Cage & Aviary Birds

Q&A: cockatiel nest-box advice

“Having kept pet parrots and parakeets for some years, we have decided to expand our hobby and try to breed some parrotlike species. To start with, we hope to find mates for our two male cockatiels and eventually try breeding larger species of parrot.

Could you advice on the best nest-boxes to use for parrotlike and specifically cockatiels?

birds come in a wide variety of sizes, so nest-box design will

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Cage & Aviary Birds

Cage & Aviary Birds2 min read
Finch-breeding, Thirties-style
A GOOD deal has been said about bad nesting places, – now let us turn to good ones. Mr Seth-Smith discovered the use of old straw-hats as nesting sites, and they are certainly very good. So also are Hartz cages, and the usual nesting boxes, but if yo
Cage & Aviary Birds3 min read
Deciding When It's Decision Time
IF YOUR exhibition zebra breeding season has gone well and you have a good number of young birds in the flight cages, then you have the luxury of turning your thoughts to selection. Point one: selection should be a gradual process. Young birds can ma
Cage & Aviary Birds1 min read
Another Shade Of Pied
IN EASTERN Europe, probably in the 1970s, a different pied mutation to that described last week appeared, and was given the meaningless name “Californian” by the German fancier A. Münst. This represents a different form of leucism, in which the patte

Related Books & Audiobooks