Need help with my IRNs

[shamil.chicku]

i need help and i have no idea how to be friendly with my INRs. its been like 2 months and they are still scaerd when i get too close to the cage. and i dont know how old they are. i bought them from a local pet shop. and i placed a nesting box for them. i even asked the shopkeeper and he said it was totally fine . laid 4 eggs.i dont know why did they break all the 4 eggs. so i removed the nesting box.. please helpme. i am new to this and the shop keeper says everything will be fine bla bla bla .. please help me

 

[weco]

Two months is often a bare minimum amount of time for birds that are well socialized to get used to their new home & surroundings and begin to become friendly. For bird pairs that have not been socialized, it may take up to a year or longer, because they will be more content with their own company than any human company.....

As to their breaking their eggs, if you are persistent in always checking on them, opening the cage & keeping them nervous, they cannot become comfortable and feel secure in their new surroundings. Since you do not know how old these birds are, you don't know if this is their first clutch...I might suggest that you read up on setting up breeding facilities for ringnecks and/or other species.....while it is breeding season for most parrot species, they do require a certain privacy and hens require increased diet nutrition.....some hens whose eggs are broken or otherwise removed, will re-lay the lost eggs, so she might try replacing her lost clutch.....you can't just put in a nest box & remove it at will if you want this pair to produce chick for you.

You are probably right about the shop keeper giving you bad information.....

While the members here can give you some help, what you need to learn is much more than the 6,7 or 8 paragraphs, or more, of information that we might be able to offer is nowhere near the amount of information you require to successfully breed & raise birds.....

Good luck.....

 

[shamil.chicku]

Well my friends told me. Giving chilli will make them talk. But they dont eat chilli. And can i let them out of the cage in a closed room.

 

[chippy]

First of all, I need to ask, why did you get the birds? Had you thought about it and looked into what was needed, or was this an impulse purchase? Are you hoping to be a breeder? Did you want them as pets?

Secondly, there is NOTHING, I repeat, NOTHING on Earth that will "make" ANY bird talk. NOTHING. There are birds that are more known for talking, but even within those species, there are birds that will never say a word. There are other species not known for talking, and birds within those that will talk.
No food or anything else will make the slightest bit of difference as to whether or not your birds may talk.

As for your other questions/ concerns, PLEASE talk to and read as much as you can about the birds, about feeding, etc., and know that you will have to take things very slowly if they are ever going to bond with or even be comfortable with you...and understand that if they are an established breeding pair that are bonded to each other, they may never bond to you.

Where do you live? Is there an avian vet nearby, or someone ( perhaps a reliable breeder) that you could talk with?

 

[weco]

Shamil, many birds really enjoy chilies and other peppers...the Capsaicin/Capsicine/Capsicin, the chemical in peppers that causes our mouth, tongue and lips to burn, does not affect our feathered friends...my birds eat green/bell peppers and the several types of (hot) chilies I eat.....

Chippy is right...there is nothing that will encourage a bird to talk...if it is going to talk, it will do so of its own choice.....your friends don't know what they're talking about.....

Yes, you can let your birds out in a closed room, but understand that they will probably go to the highest point in the room.....if you do this while it is dark outside, you can close the curtains/drapes/shades, then turn the lights off to allow you to grab the bird(s), since they are not friendly with you yet.....when you grab them, be prepared to use your thumb and forefinger to control the bird & help prevent getting bitten...if you look at the pic below, with my thumb, I can control his beak...that is a relatively loose finger wrap, but if I lift my thumb slightly, I can close his beak & keep him from biting me.....you need to be careful here & exert just enough pressure to control the bird, not hurt it.....lifting my thumb slightly will allow me to prevent the bird from turning its head.....my hands are large enough to control conure & smaller sized birds with one hand, but you may want to use both hands so the bird does not try to twist out of your grip, which could be dangerous, if you were surprised by the movement and were not prepared for it.....

Good luck.....