OK, I think its usually the female which asks the male to mate her, not the male who asks to mate her. But I don't know, I've only ever had one male cockatiel!
:thumbsup lol
Doesn't look like it to me. In mating, the female crouches down and lets out a series of high pitched almost clucking noises. They usually do this on perches not on the floor. :D
These are our three adult cockatiels: Pika (male whiteface pied), Bubble (female pearl pied) and Squeak (female cinnamon). Bubble and Pika are a pair and nest (or at least try to) every year.
How long have the eggs been going for now? Have you candled them? :D
I know I'm a complete stranger to all of you, but actually I was watching the original hatchalong that ElfenLied89 did, only I wasn't commenting or anything!
I'm looking forward to seeing what Dolly's chicks will be like! She...
Ok so I guess I'll just see where they want to nest! They'll find it for themselves!
I've always been wondering, but, do bobwhites make nests? As in, carry the straw/hay to a suitable location and make a nest? Thanks as always for all of the information!
What sort of nest material do they usually use?? :D There is a small quail hutch that they can hop in and out of if they like and hopefully they'll nest there.
Also, when should they start mating? I haven't seen them do it yet this year, and I'm worrying that Alpine still thinks of his old mates...
The white one is a definite female. She has laid eggs in the past and I don't know if it works with all white Bobwhites, but her beak is pinkish with the dark stripe down the top of it. She has also never done the "bob-WHITE" call, and has asked for males to mate her before.
Here's the male...
We have two Bobwhites in the aviary, a male normal mutation, and a female white mutation.
It would be nice if they could nest this Spring, but we don't know what sort of place they'd like to nest.
We also don't know what sort of nesting material they favour (just straw?).
Are there any other...
Yes Silkies was only really put on there to see peoples thought of them. We probably couldn't get them as the aviary gets very muddy in winter and wouldn't suit the Silkie's foot feathers.