Cookie and Bailee - Breeding Journey

[Bea]

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r78/birdybea/Tiels%20Only/March72008-fidsandsweeney020Custom.jpg

Yes, i have surrendered to the persistent mating of Cookie and Bailee (and obviously i wouldn't have done if i didn't want the babies and any consequences). Gracie has moved into her old cage (her bachelorette pad) and Cookie and Bailee have been granted a (rather massive) nest box. I have to say that compared to a budgie nest box, the bulk of a tiel one is pretty surprising!! :lol:

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r78/birdybea/Tiels%20Only/March72008-fidsandsweeney021Custom.jpg
Cookie thinks it's just brilliant. She's right into checking it out, nibbling it, peeking inside.

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r78/birdybea/Tiels%20Only/March72008-fidsandsweeney022Custom.jpg
Bailee thinks mummy's shoulder looks much more inviting, but i'm sure when he figures that this gives Cookie even more reason to mate with him he'll like the nest box just as much. :rofl:

So everyone, here is where i'll update the journey of Cookie and Bailee as they (hopefully) raise a little family. Look out world, baby Bailee's are in the making. :eek:

[sammy2850]

can i ask how does a nest box fit into the cage and i cant wait.

[Bea]

My cage has breeder doors up the top, so i got two of my spare cement perches to rest it on, put it through the door and then used a bit of rope through the top to keep it in place. :)

[Avalon_Princess]

Will be good to see how it goes...

[Boomberry]

Woohoo how exciting :D

[*Tiel_Heart*]

Yay bea and cookie!!! NO bailiee of course as mummy didnt give you permission you naughty boy!!

[Aly]

Congrats and I wish you and them the very best.

[allen]

look forward to more updates

[Laura]

Aww hopefully we will be seeing some little Bailee's and Cookies in the near future :D

[Kfontan]

Definitely keep us posted.

Good luck!

[xxxSpikexxx]

Hope everything goes well :)

[huskymom]

YAY!!!... can´t say I´m not excited ;)

if you were a continent closer I´d be rather happy to get a baby from you....even with Bailee genes LOL .... he is just super cute and dorky.....and Cookie well she´s just a princess

[Rosie]

How exciting for you! Can't wait for all the updates on this thread. It'll be so cute to see Cookie and Bailee Junior's, if everything does go to plan. :)

[Bea]

Well Bailee slept outside the nest box entrance all night, and this morning he's been popping his head in and out of it checking that's it's a good site for Cookie to lay some eggs. He's yet to go all the way in, but i'd say he will have in the next hour or two. Cookie wants to help investigate too but Bailee keeps squeaking at her and giving her the evil eye as if to say "Cookie, this is my job!" and she would squawk back to say "well hurry up with it then you idiot!!" LOL!!! :p

[**TielHeart**]

Lol. I can't wait to see some little eggies!

[xxxSpikexxx]

LOL :rofl: Lets hope he hurrys up :p

[Plukie]

Oh my goodness!! I've only just seen this thread. Awwww, bless him, he'll make a wonderful dad.

[Bea]

He was running around inside the nest box. :p Poor Cookie was looking in probably thinking "what are you doing Bailee?" because he was stomping around and making little squeaky noises. She kept peeking in at him and he would squawk to tell her "Cookie!! It's not ready yet! Don't peek!" :rofl: It's just way too funny watching Bailee take the lead and be all mature.

[huskymom]

how adorable is that!!... aww... I can´t wait to see him as a full daddy ;)

[Phill]

Great news Bea. Congratulations!

[Laura]

Cookie wants to help investigate too but Bailee keeps squeaking at her and giving her the evil eye as if to say "Cookie, this is my job!" and she would squawk back to say "well hurry up with it then you idiot!!" LOL!!! :p

That is so funny you must get a kick out of watching them in this exciting time in there lives :D

[birdieness]

Bea, how old are they now. I can't remember for the life of me. I know cookie is over one as you got her long before my tiels and i'm pretty sure thats the same with bailee.

Wishing you the best of luck. We expect lots of pictures

[Bea]

Yup, they're both a pretty good age! :D Cookie is about 21 months, and Bailee is about 15 months - so pretty well perfect for breeding.

[birdieness]

wow. I knew she was getting close to two. I still can't belive my guys are 1. Time sure flys by.

