Hello all!
I've been on and off active for the past year but am back now with some updates and news.
I'm down to only 2 birds now -- our younger pair of cockatiels, Ash and Ember.
Rue, our rescued older female cockatiel, passed away a few months ago, leaving her mate, Boo, a widow. It was ultimately decided that he would be better suited with a female companion, and so since I was not wanting another bird, the decision was made to rehome him to an amazing family who had a female cockatiel to be his friend. He is super happy now and I continue to get updates from his new family on how happy he is.
Ash and Ember now have the entire double flight cage to themselves, and we decided it was time to let them try having babies! It was always my intention to breed them, but never had the best opportunity to with another male around. But now they have a quiet room to themselves and a huge cage to be in, and now the nestbox has been installed and we are ready for babies!!
It's important to note that I have raised baby cockatiels before, these birds are both mature (2 and 3 1/2 years old) and they have clean bills of health from the vet. I hope this thread will serve as informational and fun for everyone to watch and especially if you're interested in potentially breeding your birds someday but don't know what goes into it.
I have a camera set up to watch them, and they are beginning to explore the nestbox today on day 1. They are, how shall I say it, quite active physically every day, so hopefully should have no problem laying eggs soon, haha!
I've been on and off active for the past year but am back now with some updates and news.
I'm down to only 2 birds now -- our younger pair of cockatiels, Ash and Ember.
Rue, our rescued older female cockatiel, passed away a few months ago, leaving her mate, Boo, a widow. It was ultimately decided that he would be better suited with a female companion, and so since I was not wanting another bird, the decision was made to rehome him to an amazing family who had a female cockatiel to be his friend. He is super happy now and I continue to get updates from his new family on how happy he is.
Ash and Ember now have the entire double flight cage to themselves, and we decided it was time to let them try having babies! It was always my intention to breed them, but never had the best opportunity to with another male around. But now they have a quiet room to themselves and a huge cage to be in, and now the nestbox has been installed and we are ready for babies!!
It's important to note that I have raised baby cockatiels before, these birds are both mature (2 and 3 1/2 years old) and they have clean bills of health from the vet. I hope this thread will serve as informational and fun for everyone to watch and especially if you're interested in potentially breeding your birds someday but don't know what goes into it.
I have a camera set up to watch them, and they are beginning to explore the nestbox today on day 1. They are, how shall I say it, quite active physically every day, so hopefully should have no problem laying eggs soon, haha!