This is the hatching of a cockatiel, the pictures have been enlarged to show a little more detail. Cockatiels take about 18 days to hatch depending upon when incubation began.
From the yellow down on this baby we can tell it is not going to be of the white face variety, as the down would be white not yellow.
A 4 day old cockatiel chick leaning over an egg, just like the one he came out of just days ago. This chick wouldn't fit back in the egg now.
Here are some 4 to 5 week old baby cockatiels just starting to come out of pin feathers.
Here we have a group of 8 week old baby cockatiels, and a mature (heavy pied) pair.
Cockatiels have long been a passion of mine, their gentle ways and resemblance to the cockatoo is what drew me to them at first. They did not prove to be a disappointment, they are still a species I breed, and probably always will. I still have one of the very first cockatiels I bred. Just a normal gray, that is worth his weight in gold only to me. He was hatched in 1981, and looks as good as his two year old son, of course he has many off spring. And is on his second wife, the first was lost to an accident. If it had not been for that he would still be by her side, nice to know something's are ever after till death do they part. I would like to tell you all cockatiels are faithful, unfortunately many are not, (an unfortunate human quality I guess). Remarkably this fellow is still fathering off spring, it will be interesting to find out how long this will continue. I hope his good health has something to do with how we have cared for him. When breeding he and his wife are set up in your typical 24 inch, by 24 inch, and 18 inch high, breeding cage, with a nest box. When we are not breeding this pair they are housed with other cockatiels, in a cage of 20 feet long, by 5 feet wide, with a height of 6 foot which slopes up to 8 feet. Few perches are low, as to give lots of flight room, since cockatiels are very fast Australian flyers. Originating in Australia, where they live on wild grass seed, buds, and yes even bugs.
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