How to deal with parrot breeding and hatching activities
I. Breeding parrots
If there is only one parrot in the family, if you want to breed the parrot, you need to introduce a parrot of the opposite sex to breed with it. It is generally recommended that novice breeders buy young birds or sub-adult birds to come back for pairing, and if the owner has relevant breeding experience, he can choose to introduce breeding birds for breeding. For newly introduced parrots, the owner needs to isolate it for a few days, and then let them meet in the isolation bird cage after confirming that the parrot is healthy, and then put them in a cage after they are familiar with it. If the parrots kept together do not fight or chase each other or peck each other, but rely on each other, and whether they are grooming each other’s feathers, it means that they are paired successfully, and then they are waiting for the parrots to come into heat and mate. After the parrots mate, the females frequently enter the breeding box to lay eggs.
Second, pre-breeding preparations
1. Bird cage: The bird cage prepared for breeding parrots should be as wide as possible so that the breeding box can be placed.
2. Food: In order to promote parrots’ estrus, they can be provided with some high-calorie and high-protein feeds, and at the same time, supplemented with nutrients such as vitamins and minerals.
3. Breeding box: The size of the breeding box should correspond to the size of the parrot, and it is best to choose a wooden vertical breeding box, and place a standing stick at the entrance of the breeding box to facilitate the entry and exit of the birds.
4. Litter: After preparing the breeding box, you should pay attention to keeping the breeding box warm, which will help the parrot hatch normally and prevent the female bird from freezing. You can put an appropriate amount of litter in the breeding box for insulation. You can choose wood chips, hay, straw and other litter. If there is no such litter, you can use cotton cloth, newspaper, etc. instead, but you must not use too thin cotton rope as litter to prevent entanglement of the bird’s feet.
Third, assist the parrot to lay eggs
After the parrot successfully mates for about a week, the parrot will One egg is laid a day, and the number of eggs is generally 5-6. After laying eggs, the mother bird will hatch directly in the breeding box. Generally, a female bird that lays eggs for the first time may only lay 3 to 4 eggs, which is a normal phenomenon. During this period, the owner only needs to change the food and bedding for the parrot every day, and pay attention to whether the parrot is stuck with eggs, and if so, he needs to help it take out its eggs.
Once the female bird starts to hatch in the breeding box, the male bird will also enter the breeding box every day to feed the female bird or help hatch, and let the female bird go out to eat. After the parrot hatches the eggs for seven days, the owner needs to pay attention to check whether the eggs are successfully fertilized, and can use the flashlight to determine whether the eggs are successfully fertilized. Be careful not to touch other parrot eggs or odorous things before picking up the eggs, so as to prevent the parrot from abandoning the nest due to the smell of eggs.
4. Precautions for parrot hatching
Female birds usually break their shells one after another according to the order in which the mother bird lays eggs, and the mother bird will feed the newly hatched female bird while feeding. Continue to hatch as hatched eggs. During the period, the temperature in the breeding box is best controlled at 28 ° C ~ 30 ° C, and the humidity is controlled at 60 ~ 70%. After hatching, the humidity should be properly increased. The owner can put some water in the breeding box, and the parrot will adjust it by itself.
Warm reminder:
The incubation time of different varieties is slightly different, but generally the difference is not big, usually within 20~26 days. between.
