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Roxy1104
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Our first cockatiel hatched yesterday. It is soooooooooooo tiny and cute! Of course I only got a quick glimpse before papa tried to attack me! 
Our first cockatiel hatched yesterday. It is soooooooooooo tiny and cute! Of course I only got a quick glimpse before papa tried to attack me!
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W.Murrow
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Awww. Baby cockateils are so ugly that they're adorable. A bit of cooled, cooked rice (hold the butter and the salt) and finely diced Romaine lettuce is good for them too.I hope you were up last night cooking cornbread with real corn for them to feed baby...it gets awfully hard on parents to crack seeds for the kids and harder for the babies to digest...or give monkey biscuits
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Roxy1104
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I hope you were up last night cooking cornbread with real corn for them to feed baby...it gets awfully hard on parents to crack seeds for the kids and harder for the babies to digest...or give monkey biscuits
uhhhhhhhhhhhhh..... cornbread is cornbread, right? I don't know how to hand feed! WTF are monkey biscuits? Parrotmomm....you may need to come over sooner that we thought!
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Roxy1104
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Any special kind of rice????????????? Or just white? Geez....the book I have says mom & dad will feed them, and that I don't have to handfeed until they're a few weeks old. :shrug:That's where parrotmomm comes in!
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W.Murrow
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The book's right, the parents take turns feeding them and you don't have to do a thing except provide nutritious food and fresh water for the parents to feed their babies. I feel it's important to feed Mom & Dad in addition to their seed varities: plain old white rice, a variety of diced fruit, diced celery leaves, along with the diced Romaine lettuce and other greens. For an occasional change of pace I feed the parents plain crushed up people cereal, small pices of bread, and an occasional smashed cracker. My thought being that by feeding the parents a healthy varied diet their babies would get a good start in life and as adult birds would like to eat different foods. I've got some healthy birds- not even a sneeze out of them.Any special kind of rice????????????? Or just white? Geez....the book I have says mom & dad will feed them, and that I don't have to handfeed until they're a few weeks old. :shrug:That's where parrotmomm comes in!
Pasofever
Does my butt look big?
Parrotmomm
What's one more bird?
Don't panic 
Mom and Dad will do everything for the babies for now All of the extras, veggies, breads and rice mixes are a fantastic addition for Mom and Dad, breeding or not We don't want to see Mom and Dad on seeds or pellets only forever, and it won't hurt to offer then any of these goodies (everything they eat babies get too Don't worry you don't have to lift a finger for them yet ) But don't panic if they refuse to eat what you offer either, it can take time if they aren't used to a varied diet. I know you just got your guys and you might not know what all they are willing to eat yet, so just try a little bit of everything My guys eat everything.....(no chocolate, avocados, high salt stuff, I think about what I should be eating and that’s usually what is great for them too...) when we eat dinner our guys are happy to finish just about everything leftover - veggies and side dishes are happily munched on Our bigger guys love chicken(w or w/out bones)and seafood - pork and beef not so much unless it's cooked in something else
But cooking a little rice or plain noodles mixed with frozen veggies is always a hit here - but you can just wash up some collard greens/Kale/Spinach and hang it in the cage and that's something that's easy and happily received here as well
But more than anything – don’t panic They’ll be here soon and when we meet up we’ll talk more about Mom and Dad’s diet and what I’ll wean the chicks to as well
Stacey
Mom and Dad will do everything for the babies for now
All of the extras, veggies, breads and rice mixes are a fantastic addition for Mom and Dad, breeding or not We don't want to see Mom and Dad on seeds or pellets only forever, and it won't hurt to offer then any of these goodies (everything they eat babies get too Don't worry you don't have to lift a finger for them yet ) But don't panic if they refuse to eat what you offer either, it can take time if they aren't used to a varied diet. I know you just got your guys and you might not know what all they are willing to eat yet, so just try a little bit of everything My guys eat everything.....(no chocolate, avocados, high salt stuff, I think about what I should be eating and that’s usually what is great for them too...) when we eat dinner our guys are happy to finish just about everything leftover - veggies and side dishes are happily munched on Our bigger guys love chicken(w or w/out bones)and seafood - pork and beef not so much unless it's cooked in something else But cooking a little rice or plain noodles mixed with frozen veggies is always a hit here - but you can just wash up some collard greens/Kale/Spinach and hang it in the cage and that's something that's easy and happily received here as well
But more than anything – don’t panic
They’ll be here soon and when we meet up we’ll talk more about Mom and Dad’s diet and what I’ll wean the chicks to as well Stacey
Parrotmomm
What's one more bird?
