ogfrenchhorn
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- Dec 30, 2015
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Hi everyone! New to the forum. I've had birds ever since I was a kid. I've bread budgies, cockatiels, canaries, and Indian ringnecks. I've hand fed lots of babies, most recently I hand fed a baby starling that fell out of his nest 2 days in a row at 7 days old.
3 years ago I bought a pair of Plumb head parakeets. They told me they were 3 years old and would be ready for breeding in the spring. Sure enough they laid eggs and they hatched. Unfortunately both hatchlings ended up getting kicked out of the nest (probably as soon as they hatched) and I didn't see them until it was too late. These past two years they laid eggs but they didn't hatch. Breeding season will be here in a couple months and I'm wondering if I'm feeding them the wrong diet. I feed them cockatiel and conure food. I also feed them zoopreem (sp?) and fruit. Every now and then I feed them soak and cook.
They proved that they can produce babies so I know the male isn't sterile. The only thing I can think of is diet.
Almost forgot. I did feed them mazuri stock builder last year but it didn't work.
Any suggestion on what I can do?
These birds are outside in a cage that's about 60x24x36 inches
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3 years ago I bought a pair of Plumb head parakeets. They told me they were 3 years old and would be ready for breeding in the spring. Sure enough they laid eggs and they hatched. Unfortunately both hatchlings ended up getting kicked out of the nest (probably as soon as they hatched) and I didn't see them until it was too late. These past two years they laid eggs but they didn't hatch. Breeding season will be here in a couple months and I'm wondering if I'm feeding them the wrong diet. I feed them cockatiel and conure food. I also feed them zoopreem (sp?) and fruit. Every now and then I feed them soak and cook.
They proved that they can produce babies so I know the male isn't sterile. The only thing I can think of is diet.
Almost forgot. I did feed them mazuri stock builder last year but it didn't work.
Any suggestion on what I can do?
These birds are outside in a cage that's about 60x24x36 inches
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