There is a lot to consider when breeding besides diet. Do they have a full spectrum light or access to real (not through a window) sunlight? And cuttlebones? The light will help the hen absorb calcium which she needs to make eggs. As to the diet, have you tried to offer pellets? With seeds, this can be a good source of soft foods. I would say the hen could stand to gain a little more weight and since she was recently ill, setting her up for breeding right now might not be the best idea.

 

On your last thread, you wrote that your male is only 7-8 months old and the female is the same age. They should be at least a year old, preferably closer to 18 months old to breed, young parents dont have as good breeding and parenting instincts that older couples have, so they may not take care of the babies/eggs as well as an older bird would, plus its better for the adults health if they are older...plus you havent had the female long so they may not be bonded yet, cockatiels need to be bonded before breeding or it can lead to abandoning eggs/babies, and violence between them!

You need to give them way more time to bond and mature before breeding them! For the health and well being of the birds I highly recommend removing the nestbox and waiting until they are over a year old and are a bonded couple.

 

thanks for the replys guys

as for the cuttlebones and sunlight its both availble as there is a cuttlebones in thier cage and i open the window for em once a day to get some direct sun light.

and about the age and bonding problem i think your right about that.

and my other threads might a little old or maybe a miss wrote something but my both cockatiels are 10 months and 3-10 days i have a record about that.

and belive me i did not buy the nest box until one day i showed em to my friend and the male was singing to the female in a way and trying to get her attention so my friend told me i should make the right enviroment for breeding for them and they will start breeding when they are ready as they do in the wild.

what do you guys think?

 

Nope still too young...when I set mine up for breeding the youngest age is a year and I usually hold the females a little longer than that, at about a year and a half. Just because the male whistles to her doesn't mean she's accepted him as her mate. I would take the box out and let them bond more.

 

thanks for the advice

im gonna think bout it and read more bout the subject.

 

Yes, they're both still too young. It might be physically possible for them to produce babies but they won't have the mental maturity to do a good job. Laying eggs at such a young age is also hard on the hen's body, like a 12 year old girl having a baby.

It would be best to take down the nestbox ASAP and give it back to them in about a year, at a time when they are showing clear signs that they want to have babies. When the male sings to the female, that doesn't mean that they're ready to go. When you see them mating several times a day, that's the time to give them the nestbox.

Waiting until the birds are older will greatly increase your chances of success. This will also give you time to do some things that you need to do: learning more about the breeding process, and teaching your birds to eat a more balanced diet. You can learn a lot by reading the threads on this forum and also the breeding articles in the Sticky Library, as well as doing a lot of reading on other websites.

Here's a link with tips for teaching birds to eat new foods: http://www.littlefeatheredbuddies.com/info/nutrition-conversion.html

Where are you located? It would be very helpful if you updated your profile to include this information. If you're in the US or Canada you can offer your birds Nutriberries. They're nutritionally equivalent to pellets but they look like seed balls, so it's usually much easier to convince cockatiels to eat them. Some birds prefer them crumbled up so they look like loose seed, and others like them in ball form.