[Bea]

I'm a little worried that i'm not going to be allowed to check the nest box or play with the babies. Bailee is super defensive of the nest box, and if he sees me even go near it he lunges at the cage bars hissing. When i open the lid he races in with his beak wide, ready to fight. :eek:

[Plukie]

Wow!! I can't believe that Bailee would behave like that, but I suppose it's only natural that he wants to protect his young, even though he doesn't have any at the moment. I can see that you will have to be super careful.

[Bea]

He's still a complete sweetie when he's out of the cage, he's been singing his way through a movie tonight. :lol: And if he thinks Cookie might get a cuddle and not him, well, look out because he sure moves fast when there's a head scratch up for grabs.

[allen]

before poly passed away if i opened the box she would screesh and do everything to get me awayi had to use a spoon to get the duds out but with penelope she just sirs there and watches as you pick the chicks up but she knows your going to return them

[Aly]

Don't worry Bea. Bailee's just trying to show Cookie he's boss and she should trust him. The lunging at you is normal. Just do as you would normally and ignore it. Cookie will do the same at first when you open the box to check on her. The hens acctually do his fluffe up rocking back and forth thing followed by a hiss and a fake bite. Give her some head scritches and talk to her and she'll calm down right away. They won't acctually bite you when your hand gets near. Cookie will even do it to Bailee when she start laying the eggs but more along the lines of a married couple. One minute she's nice, the next she's annoyed with him. Oh, and it helps if you're the only one checking the box. If anyone else tries it might be a different story.

[Bea]

They won't acctually bite you when your hand gets near.

Bailee bites like a menace when i put my hand near when he's on guard duty. He could crunch my bone the way he's going. :eek: He seems over protective of the nest box, he won't barely let Cookie in it. When he's in there doing whatever it is he does and he sees Cookie look in he charges her down and snaps his beak at her till she's completely off the perch. She has done some sneaking around today and managed to get in the nest box a bit, and when she does that Bailee doesn't seem to care at all. Hopefully he settles down a bit soon. Cookie's butt is looking a bit round today, so maybe there'll be an egg in a day or two.

[Aly]

He's super protective then. I know they won't let the girls see the box until they've finished preparing it but I guess he won't let you see it either..hehe

[Bea]

Well i'm big enough that i'm going to peek even if he tells me not to. :p He's arranged the material into a little concave. :love: I guess he's done his job. They're mating right now by the sounds of it, so little eggies should be on the way if one isn't already.

[allen]

i no when poly had her first clutch if i opened the box she would come charging and screeching at me till i closed the box

[xxxSpikexxx]

I does sound like eggs are on the way :D I guess Bailee thinks he is a big tough guy now :p

[Laura]

Well i'm big enough that i'm going to peek even if he tells me not to. :p

Must be funny to see him acting all big and bad when he is such a mummy's boy :p

[Phill]

Bea, he may still be protective of her entering the box because he hasn't finished doing what he has to do to it yet. When the male is ready for the hen to enter the box, he will start singing from inside, whilst tapping his beak on the sides of the walls. Then the hen usually goes in.

[Bea]

Well the roles have been reversed now, Cookie goes in the nest box and Bailee stands guard looking very happy with himself. I put them both on my shoulders while i cleaned the cage and they seemed happy with that. I'm going to get everyone out for a little while after lunch, i'm sure i'll see my sweet Bailee back then.

[Kirby]

Best of luck mate :) I know you will get lucky, and am hoping for the best! Im so pleased you have decided to let them breed, I knew you had it in ya ;) hehe

[Bea]

Both Cookie and Bailee are spending lots of time in the nest box. Bailee is still super aggro around the nest box, but if i approach him armed with my secret weapon - sunflower seeds - he goes all sweet again. :p Cookie definitely has an egg butt, and after seeing the monster poop she just aimed off the side of the budgie cage i would say we'll see an egg tomorrow or the next day.

[allen]

lol you just got to love it when they do that

[Laura]

Hopefully that sunflower seed will work when your trying to take a picture of the little egg :p can't wait to see some pictures :)

[Phill]

Congrats Bea.

[Aly]

Wish them luck and give Cookie some extra headscritches...that egg should be on the way!

[xxxSpikexxx]

A cute little egg is on the way :D Good thing you have you secret weapons ready :p

[birdieness]

Good luck bea. I'll be waiting to see pics of the eggs

[Bea]

Just my ultra maturity showing here, but Cookie did a poop so big that it made a fart sound on the way out. :lol: Have to say that's the first time i've heard a bird fart. :p On the topic of poop though, not only do Cookie and Bailee not want to poop in the nest box, they also seem like they don't want to poop in their cage in general. Cookie held from 1:30pm - 8pm. I know this because i got everyone out at 1:30pm and she did a whopper of a poop off the side of the budgie cage, then nothing for the 2hrs they were all out, and then there was nothing on the fresh paper in their cage when i got home from school. Isn't 7.5hrs a bit long to be holding. Bailee's doing the same.

