Breeding question: Cockatoos

[Swatbirds]

Any body has the experience of breeding hand tammed cocktoos(both male and female hand reared)?. At wat age hand reared cockatoos matured n ready for breed??

 

[SailBoat]

Any body has the experience of breeding hand tammed cocktoos(both male and female hand reared)?. At wat age hand reared cockatoos matured n ready for breed??

Not to be mean, but you are asking 101 level questions regarding a subject that requires a Masters Degree in the subject to be even semi-successful.

Where you are starting, you are years away from any hope of being success and that is 'if' you have a for-real pair and whether they have any interest in each other.

 

[LordTriggs]

I'm sure I saw you post this question in a different post, do be careful about double posting

Like boats said, this is a 101 question. Breeding a bird isn't as easy as shoving two birds in a box and waiting. That's why a bird costs so much, if it was easy everyone would do it. To breed a bird you need to have an encyclopedic knowledge on the particular species and a vast sum of money held away just for them in case they get sick which is more than likely. you also need a large amount of very expensive equipment to care for chicks if the parents reject them, which with hand reared birds is more likely as they never saw their parents feeding them so don't know they need to. you also need to be trained in hand-feeding, it's not just shoving a syringe in their throat and squeezing food in, it's incredibly easy to kill a bird when hand-feeding.

Let's not forget the swarms of Too's stuck in rescue centers and abusive homes. Is it really fair to bring them into that life just to line your pockets?

In short, don't start breeding birds

 

[Scott]

Yes, and breeding cockatoos is not for the faint hearted.

I've watched a pair of Goffins happily hatch 3 babies that survived to adulthood and beyond. Only problem is they stopped feeding after 2 or 3 days, leaving hapless humans to feed literally round the clock. Worse, males will often turn on their mates, chase, and kill. Which is why responsible breeders have nests with two openings. My pair produced the first chick about 12 years after acquisition.