nesting

Hello everyone! So my son went off to college and left me with 4 Conures. Over the past month (only through researching) I've noticed them having nesting behavior. They have a nesting box, which for a little over a week, all 4 have spent the majority of their time inside. 2 days ago I found an...

I have almost 2 years old African Grey. What you guys think I should introduce nest box as they are chewing almost all the woods and perches,feeding each others. Regards,

These are my jenday conures , they’ve already bonded and im pretty sure ones a male and the other a female based on tail length and head shape, in addition to being adults from the colorings. Can anyone confirm this and give me tips on how to make them a nest that doesn’t require wood? I’d...

We have a female Alexandrine parakeet that came from the SPCA about 15 years ago and was around 5 or 6 years old then. She has a large cage and we let her out loose for about 6-8 hours a day. She does not talk, but whistles, mumbles, chirps, other funny sounds, but mostly squawks. Her hobby is...

I am new here and this is my first time posting (joined because I thought it would be helpful to caring for the birds). A family member of mine received two masked lovebirds (if I am correct because the internet seems to give me weak answers) as a gift and I have co-ownership over the breeding...

Hi, all. My lovebird laid four eggs (non-fertile; she's alone) over a week period, and during that time she stuffed her little 'tent' with paper strips that she'd placed into her 'hind' feathers and transported to her home. About three weeks later, after she'd seemingly stopped producing eggs...

Hey, is it okay to use this nestbox for my parakeets couple ? https://imgur.com/a/ISuE8Un basically it's a cockatiel nestbox but it's the best I can find in my area concerning the quality of wood and the size, it's a bit large for a parakeet I guess but would it be a problem ? I also found a...

I was going to take a bath as normal, when I see something through the window, a black figure with little black figures moving around.. as dumb as I was, I open the window and was greeted by three small birds. They were already scared so I close the window and think. There was a nest there, full...

First off, we are 100% new to parakeet breeding/eggs. Especially seeing as we had not considered it a possibility, we believed that we had two female parakeets. We understand, of course, that these eggs may very well be infertile. But we simply think it best to care for them as if they were...

We are still getting to know Benji (2 weeks since adoption) and he is generally settling in very well. He seems happy (has a medium sized bedroom as all his own, with 2 large cages and many, many toys both inside and out) and is free roaming (in that room) full time. Very affectionate in the...

hey guys, i wanted to ask if someone knows if this is a sign thay my conure is nesting? if it is what actioms do you recommend me so that i can help thanks

My family members report seeing TJ, my pinapple conure, making strips of paper and tucking them in his tail. I'm aware this is what parrots do when they want to make a nest, but to my knowledge TJ is a male (according to his previous owner, he was DNA tested). I thought only females build nests...

Hello! Zazu is still continuing to lay eggs. We are on our fourth egg now! I read that she could have protein deficiency during this time. What do you guys recommend I give her for protein? I tried hard boiled eggs but she won't eat them ):

Hello everyone! Haven't been on in awhile, just wanted to update everyone on Roxy. I know many of you are experienced eclectus breeders, but I just thought I would share what I have learned from Roxy over the past year for those who are new to female parrots. Roxy is a Solomon Island eclectus...

I am 100% (and I mean 100%) clueless about bird reproduction. When I got my budgies, I was told that if you don't put a nest box in, they won't breed and that's that, I didn't put a box, they didn't (not sure of their sex so don't know whether they could've if they'd wanted to). I've since...

Hello everyone! My one year old budgie Thaii, has been interested in one of my old shoes and tries to go in and out of it. She has a mate, named Dexter and he is also 1yr+. I only took the shoe to give to my Boyfriend's tiel since I'm birdsitting him, and he LOVES shoes, feet, and socks. c...

Ok, I have a female lovebird, her name is Twilight she is about 2 years old and I have only had her for about 3 months. Her previous owner hand raised her from a chick but neglected her after the first year, so it has taken a little bit of work to re-socialize her and she is doing great though...

In June of 2012, when I first rescued Lucky, I took her to be groomed by a lady who runs a shop selling bird pet stuff - I think she is knowledgeable about birds. She took a look at Lucky, and told me Lucky was forming an egg. Thinking the egg would be laid, one way or another. I asked if I...

I have a single female, named Lucky, who seems obsessed with building a nest. About a year ago, she had an egg burst inside her, and it nearly killed her. I don't want her producing eggs, should I stop her from her nest building behavior?

I keep her in the dark, in a walk-in closet, for 12 hours at night: from 6pm to 6am. I think that might help, a little, but she is still obsessive about nesting. She is always looking for a place to nest, and always looking to shred paper to put in her tail feathers. She still does this...

I recently got a breeding pair of Green Cheek Conures (3 days ago) they are a proven pair 4 years old and I gave them a cockatiel nest box outside their cage you know by opening a door and attaching the box to that opening so they can get in it but they wont go near it! what should i do? does it...

They still haven't laid anything, In fact they haven't shown any interest in the nesting box at all. It was on the floor of the cage so now I have placed it higher up hoping that they show interest now. I don't know what else to do to get them going. I haven't seen them mating but I have caught...

Hi everyone, I have a male and female alexandrine. They have recently been mating often and both hiding away in their nest box but the male will always stay in there like he is guarding it or something. I always see the female but the male only comes out to eat. Is this normal? Thanks for your...

What a great site! I am the proud mommy of Logan an 8 yr old female Dbl Yellow headed Amazon - Magna Logan is a very busy girl and most days I spend either chasing or entertaining her, thank God I work from home! Lately her thing is going under bathroom sink and "nesting" she won't stop and...

Hello all, I am having trouble mounting my nesting box to the cage. I bought a nesting box from PetSmart: All Living Things™ Parakeet Nesting Box - Nesting - Bird - PetSmart The problem is, there are no hooks with which to mount it. Also, the perch is on the inside of the box. I was told...