This question is for me. From my previous posts you may recall I recently had to seperate a bonded pair because the hen was too young. So I put the hen in the aviary with the other hens I had and put the cock in a cage by himself. That cage is across from my breeding cage i have set up for the one pair I am allowing to breed. The only thing is... the male I have in with her doesn't seem interested in her. She seems to be interested in whoever will pay attention to her. She has been pacing back and forth on the perch, facing the cage of the other male and following the male that is in the cage with her just to get his attention. Based on the question I asked for my mother in law, I was wondering if I can just put both males in with this female? One this male won't have to be alone, and two I don't think the male that is with her is interested. He doesn't come near her, he doesn't prene her, nothing. The male in the cage across from her, paces when she paces, and goes to the bottom of his cage, spreads his wings and flapps over and over again. THe only thing I did notice with the male that is in the cage with her, he has been on the bottom of the cage alot moving all the bedding around. I use environmentally friendly paper byproduct bedding and he is on bottom of the cage alot breaking the beadding into tiny pieces. But so is the other male in his cage...??? Are they both showboating for the females attention? Should I or could I put the three together and see if one of them take interest in her and then go for there??

If your lonely male looks more interested in your hen and you think they would make nice chicks, then take out the male she is with and give her the new male

The hen is a mauve opaline and the cock is an albino.... I know nothing about his backgrouond to know what he may be split for... do you think it would be a good pair? With all the genetic questions I've asked I think the only thing I know is that if they have Albino babies they will be female... I don't know what their chick will be????

The pacing back and forth is normal for birds taken from an aviary and put in a breeder cage. Some do this for awhile. If the other male you are talking about is the one too young, dont use him. Rearrange the cages and give the breeding pair time to focus on the job of breeding. Not all pairs get it straight away. Try them for up to three weeks and then rethink the pairing if no luck.

You keep asking if it is okay to put 2 males in one cage with a hen in the hope that one will breed with her. One will, and then they may well kill the other one. Not a very good strategy to go for if you love and care about your pets.

You keep asking if it is okay to put 2 males in one cage with a hen in the hope that one will breed with her. One will, and then they may well kill the other one. Not a very good strategy to go for if you love and care about your pets.

I agree with Dave. Putting two males in a breeder cage is bad news

Thank you for the advise. I don't think it's meant to be insulting when comments are made like "if you care anything about your pets...." but just a suggestion... it's very discouraging to people who are trying to educate themselves to do what's best for their animals and someone replies by saying something like that to make the person feel *********.

 

So, please know I DO care very much about my pets and will do what's best for them and that is why I am on this site. I asked this qestion and many others so I don't mess up and do something that is not good for them. I have received nothing but wondering information here and have followed everything I've been told to do so far. So I will move the cage so that the breeding pair can not see any of my other birds and see how that goes. My biggest lesson I'm learning here is just be patient... and if suffient time passes with no results, try something else.

 

Thank you again ALL of you for your replies.

The written word can often be taken to mean things other than what was intended especially when people try and write quickly. Hope it works out with the changes you will try. Birds personalities like peoples differ so greatly that you have to try a multitude of things before success sometimes. If you didnt care about your birds you wouldnt be trying to find answers.

Edited July 16, 200817 yr by KAZ

Thank you KAZ. That's exactly what I was trying to say. I do care and that's why I'm here and I take all the advise given seriously to do whats best for them. I know sometimes questioning someone's intention or actions makes that person think if they are really doing what's best for their pet or themselves and I understand that, but please know that MY intentions are only focused on my keets and doing what's best for THEM. So thank you again KAZ and thank you Dave and Liv for your advice too.

Your welcome. We are all here to help

I took my first replies personally too, when I first joined - But that is the hard thing when we are writing and not talking on the phone or in person you can't hear peoples expressions like Kaz said It doesn't come out the right way if people write quickly or use their grammer.

We are all here to learn from one another, and even the best of breeders are still learners