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  Our Cockatiel needs help

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  we have a male cockatiel and were given a female.

  after almost 2 yrs together they began to mate.. we thought it was cute.

  then she started laying eggs.

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  Sammytee

  Hello, We too have cockatiels. We have had the male for about 10 months and the female about 3 months. Someday we hope to breed them, but not for another 14 months or so. (Female has to mature). We are currently breeding parakeets. Just raised 3 and now have 6 eggs in the nest due to start hatching within the next few days. With parakeets the male feeds the female and she feeds the chicks. We have not altered the adults diet much, as they eat mostly seed and pellets. However I understand with cockatiels they require a softer food diet. I found the below information on the net (http://www.cockatielcottage.net/breeding.html) and I hope it is of some help to you. Bro. Sam "Babies that just hatch are usually not fed by the parents until they are 8-12 hours old. The baby already has enough nutrition from absorbing the yolk sac prior to hatching. Dehydration is the most serious complication during this time. Some breeders will give the babies 1 drop of warm Pedialyte every hour to help prevent dehydration. Do not handfeed the baby with formula during this period because the crop is so tiny. It needs to be stretched out gradually. As the bird grows and starts to consume more food, the crop will stretch out gradually by itself. Both parents take turns feeding the babies. Provide the parents with a nutritious, soft food diet to feed the babies. They are not picky about foods while they are feeding the chicks. Some suggested foods include, lightly steamed corn, peas, carrots, broccoli, cooked sweet potatoes, rice, pasta, beans, oatmeal and most importantly, moistened breeder's pellets. This is different from the pellets your bird is now eating. Some breeder do add a very small amount of seeds. Serve these food whole to your birds or put it through a food processor or blender. You can make a large batch, freeze it in clean ice cube trays that are wrapped in cellophane and defrost as needed. Remove any uneaten food from the cage after 30 minutes to prevent bacterial growth. Do NOT give the parents eggs. Although eggs will not hurt the babies, the parents can get albumin poisoning from having eggs in their mouth all day long and for so many days."