How do I know if the birds have bred if the hen won allow her mate to take part in the incubation process?
I am currently breeding cockatiels and one of my female birds has laid eggs. It appears that she is the only one sitting on the eggs. She is doing a very good job of incubation. However, I know its the wrong time of the year, but I did not remove the nestbox at the end of the breeding season. I don ‘t know if she mated with a male, as she is not allowing him to take part in the incubation process. My questions to you are, are the eggs fertile?, and what should I do? Any information that you can give me regarding these questions would be greatly appreciated. Yours sincerely, Anthony Basili Dear Anthony, Cockatiels are easy breeding birds; give them a nestbox and their instincts tells them to get on with it. If she is with her mate, then there’s a very good chance that the eggs will be fertile. However, without seeing them or candling them it’s very difficult to say. You did not say where you live; where I live, in Brisbane, Australia, the weather is very mild in winter, and the birds wo