Link to great recipes
Roxy,
I don't know if you’re a cooker or not but here are some fun recipes that your guys might enjoy I haven't tried a lot of these, I tend to stick to what I can make quickly and what I've had good success with My guys like anything that includes breads, pastas and rice’s (they're just like their mom - I love carbs ) so I tend to make recipes that include any of these ingredients Even for my guys I will freeze small servings in ice cube trays, pop out a serving, warm it in the microwave (let it cool and watch for hotspots) and serve - super easy
Also whatever "wet/fresh" food you put in I wouldn't leave in for more than a couple of hours - after that you can expect it to grow bacteria (not to mention smell But like I said try, but don't worry about it too much - we'll get them eating a varied diet eventually. They may surprise us and happily munch it up
Recipes:
The Pet Cafe, Recipes for Birds, Recipes for Parrots, Recipes for Cockatiels, Recipes for Bird Foods, Recipes for Bird Treats, Cooking for Pet Birds> <meta name="keywords" content="recipes for birds, recipes for parrots, cockatiels, bird foods,recipe
PS. Avoid frozen broccoli, try to stick to fresh..... broccoli to me anyhow can really smell
Roxy,
I don't know if you’re a cooker or not but here are some fun recipes that your guys might enjoy
I haven't tried a lot of these, I tend to stick to what I can make quickly and what I've had good success with My guys like anything that includes breads, pastas and rice’s (they're just like their mom - I love carbs ) so I tend to make recipes that include any of these ingredients Even for my guys I will freeze small servings in ice cube trays, pop out a serving, warm it in the microwave (let it cool and watch for hotspots) and serve - super easy Also whatever "wet/fresh" food you put in I wouldn't leave in for more than a couple of hours - after that you can expect it to grow bacteria (not to mention smell
But like I said try, but don't worry about it too much - we'll get them eating a varied diet eventually. They may surprise us and happily munch it up Recipes:
The Pet Cafe, Recipes for Birds, Recipes for Parrots, Recipes for Cockatiels, Recipes for Bird Foods, Recipes for Bird Treats, Cooking for Pet Birds> <meta name="keywords" content="recipes for birds, recipes for parrots, cockatiels, bird foods,recipe
PS. Avoid frozen broccoli, try to stick to fresh..... broccoli to me anyhow can really smell
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Roxy1104
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Thanks for all the info. I'll add to their diet, but they are picky eaters. Even the cockatiel food I give them - they throw out the fruit, cereal, and bigger seeds. 
And now we have two!
And now we have two!
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Roxy1104
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Mom is a pearl and dad is all white (not albino tho')!
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Roxy1104
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We now have FOUR!!! Only one more egg left to hatch! Mom and dad are taking care of them just fine!
Only one more egg left to hatch! Mom and dad are taking care of them just fine!
Pasofever
Does my butt look big?
Normal pearl? Not as in cinnamon pearl? Dad a lutino? ummmmmmmmm should be sex linked colors for babies let me refresh my memory..
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Roxy1104
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Yes, normal pearl. I googled 'tiels and could not find an all white one like dad - he has a tint of grey on each side of his head. I purchased these as a "proven pair".
Parrotmomm
What's one more bird?
Hey Roxy,
I sat down to play w/ what we possibly have a whiteface pied #### ( almost a clear pied - almost appearing albino w/ a bit of grey) and a pearl hen. It looks like we may see only greys split to these other mutations..... I took it hard at first, hahaha, with such pretty parents sometimes you have higher hopes
But right now, based on what we know, we should see males : grey split to wf/pied/pearl and females: grey split to wf/pied
As wf and pied are recessive - both parents would have to be carriers (split or visual) and pearl is sex linked so the boys would get the gene but need it from both parents to express it
So unless (which is possible) they are split to something more and we won't know until the chicks feather out we are currently expecting greys
I love this part - it's like free gambling *I'm not a real gambler, this is about as close as it gets *
I sat down to play w/ what we possibly have a whiteface pied #### ( almost a clear pied - almost appearing albino w/ a bit of grey) and a pearl hen. It looks like we may see only greys split to these other mutations..... I took it hard at first, hahaha, with such pretty parents sometimes you have higher hopes
But right now, based on what we know, we should see males : grey split to wf/pied/pearl and females: grey split to wf/pied
As wf and pied are recessive - both parents would have to be carriers (split or visual) and pearl is sex linked so the boys would get the gene but need it from both parents to express it
So unless (which is possible) they are split to something more and we won't know until the chicks feather out we are currently expecting greys
I love this part - it's like free gambling
*I'm not a real gambler, this is about as close as it gets *
Pasofever
Does my butt look big?
Are they both split to WF? if not you will not get a visual..I thought they both were non WF visuals...? Cant someone post a pic? Let me re read your post lol
Maybe you have a cin pearly pied WF................my favorite I used to love getting them......or a Fallow
Maybe you have a cin pearly pied WF................my favorite I used to love getting them......or a Fallow
Parrotmomm
What's one more bird?
Paso,
Right now, without pictures - just descritpions, it looks like we've got a wf pied #### (from Roxy's description he's sounds like he's almost a clear pied - very pretty) and a pearl hen (not a wf pearl, because Roxy mentioned on the phone she does have a yellow head and red cheeks SO they shouldn't produce anything but greys unless they're hidding something Like our saving graces to get anything other then greys would be if mom was split to wf and/or wf pied and/or pied or if Dad was split to pearl. I contacted who I think may have been the woman Roxy got them from in hopes for more insight on the pair and what they've produced before. A patient person would just wait and see - I can't help but to try to figure it out, hahaha - birdnerd right ?
Right now, without pictures - just descritpions, it looks like we've got a wf pied #### (from Roxy's description he's sounds like he's almost a clear pied - very pretty) and a pearl hen (not a wf pearl, because Roxy mentioned on the phone she does have a yellow head and red cheeks
SO they shouldn't produce anything but greys unless they're hidding something Like our saving graces to get anything other then greys would be if mom was split to wf and/or wf pied and/or pied or if Dad was split to pearl. I contacted who I think may have been the woman Roxy got them from in hopes for more insight on the pair and what they've produced before. A patient person would just wait and see - I can't help but to try to figure it out, hahaha - birdnerd right ? 
AndyMarquisLIVE
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Cockatiels are the coolest. 
I wish I could get another birdie. Furball would eat him though.
I wish I could get another birdie. Furball would eat him though.