has grey and white feathers growing on on its wings only. Does anyone have any suggestions why this 4-week-old baby isn't growning feathers anywhere else on its body. In my research and experience with other nests, its entire body should be nearly covered with new feathers by now. Instead, it is very bald. Any advice from anyone would be greatly appreciated. Please reply to auntb21@yahoo.com. Thanks. Hi, I have a first-time mother cockatiel who had only one baby. This baby is 4 weeks old now, and has traces of yellow down feathers left on its lower back/hip area, and has grey and white feathers growing on on its wings only. Does anyone have any suggestions why this 4-week-old baby isn’t growning feathers anywhere else on its body. In my research and experience with other nests, its entire body should be nearly covered with new feathers by now. Instead, it is very bald. Any advice from anyone would be greatly appreciated. Please reply to auntb21@yahoo.com. Thanks.

]]> By: Muhammad Faisal http://www.thebirdnerds.com/2007/11/12/cockatiels-from-egg-to-full-grown/#comment-270 Muhammad Faisal Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:35:21 +0000 http://www.thebirdnerds.com/index.php/cockatiels-from-egg-to-full-grown/#comment-270 how many days feed cocatiels their babies how many days feed cocatiels their babies

]]> By: Bren Smith http://www.thebirdnerds.com/2007/11/12/cockatiels-from-egg-to-full-grown/#comment-207 Bren Smith Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:16:28 +0000 http://www.thebirdnerds.com/index.php/cockatiels-from-egg-to-full-grown/#comment-207 Hi Mike, Males tend to get aggressive when their babies are older. I have two breeder pairs and have been breeding for quite a few years now. You probably want to pull the babies at this point and finishing up the handfeeding, if you are comfortable doing it. I like to pull mine at about two weeks, sometimes a couple days earlier. When you leave the work up to your breeder pair as the babies get older, the babies don't get as much socialization and you decrease the life expectancy from your breeder pair. It's a lot of work and energy spent on them when they have to feed babies growing so fast. ;-) Hi Mike,

Males tend to get aggressive when their babies are older. I have two breeder pairs and have been breeding for quite a few years now. You probably want to pull the babies at this point and finishing up the handfeeding, if you are comfortable doing it. I like to pull mine at about two weeks, sometimes a couple days earlier. When you leave the work up to your breeder pair as the babies get older, the babies don’t get as much socialization and you decrease the life expectancy from your breeder pair. It’s a lot of work and energy spent on them when they have to feed babies growing so fast. ;-)

]]> By: Mike Pfeffer http://www.thebirdnerds.com/2007/11/12/cockatiels-from-egg-to-full-grown/#comment-206 Mike Pfeffer Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:57:44 +0000 http://www.thebirdnerds.com/index.php/cockatiels-from-egg-to-full-grown/#comment-206 I have two young cockatiels now 4 weeks old still in the nesting box. Both parents have been doing well;however, today the male alarmed me because of his agressive reaction to one where he looked like he was pecking at the one. I removed the male for awhile, but later let him out and he went back to feeding the two. Have you experienced this situation and if so, what did you do. I have two young cockatiels now 4 weeks old still in the nesting box. Both parents have been doing well;however, today the male alarmed me because of his agressive reaction to one where he looked like he was pecking at the one. I removed the male for awhile, but later let him out and he went back to feeding the two. Have you experienced this situation and if so, what did you do.

]]> By: nancy http://www.thebirdnerds.com/2007/11/12/cockatiels-from-egg-to-full-grown/#comment-84 nancy Mon, 31 Dec 2007 13:57:07 +0000 http://www.thebirdnerds.com/index.php/cockatiels-from-egg-to-full-grown/#comment-84 that was cool, love to see them from babies to grown up. they are beautiful. that was cool, love to see them from babies to grown up. they are beautiful.

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