[Phill]

Bea, they old it in, and just do a couple of big ones a day. I forgot what it is called exactly.. Bugger, i wil try to find some more info for you.

[Aly]

hehe...a birdie fart Bea?:p They are pretty big though so I know what you mean.
I noticed the same things as you-there realy hasn't been any poop in the cage here either. Ziggy holds his too but not as much as her. He will go in the cage but it seems that he goes in one spot in the second cage (away from the box) and Baby comes outside to poop. Good thing I have the plastic mats under their cages because they're huge!!! It's ok for them to hold it like that as Phill said.

That's a good sign though-egg #1 for Cookie should be here pretty soon! :D Put a little bathing dish in their cage too. Baby likes to sit in it and get her belly feathers wet sometimes-something do with the humidity level.

Anyways, I hope all goes well!!!

[Laura]

From everything I have read its perfectly normal for them to hold it that long, sounds like it won't be long now :D

[huskymom]

LOL... that sure is a funny thing to hear... and I thought I was the only one.....the only one that heard that not made that LOL....

[Bea]

Put a little bathing dish in their cage too. Baby likes to sit in it and get her belly feathers wet sometimes-something do with the humidity level.

I had heard about that, i was planning to just offer her mist baths more often but i might try putting a shallow dish on the cage floor to see if she'll bath that way.

[Aly]

I had heard about that, i was planning to just offer her mist baths more often but i might try putting a shallow dish on the cage floor to see if she'll bath that way.

They don't acctually bathe...they just sit in the water for a few seconds and dip their belly in.

[xxxSpikexxx]

Who thought a bird could toot :p I heard a shallow dish of water in the cage for them is a good idea. That way they can decide when they need it :)

[Bea]

No eggs yet, but i thought you might like a pic of Cooks in her nest box.
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r78/birdybea/Tiels%20Only/March122008-nestcookie001Custom.jpg

And one of Bailee who i strategically had out of the cage while i was taking the photo. He gets cranky when i look in the nest box and he's in the cage, which in turn stresses Cooks out. :p
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r78/birdybea/Tiels%20Only/March122008-nestcookie004Custom.jpg

[allen]

now that is one gorgious tiel

[Laura]

Cute pictures Bea :D

[DeBree420]

oooh how exciting Bea! and you could even get a w/f cinny girl from them too! (heres hoping) lol... will you keep the babies? i have to imagine you would keep a w/f cinny baby if you get one ;)
its all so crazy... i went away for a bit, and Cupid seems to have been busy while i was gone!

i would put a shallow dish of lukewarm water in the cage too!

[Bea]

and you could even get a w/f cinny girl from them too! (heres hoping) lol... will you keep the babies?

No WF's from these guys i'm afraid. WF is recessive as far as i know so it would have to come from both parents to show in the bubs, and Bailee isn't WF and neither were his parents. There's a slim slim chance that there could be WF somewhere down the line, but it's not likely that he'd be carrying it. :p

I'll keep one baby, and sell the rest. :)

[DeBree420]

No WF's from these guys i'm afraid. WF is recessive as far as i know so it would have to come from both parents to show in the bubs, and Bailee isn't WF and neither were his parents. There's a slim slim chance that there could be WF somewhere down the line, but it's not likely that he'd be carrying it. :p

I'll keep one baby, and sell the rest. :)

Doh!.. for some reason i thought Bailee was split whiteface :blush:
( i guess it was just wishful thinking :p )

[Aly]

Look at Cookie all grumpy! hehe and Mr. Bailee looking a bit clueless but that's ok. He's not acctually clueless..just tends to look it at times.

[Phill]

As always great pics Bea :)

[Kfontan]

Great pictures. Bailee looks like he has a silly grin on his face.

Keep us posted. This is very exciting.

[xxxSpikexxx]

Cute photos :D Bailee looks so proud :)

[Sophia]

Bailee is looking a little bit over pleased with himself! :lol: And cookie is getting ready in that nest box!! YAY!!

[Abigail Jad 123]

I'm wondering If the females poop gets very large, does that mean that shes getting ready to lay an egg?

