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Re: my cockatiels layed 2 eggs
Posted by LindaC in OK on 3/01/07

congratulations on tiel eggs and prospective q eggs. i do check
nest boxes daily in the evening so I know what's going on. With
yours peeved maybe you shouldn't do that so often as Dave said. I
truly would candle so I know what to expect and I also number gently
with a Sharpie so my records are organized.

Do you give your birds apple cider vinegar to help if they have any
minor bacteria before they start to feed babys? put 5 drops of acv
in 8 oz of water for 3 days for tiels and quakers. Sometimes I do
it again for 1 day just before projected hatch date. I give it to
all the birds every 5 or 6 weeks and I know some breeders that do
this once a month without fail.

I turned my aviary over to my daughter and she is watching the blue
q's work their nest box. You just never know with quakers they can
work a nb for months. they will lay when they are ready and not a
minute before. This one pair have pretty babys but not good feeders
so we have to take the babys soon after they hatch.

hopefully your birds are all on good diets including lots of fresh
veggies. Now is the time to get them use to the softer foods they
need to feed babys. I give them cooked brown rice, mashed hard
boiled egg (no shell) and mashed baked sweet potato 2 or 3 times a
day when there are babys and it's part of balanced diet any other
time along with seed, a few natural pellets but not every day and
crock pot cooked turkey or chicken or pasta or beans and on and
on...... :-) WE all eat really well.

happy thoughts,

LindaC

Posts on this thread, including this one

• my cockatiels layed 2 eggs are they finished laying?, 2/27/07, by Kar.
• Re: my cockatiels layed 2 eggs are they finished laying?, 2/27/07, by Dave.
• Re: my cockatiels layed 2 eggs are they finished laying?, 2/27/07, by Kar.
• Re: my cockatiels layed 2 eggs are they finished laying?, 2/27/07, by Dave.
• Re: my cockatiels layed 2 eggs are they finished laying?, 2/27/07, by Kar.
• Re: my cockatiels layed 2 eggs , 3/01/07, by LindaC in OK.
• Re: my cockatiels layed 2 eggs , 3/05/07, by kristi.
• Re: my cockatiels layed 2 eggs are they finished laying?, 3/06/07, by KittyJ.