How Do I Tell If My Cockatiels Are Pregnant?

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Check the cockatiel's age. If the cockatiel is a normal gray, and it does not have the bright yellow face by the time it is maybe a year old or so, after its first moult, then it is a female and will soon start laying.
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If your bird is a pied or lutino, and in some cases, a pearl, then check for vocalizations. A male bird is often very inclined to whistle songs that it hears, such as Twisted Nerve from Kill Bill or the Andy Griffith Show theme. Females usually don't do that because for cockatiels, whistling is often a mating song.
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Listen for a sort of warbling/squawking sound, and see if your bird is walking on the perch or sitting in its water dish with its butt up. That is the female mating call.
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Be prepared for aggression - your usually friendly, docile pet will suddenly start charging at your hand with an angry squawk and bite.
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Watch for nesting behavior - your cockatiel might be sitting in the corner of the cage with her butt up against it. That is her nest. If she were to be allowed out of her cage, she would probably look for a dark little spot in a bookshelf or an empty box.
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I am confused because my male cockateil was sitting in the water. Last time this happend the female laid an egg about two days later. I think that means that they have/ will mate. Pls help.
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My cockatiel is around 6 months old and is acting wierd. She keeps trying to escape and fly away from her cage. She has done this twice. Now my male bird is really angry and keeps biting me. Now he's is even attacking my female cockatiel. Why
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They kinda get grumpy and does not want to be held by his owner or at least mine does
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I know my cockatiels have mated but I can't tell weather the female is pregnant, and at times they have a little scrap so I am a bit confused by the situation. Any help?
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Lateisha Hodgkinson
my weirdos were like that mine were exactly the same then about like a week later the female had two eggs.
my female has two eggs at the moment,
but she is still laying they cane like that because if the female
is pregnant she is fat and is hard to move around so say if she tries to get pass male to eat he pecks her......
well thats what mine do and couple days later she had eggs.
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Are asking about Cockatiels parrots? If yes then they belong to class aves and lay eggs not give birth. They lay eggs once  in two days. Their clutch contains 4-5 eggs. Incubation period is 18-22 days. For more details, visit Cockatiels.
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How do i find out if my cocktial is pregant because i have girl and she goes for the male bird were she was ok with the male as first coz there are a pair
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How do i find out if my cocktial is pregant coz ihave a male and a femae there are a pair and one minute she ok with him and the next minute she goes for him please help me {lol}
Lateisha Hodgkinson
well............ my female had two eggs it really depends...
if she has a little lump near her vent most likely she is pregnant.. but she might just had enough and wants a rest and if she's pregnant they will both be going in nest box and preparing nest if pregnant such as sleeping in there for couple of nights to see if its safe maybe just leaving therefor a while...have you seen them mating???
if they have they will have egg about 2 weeks later and she will
lay every two days till clutch finishes

sorry wasn't much help ..
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Birds don't get pregnant -- they lay eggs.

Are they of breeding age? If so, they might mate eventually. I'm no expert, but I think a good sign is if the female is nesting or feeding from whatever she gets her calcium from. My bird doesn't mate, but she tends to get crankier and looking like she wants to nest when she lays eggs anyway. I don't know if you can tell for sure if they're fertile beforehand.
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Well to tell if your bird is pregnant it will often be on the ground and not play as much and will always rest ps. I hope this helps
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Lol I have 3 cockatiels ive got 2 girls 1 boy and ummmm!! If your female bird is not that playful and she bites more than she used too then she could be pregnant and if she is mostly with the male than usually than she could be pregnant and if she hangs around the bottom of the cage than she mite be pregnant well all of that info your cockatiel is most likely pregnant lol ha-ha
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Feel its stomich and if you can feel some little bird feet you will know if it is pregnet

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