[Bea]

I'm wondering If the females poop gets very large, does that mean that shes getting ready to lay an egg?
Well it means she's holding it because she's in the nest box a lot and not wanting to dirty it, this usually goes hand in hand with an egg being on the way. :) Bailee's also holding his and doing massive poops, and he sure hasn't got an egg on the way. ;)

[Aly]

Hopefully she's making that eggie as we speak!

[Abigail Jad 123]

Yes, hopefully. Also,I have the nest box up now for her, and they both have gone into it for a bit, but they seem a bit scared of it. I'm thinking that this might be because its their first time with one. Is this common?

[Bea]

I'm really not sure, my two were so eager to investigate that they were in the nest box within 24 hrs and looking in and around it much sooner.

I'm after the advice of people who've had "eggnant" tiels before, hehe, does this look like an egg butt to you?
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r78/birdybea/Birds/March142008-fids001Custom.jpg

[Laura]

Well I have never had an eggnant :lol: tiel before but I told you what I thought we will see what the others with the eggnant tiels have to say seeing as there is a few of them on here they should definitely know the answer :p

[DeBree420]

yup, sure looks like Cinnamaroll before she laid her 'dud' eggs ;)

[Bea]

Cookie has been in the nest box for the past 2hrs at least, she didn't show any sign that she wanted to come out for play time with the rest of the fids so poor Bailee had a dilemma. He really wanted to stay with mummy for cuddles but he really wanted to be with Cookie. ;) He ended up coming with me for an hour of cuddles. I think there may be an egg on the way, hopefully i'll wake up to one!

[Bea]

Can anyone tell me signs of what a hen should look like before laying. I'm almost a nervous wreck here. :p I don't think i'll calm down until Cookie's either come out of the nest box or laid an egg successfully. So far she's been in the nest box for at least 3hrs. When i look in she's breathing heavily BUT this could quite probably be a result of me peeking, i obviously can't say what she looks like when the lid is closed.

I've watched a budgie lay an egg once, and due to perfect timing on my part i saw a very stressed budgie and within a minute there was an egg and the mum was happy and the egg was laid. I wasn't around to see how long there's a noticeable difference in behaviour before the egg is laid.

Wow, i'm so nervous!!

[Aly]

OH....it's ok Bea. I'm always nervous too until it's laid and now I'm nervous for Cookie...she'll be ok. She's in good shape-this is just her first eggie so she's probably nervous like you! It def. looks like she has an egg on the way from the pic and the breathing is normal. Keep checking on her though to watch for any other signs. When they lay they ussually bend their head down and put their tail all the way up-you'll see her strain one or two times and then the eggie pops out wet. Keep us posted!!!

[Bea]

COOKIE HAS LAID HER FIRST EGG!!! I am absolutely over the moon!!! :clap: It is perfectly shaped and lovely! Oh wow, i feel like nothing can beat the way i'm feeling right now. I'm so proud of my girl. I hope the little egg hatches into a beautiful little fluff ball in 3 weeks time. :excited:

[Aly]

:thumbu: YAY COOKIE! Congrats on your very first egg!!! :clap:

[xxxSpikexxx]

Go Cookie :D Congradulations of her first egg :thumbu:

[birdieness]

Congrats cookie. Good luck on your journey

[Plukie]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v68/plukie/cookie.jpg

Woohoo!!!! Congratulations!!!

[Abigail Jad 123]

Yay for Cookie!!!! :D Izzy still hasn't layed an egg, but it looks like she has an "egg butt" too. :)

[Laura]

Thats great Bea :thumbu: congrats on the first egg didn't we say it would be coming soon :p

[Sophia]

CONGRATULATIONS!!! :) GO Cookie!! And of course Bailee had a part in the making of the egg!! Lol!

[huskymom]

yay!!! one baby on the way!!.... congrats to the three of you!!

[allen]

congrats cookie

[Kfontan]

Congratulations!!

How is Bailee dealing with this? Is he still being territorial?

[Bea]

He's being lonely. He spent the night all alone outside the nest box, and this morning he crept over to see what was keeping Cookie. :p He looked in with his heart wings, and going "beep, beep, beep" and then he saw his girl and started saying "Cookie Cookie Cookie". :love: Hopefully he picks up on his food intake because Cookie doesn't look like she plans to move out of that nest box for a while yet - she's been in there almost 12hrs straight.
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r78/birdybea/Tiels%20Breeding%20Pics/March152008-egg1002Custom.jpg

[Laura]

What a great picture Bea :love: Bailee keeping guard checking on his woman :p

[Aly]

Ziggy's been doing the beep beep beep noise too. Congrats again and tell Cookie it's ok to take a little break!

