peachie98
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It is cool to have them lay the eggs and watch the babies grow.
Depending on how old your kids are it might be a great experience for them to handfeed them (or at least play with the babies every day to get them used to people).
My female was in with a bunch of birds and when I brought her home she laid one egg the next day. Since then she hasn't laid any in the past 1 1/2 years. I do have my friend's male cockatiel come "visit" us when they need me to watch it, but luckily he's a year younger and she won't let him anywhere near the back end! hahaha
It's hard to separate them as well...I had a breeding pair and when I went to college I left them at home with my parents. They didn't want any more babies so they tried putting them in cages next to each other and ended up with a vet bill since the female started pulling her feathers all out and went partially bald! Turned out it was stress from the separation. They went back together and found a new home with a family who wanted to breed them (had kids to help out with playing with the babies).
Good luck!
Depending on how old your kids are it might be a great experience for them to handfeed them (or at least play with the babies every day to get them used to people).
My female was in with a bunch of birds and when I brought her home she laid one egg the next day. Since then she hasn't laid any in the past 1 1/2 years. I do have my friend's male cockatiel come "visit" us when they need me to watch it, but luckily he's a year younger and she won't let him anywhere near the back end! hahaha
It's hard to separate them as well...I had a breeding pair and when I went to college I left them at home with my parents. They didn't want any more babies so they tried putting them in cages next to each other and ended up with a vet bill since the female started pulling her feathers all out and went partially bald! Turned out it was stress from the separation. They went back together and found a new home with a family who wanted to breed them (had kids to help out with playing with the babies).
Good luck!
