Well for us it was the Cockatiel. Actually as we all know it takes two to tango and our birds have been doing the Tango quite regularly.

The male bird is the is whiter colored. He just loves to sing and he talks very well. He says “Pieces of eight”, ” Pretty Bird” and “Whacha Doin”.

We built them a nest-box made from plywood. The dimensions are 12x12x12. The back door slides open so we can peek in on them.

Breeding birds is extremely fun. The female cockatiel laid four eggs. They took turns incubating them. The male cockatiel would sit on them all day and she would sit on them at night.

We candled the eggs after 1 week. This process if very simple, you just need to be cautious when handling the eggs. DO NOT SHAKE THEM!

If the eggs are fertile, you will see spidering veins throughout the egg. All four of our eggs were fertile but only 3 hatched.

One of the neatest things about the eggs was that about 1-2 days before they hatch, you can actually hear the little chick inside peeping!

I will be updating with pictures very soon, but for now here is a picture of the first hatchling on day 1. That’s it all covered it yellow down!

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