breeder help

Hey, I just wanted advice because the internet tends to be filled with lots of contradictory information. I've been in touch with a cockatiel breeders for 4 weeks and had chosen a baby from her clutch and I have been recieving updates and watching him grow all this time. He's 6 weeks now and I...

Hello! So I had a cockatiel today as a rehome as the other birds in the cage were "picking" on him. I was looking for a companion for my laid back boy so I decided to take him in. So we got home and he's settling in to his new cage (separate cage to current boy) and he has turned out to be a...

Hey everyone! New to breeding, but grew up around all sorts of birds. Just don’t know the mutations too well and what they make. What kind of babies you think I can have from these Fischer's lovebirds? Thanks!!

I'm being told that my chick is shivering, but the gauge says it's at a good temperature, the chick is not wet/moist, and it's in a small closet so there shouldn't be a draft... What's this shaky movement about?

An umbrella Cockatoo was dropped in our lap by someone who shouldn’t own birds. We are trying our best to give him an enriching life. He has a band on his right leg. It says FL RFA 33. We do not know the gender or the age. Any way I can track that down with this band?

Hello I hope I am posting this in the right section but I do need help with my two eclectus. I had just gotten these two over the weekend. I am including pictures. I would love some input… to me the female looks in bad shape. Male might be molting? Do they look very sick? Female isn’t as active...

Hello what's the best way to keep a cage and nest box warm during winter. Is a heating pad enough to place under the wooden nest box. I'm expecting cocatiel eggs any day now don't want her babies to get cold when they leave the nest box to eat. With my other bird I used a heating pad but it was...

Hi why would the mother attack her babies and will she do this again in the future. She was a first time parent her partner was outside the nest box when she attacked them. I'm just very sacred she does this again the babies was 3 days and Older. I tried to safe all 4 of them. But after a few...

Hey all, I’m interested in getting a Blue Crown Conure however I’d prefer not to get one from the big exotic bird stores.. anyone have a breeder they highly recommend? Thanks! Missy

I have a female black capped & a male opaline black capped. I can’t find anything on the genetics of these to find out what will be the outcome if bred.

What would a Cinnamint and Opamint paired together have? Not sure yet which one is male or female. So all possible outcomes would be appreciated.

i have 2 cockatiels that have started to breed and just laid some eggs. My question is should i let the parents incubate the eggs or is it best to take the eggs now and incubate them myself? It is their first time breeding and the eggs look completely fine. They have gotten very aggressive so i...

Hello, I am new on this forum so please direct me if I'm posting in the wrong area. Anyway. I purchased a Turquoise gc recently from a breeder in Miami FL, at Linvilles Aviary. I chose a turquoise but with the weekly pictures I am being sent its starting to look like a standard gc. (They...

Does anyone know what my birds breeder is and Organization it is ? pearl leg band :A191881 mangos leg band: A218505

I know that most breeders are in Australia but I've heard that Australia doesn't allow bird exports/imports.

Hi! So recently my parents got 4 breeder macaws from a breeder who wanted to get rid of all his (hundreds) of macaws because he was getting too old to care for them. Obviously not a very ethical breeder (he would sell the birds at 2 weeks old according to him) anyways, the man gave it to them...

Hi everyone, I am absoloutely heart broken that my new cockatiel passed away the other night. I originally found the breeder on a pet website Pets4Homes. The breeder had many birds crowded in small cages. I dont want this to happen to anyone else and really need some advice on what action to...

Hello, my birds had babies for the first time, this was not planned I was on a long trip. I am so devastated. Only three out of the four eggs hatched. And two babies died already. On Saturday died one (9 days old) and I don’t even know why. When I took him out he had an empty crop. I though he...

are female and male. I would like to breed them...but I only know the basics. Like I need an L shaped nest box and they need to be in a dark place? I have a room with led lights and i could put it on mode white and put their cage in my room..and put headphones when looking at videos. Outside...

Hello, So I am in need of a lot of help. My bird is claimed to be 50 it's a blue crowned conure but they live for 20-30 years. The previous owner said it was 50. I then realized they had a leg band. It starts with AFA which i figures was the company who sold the band and i contacted them. The...