crossley@oakhill.sps.mot.com (John Crossley) (05/29/91)
Cookies at it again - She is laying eggs and we don't know what to do, We think they cannot be fertile eggs because the male is not with her, We separated them because Cookie was being very agressive about 8 weeks ago. Her first clutch was 6 eggs 2 fertile, only one actually hatched and the baby is fine - but now we are back to square one. We know some birds can mate once and lay several fertile eggs but our books do not mention this. Putting the male back with the female seems fine but Cookie harrasses the heck out of him.... sigh........ Any comments about this second Round of egg laying? Thanks John Crossley
hubler@galaxy.lerc.nasa.gov (Dale Hubler) (05/30/91)
In article <1991May29.140544.761@oakhill.sps.mot.com> crossley@oakhill.sps.mot.com (John Crossley) writes: >Cookies at it again - She is laying eggs and we don't know >what to do, We think they cannot be fertile eggs because > >Putting the male back with the female seems fine but Cookie >harrasses the heck out of him.... sigh........ > >John Crossley Well, not every tiel makes a good parent or mate. Is cookie a young bird and inexperienced at breeding? How badly does she harass the male? Does she actually draw blood or physically fight. Cockatiels are also notorious for foot biting. You should at least allow her to sit on the eggs to get the laying stopped. Also make sure she is getting a good amount of calcium. Maybe the aggression is due to breeding urges or maybe she just does not make a good mate. One possibility is to let them breed, remove him to some out-of-sight area, and let her raise the chicks. If you really want to breed, you might consider getting another mate too. Hope it works out. Dale Hubler -- Dale A. Hubler -- Sverdrup Technology -- (216) 977-7014 hubler@galaxy.lerc.nasa.gov If you take an ASCII file, turn it backwards, and read it on an EBCDIC system, will you see demonic messages?