[xxxSpikexxx]

Cute :D She looks like she is looking at Bailee like where is the food :p

[Bea]

Cookie still hasn't come out of the nest box, it can't be healthy to hold poop for this long and not eat/drink! Should i make her come out somehow? I'm just being a worried mum again.

[birdieness]

Looks like they are chewing the paint or w/e on the inside. hehe gives cookie something to be doing i guess.

I don't think it will hurt her to stay in there but if your worried i don't think it will hurt to take her out. She will probably run right back in there. Hope you get some cute little pieds

[Aly]

You can take her out. Baby ussually comes out right after an egg. Being that she'll be out she'll poop and probably stop and eat a little then go right back in. The longest Baby's in the box without coming out is at night. During the day she takes about three small breaks.

[Bea]

Well i just went up to check on Cookie and she was out of the box for a break, and ready for some kisses and cuddles. :p I got her out and held her over the bathroom sink while she dropped her massive bomb of approx 16hrs of poop. She really wanted to sit on my head for that event but i told her NO WAY!! LOL!!!! Then she flew down to say hello to her budgie boyfriends while Bailee screamed for her to come back (i guess he doesn't want to be a single dad) and then i took her back up to my room and her and Bailee got a quick cuddle before going back to egg duty.

[Aly]

Good to hear! And good choice to stay away from head perching...lol

[Laura]

Thats great she finally came out for a poop...hehe glad to hear it wasn't on your head :o

[Bea]

Thats great she finally came out for a poop...hehe glad to hear it wasn't on your head :o

:lol: So am i, this isn't normal wipe away with a tissue poop, this is stain your carpet, have to change your tshirt type poop. :eek: That's why i thought to take her to the sink.

[atvchick95]

my budgie Jasmine who is the only one right now on eggs, hardly ever comes out of her nest box either I see her out maybe 2xs a day, unless i peek in the nest box then she comes out, but when she does come out Tweety just gripes at her and follows her all around yelling at her , then she'll go back in the nest box and he'll sit on the outside and as soon as she goes in he stops yelling LOL

but I have gotten my b/f almost pooped on from her twice, when she came out her vent was swelled (her last egg was laid on the 4th I think i'd have to look it up again) but i got all scared and made him take her out to check and all it was was she had to poop and she drop her bomb and almost got him but he moved back and it got the carpet instead , the 2nd time he said "you know darn well i'm going to get her out and she's just going to poop on me , and you'll sit there and laugh, I really think your doing this just so i'll get that massive poop on me" === even know that would be hilarious That truely wasn't my intentions , but both times she let her massive poop drop and she wasn't swelled up no more - So that eased my mind majorly


and before i forget - congrats on the egg ( i know you didnt want no babies, But they'll pull your heart strings fast!) :)

[Bea]

and before i forget - congrats on the egg ( i know you didnt want no babies, But they'll pull your heart strings fast!) :)

If i didn't want babies i would never have got them the nest box. :p

[derek]

congrats cookie, bails and bea on your 1st egg

[xxxSpikexxx]

The sink is a good idea :) But hey don't you have a Brother :p

[DeBree420]

The sink is a good idea :) But hey don't you have a Brother :p

hehehehehe

hooray! congrats on the egg Bea!

[Laura]

But hey don't you have a Brother :p

yes she does :p :rofl: wouldn't that be funny

[Plukie]

Awww, I'm so pleased everything seems to be going well.

[Aly]

Any sign of #2 yet Bea?

[Bea]

The sink is a good idea :) But hey don't you have a Brother :p

:rofl: Now why didn't i think of that?! However, he was out at a friends house at the time of the bomb so that wouldn't have worked yesterday.

[Bea]

Any sign of #2 yet Bea?
She's been in the nest box 99% of the time so i haven't seen much of her to be able to tell. I'm sure there'll be a second egg in the nest box tonight or in the morning. :D

[Aly]

She's being a great mommy to have started incubating already! Goodluck on the second eggie!

