Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uupsi!intercon!ooblick From: ooblick@intercon.com (Mikki Barry) Newsgroups: rec.birds Subject: Re: INDOOR: Cockatiel breeding question Message-ID: <27C2E8E5.10DE@intercon.com> Date: 20 Feb 91 21:23:49 GMT References: <757@llnl.LLNL.GOV> Organization: InterCon Systems Corporation, Sterling, VA Lines: 21 In article <757@llnl.LLNL.GOV> danforth@ramius.llnl.gov (Bill Danforth) writes: >I've got a pair of 'tiels that have laid 3 eggs recently. My question is what >food should I prepare for the parents to use to feed the young, when >they hatch? Cockatiels get really strange when they are raising chicks. They often eat foods they would turn their beaks up at before they hear the sound of "cheep cheep cheep" coming from the nest box. Our standard cockatiel brooding stuff consists of Zeigler pellets (most any type of pellet will do) and a mixture of petamine, vionate, and nekton s. They also get fresh kale, and small fruits and veggies, as well as canned beans (they love the stuff when they are feeding). It's a lot of work, but it makes for very healthy parents and chicks. The next decision you will have to make is whether you wish to pull the chicks for hand feeding. If so, we use purina AVN pellets ground up, mixed with baby cereal (dry) and nekton lori food. We've tried some of the commercial formulas on the market and they seem to cause crop impaction. Mikki Barry Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com