breeding kakis

bigbeak · Member Joined: Oct 13, 2009 Posts: 13

hi i hav a pair of kaki & a pair of teils in the same aviery the kakis are mateing and it's november i hav not put up nest boxes yet i was leaving that till feb / mar next year the kaki seem to want to use the weather shelter so should i put up the nests anyway i live in the uk <v>

Steptoe · Site Admin Joined: Oct 06, 2004 Posts: 4550

Yes kakariki will go to nest here in the coldest week of the yr with heavy frost on the ground....
you will have to pull the 'teils ot of the flight.

pabloc · Foundation Member Joined: Sep 26, 2007 Posts: 988

Hi!

if the aviary is big enough tiels and kikes should be ok together.
But if the tiels show interest to breed maybe you should pull them out as Steps suggests. It can be a problem for the female cockatiel to lay eggs in very cold weather.

Although this year I'm giving it a try breeding cockatiels in winter.
We'll see what happens.

Cheers / Pablo

bigbeak · Member Joined: Oct 13, 2009 Posts: 13

thanks guy i cant really take the teils out as i hav nowhere to put them the flying area is 8' by 6' with a weather shelter atached not big enough to huose bird seprately

pabloc · Foundation Member Joined: Sep 26, 2007 Posts: 988

8' by 6'sounds good

I have bred 1 pair of kikes with up to 3 pairs of tiels in a flight 6'x3' and they did fine.
1 pair of each species seem to be ok, 1 + 3 was a bit crowded, 1+2 didn't work because 2 pairs of cockatiels in the same flight don't seem to breed well, at least didn't work for me.
1+1 seems to work best, although I'm tempted to try next season adding a pair of bourkes or some other good natured bird.

Good luck!

Pablo

bigbeak · Member Joined: Oct 13, 2009 Posts: 13

will leave putting nest up till feb . mar then .to help the teils if kaki lays eggs in shelter i'll leave them and see what happens d'oh!

bigbeak · Member Joined: Oct 13, 2009 Posts: 13

4 babies ready to leave nest any day nice colours

bigbeak · Member Joined: Oct 13, 2009 Posts: 13