Most parrots take 26 days after incubation starts. Cockatiels and some smaller birds take from 18-21 days to hatch. Sometimes the mother hen will wait until all her eggs are laid, the she will start sitting. Some will start sitting from the time they lay their first egg. Its best to try to date the egg lightly in pencil at the wide end of the egg, but you must be very careful and not press too hard, you don't want to break through the shell.

Hatching baby brine is relatively easy. You can go the your local pet store and buy a hatching kit which includes brine shrimp eggs and a hatcher and follow the included instructions. Purchase a brine shrimp net if one is not included in the kit. You can also build a hatcher of your own out of a one-gallon jar with an airstone or as I do, use an inverted 3-liter bottle with air feeding from the narrow neck. I cut the bottom out of the bottle and save as a cover.

The female lays one egg a day. After she lays the last egg there is a two week gestation period before hatching. (Incubation does not start until all the eggs are laid.)

A newly hatched chick must be fed every 2 hours for 7 days. Then to every three hours at about 2-3 weeks old, for about a week or more. So on and so on. Always watch the crop as it should not empty out except through the night. New hatchlings must be fed a very watery thin formula for the first couple of days. You can read more on our Hand Feeding page.

for myself, I do not feed a baby chick through the night. The only times I do if the chick had recently hatched out in late evening, then I may get up to check on it or give him a couple of drops of real thin formula. Also, if a chick seems sickly then I will feed or do what is necessary though out the night. Parent birds don't feed their chicks through the night.

That depends on the species type. Pionus will start nibbling or eating on soft food items when they are close to 3 months old, larger parrots may be a bit older before they begin to learn how to eat. Cockatiels learn to pick up and start eating at about 4-5 weeks old as they are usually weaned at 6-7 weeks old normally.

This varies somewhat depending on the type of finch. Usually around 14 days of incubation, but a general range can span 12-18 days. Note that incubation does not begin until the parents start sitting, which frequently will not happen until the 3rd or 4th egg is laid, or sometimes the entire clutch.

For most breeds of ducks the eggs are incubated for 25 days at a dry bulb temperature of 37.5 C (99.5 F) and a wet bulb temperature of 29.4 - 30.0 C (85 to 86 F) then transferred to the incubator hatcher where the temperature is held at a dry bulb temperature of 36.9 C (98.5 F) and a wet bulb temperature of 34.4 C (94 F) till they hatch on day 28. During incubation the eggs should be turned at least three times daily. Muscovy ducks take 35 to 37 days to hatch.

It takes between 29 and 31 days for the eggs to hatch. Both sexes incubate. A Whooping Crane pair will renest if the first clutch of eggs is destroyed before mid-incubation.

This can vary quite a bit, and depends on the species of birds. Cockatiels and such small birds take up to six weeks. Pionus, Amazons, Greys and such medium size parrots are at least 3 months. Large parrots such as Cockatoos, macaws take at least 4 months. Hyacinth Macaws take longer up to 8 months to wean.

Practice, practice. Repeat, repeat. As a breeder I talk to the babies a lot, that is how they learn from an early age. It takes time and patience. Some may not start talking right away and you think they are not learning, but they are and its a matter of time. They will practice to themselves. Parrots love to mimic sounds as well. So keep talk to them until you are blue in the face!

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I incubate my eggs at a temperature of 82F, and they take an average of 52 days to hatch. If you use a hotter temperature, they will generally take less time, and cooler temp take longer.

I use Roudybush or Kaytee hand feeding formula. There are several different hand feeding formulas on the market.

You have three days (excluding week-end) to have your bird vet checked after you have purchased it from us, if you take it in after the 3 day period is up, I will not reimburse you if there is a health problem. Therefore, if it is the week-end when you take the bird home, then starting on Monday you should get the bird in to the vet. The vet should do a basic Well Bird Exam.

Yes, Yes! It is recommended if you can take the time to come and visit the baby as it grows. This gives you and the baby a chance to know each other before he/she goes home with you.

No! Not with us. Some will let you. Most breeders state that if they release an unweaned baby to you and if something should happen to it, they are not held responsible. Usually there is no guarantee with an unweaned baby. In some cases breeders will let a well experienced hand feeder take an unweaned baby, but if you are not experienced, its best that you not try it. Ones that say, that we can teach you how to hand feed in just minutes, is not what its cracked up to be.

Sure. We sell almost all of our babies fully weaned. If you continue to offer your baby parrot a healthy environment, diet, and lovingly socialize it, your baby will form a strong bond.