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sonya
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Joined: 06 Sep 2008
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| SAFE AGE TO BREED |
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COULD SOMEONE LET ME KNOW WHAT A SAFE AGE IS FOR A FEMALE COCKATIEL TO HAVE HER FIRST BABIES. 
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Tuesday September 9, 2008 9:58 am |
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blue
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Depending on how they live and such, somewhere between 1½-2 years, not before and not after. |
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Tuesday September 9, 2008 12:32 pm |
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sonya
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THANK YOU BLUE. SHE IS JUST OVER ONE YEAR OLD SO WE WILL WAIT UNTILL THE NEXT BREEDING SEASON.
CHEERS SONYA |
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Tuesday September 9, 2008 1:02 pm |
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blue
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ok. What you can do to prepare her already is to start giving her a diet of lots of veggies ( if you don't already do that) and seeds which you soak for 24 hours, and change the water on ever 12 hours or so ( the more the better) I'm not sure what you call this in english, but it's rather like sprouting seeds, only you give them to the birds before they've actually sprouted, because that is when there is a maximum amount of nutrition in them. Also provide them with calcium, via culltebones or similar products, as this will be needed for her producing the eggshell. provide dry seeds as well. Also, you can give them small amounts of cottage cheese, since it's high in calcium and they usually like it.
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Tuesday September 9, 2008 1:49 pm |
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sonya
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Joined: 06 Sep 2008
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THANK YOU SO MUCH BLUE  I PRETTY MUCH DO ALL OF THIS ALLREADY SO I AM ON THE RIGHT TRACK. I DIDNT KNOW ABOUT THE COTTAGE CHEESE , I WILL START GIVING HER SOME SOON SO SHE WILL BE USED TO IT WHEN THE RIGHT TIME COMES
THANKS AGAIN SONYA |
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Wednesday September 10, 2008 6:52 am |
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blue
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you're welcome! Just make sure you don't give them TOO much cottage cheese as it is quite fattening... |
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Wednesday September 10, 2008 1:43 pm |
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Cheeta
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Joined: 06 Apr 2005
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Location: Australia |
quote:
Originally posted by blue
Depending on how they live and such, somewhere between 1½-2 years, not before and not after.
I'm just curious Blue. What do you mean not after? Cockatiels live for a long time and if that's you don't breed it after 2 yr old, you mean you only breed them for a max of two cycles?? That doesn't sound right to me.
Even a budgie can breed for 2 - 3 years (2 clutches per breeding season) |
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Saturday September 13, 2008 3:45 am |
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blue
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sorry, should have clairfied that! A first time breeder (especially females) should not be over 2 years, but after that first time,you can of course breed more times. |
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Saturday September 13, 2008 6:32 pm |
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nezumiceplak
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Joined: 01 Jun 2007
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I'll be breeding my bird before she turns two, but I was curious.
If they bird has previously laid eggs that didn't hatch, then is it safe to breed after the age of 2? Seen as though they are already capable of laying and I know a lot of females (my own included) will lay clutches when they are alone.
Like I said just wondering, I'd love to know |
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Monday October 20, 2008 1:37 pm |
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blue
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I relly don't know..it seems to me that it should be, as long as she hasn't done it for a while, because then she will have to load up on calicum and such before beeing breed. I will ask my beter knowing friends what they say and come back to you. |
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Monday October 20, 2008 1:45 pm |
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nezumiceplak
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Joined: 01 Jun 2007
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Yeah I know it can be bad with eggs...My bird is thinking of laying again now so I'll either be breeding her before she actually tries to lay or after she's bored of the eggs |
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Monday October 20, 2008 1:48 pm |
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