[Laura]

She's been in the nest box 99% of the time so i haven't seen much of her to be able to tell. I'm sure there'll be a second egg in the nest box tonight or in the morning. :D

eagerly awaiting news of #2 :D I will probably have to wait till tomorrow morning to get it :p

[Bea]

Egg #2 arrived while i was at horse riding this afternoon! :D
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r78/birdybea/Tiels%20Breeding%20Pics/March162008-egg2004Custom.jpg

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r78/birdybea/Tiels%20Breeding%20Pics/March162008-egg2001Custom.jpg

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r78/birdybea/Tiels%20Breeding%20Pics/March162008-egg2002Custom.jpg

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r78/birdybea/Tiels%20Breeding%20Pics/March162008-egg2003Custom.jpg

Cookie's timing for rest breaks is terrible. She comes out wanting to come out for a quick cuddle with me, but she always seems to choose the times when i'm just about to go out or i'm busy. :p I have to sneak Cookie out for a quick cuddle, because if Bailee is egg-sitting for her and realises she's gone he abandons his duties to run around like a headless chicken screaming for her.

[Aly]

Bailee is too funny! I can just picture him doing that. Congrats on #2 Cookie! You look gorgeous sitting on your eggies!!!

[Bea]

I forgot to mention that Bailee sings lullaby's to his eggs when he's on egg duty. :love: You can hear him in there singing really quietly to them.

[sammy2850]

awwwwww thats cute lol congrats on the eggs

[Bea]

Cookie is such a good mum!! :D I just bought Bailee out for an hour play time while Cookie stayed in the cage to attend to her motherly duties. Well, out of habit i left the cage door wide open, i couldn't see Cookie (as she was on her eggs) and so it just didn't click in my brain that she was in there. Well, i just put Bailee back and realised what i had done! I checked to see that Cookie was still in the nest box and she sure was, snoozing with her little eggs under her. :love:

[Aly]

Awww! Mine are the same-unlike before when they sometimes wanted to venture away now the cage is open and they stay right there..same with the singing to the eggs except Ziggy sticks his head in and sings to her and the eggs..

[birdieness]

Awww great pics. i love cookie. Her face is so sweet! I still let the breeding budgies out of there cage and they do come out for all of 5 mins and then its back to the eggs. i can't see myself not letting them out as they are still pets and enjoy it.
Glad cookies being such a good mommy. I'm waiting 4 days and the real test of how good a mommy lilly is cause her first bub will hatch.

[xxxSpikexxx]

That great that the second egg is here :D That is so cute how Bailee and Ziggy sing to the eggs :love:

[Plukie]

Aww, #2 is here!!! I love those photos of Cookie sitting on her eggs and Bailee bless his little heart, fancy singing to the eggs. lol. That's just lovely.

[Kirby]

CONGRATS BEA!!!!! The pictures are great, the birds are doing amazing, and Im soooo happy for you! :D Not to mention super jelous :( everything you do (bird wise) sounds so easy, meanwhile I have been trying to breed mine for a few months and there was never an egg :( lol

Congrats again mate, and can't wait to see how many eggs and babies they get :love:

Kirby

[allen]

congrats on egg #2

[Laura]

Congrats on egg #2 I had a feeling it would be here when I came on today :D

[Sophia]

It sounds like they are coping well with 2 eggs! :) They will make great parents of little fluff balls, they are already doing a great job looking after the eggs! :p Good Luck!!!

[huskymom]

awww.... Bailee may have the stupid gene... but he seems way to adorable for words!!... he sure is a great dad so far......

I want a Bailee jr. !!! ;)

congrats on egg #2

[Bea]

I want a Bailee jr. !!! ;)

:p Too bad you live so far away, i wouldn't hesitate to let one of the bubs go to someone from the forums. :D

[Sophia]

You would have to make a thread just for them, for an update everyday! :)


Good Luck to all 3 of you! :p

[allen]

i no the feeling bea if someone was close to me and wanted one of my baby budgies i would have no problem with them from the forum

[Kfontan]

Bailee singing lullabies to the eggs.

How sweet! :love:

I must say, I am very impressed by the "Stand-up & Help-out" behavior of the fathers-to-be, Bailee and Ziggy.

As I told my husband, there may be hope for men yet. If male cockatiels can pitch-in, maybe human males can to. :p All I got was a dirty look.

[Aly]

As I told my husband, there may be hope for men yet. If male cockatiels can pitch-in, maybe human males can to. :p All I got was a dirty look.


lol :p

Any news on #3 Bea?

[xxxSpikexxx]

Where is that third eggie?

[Bea]

Third egg is due today and judging by Cookie's gigantic butt (don't worry, i still tell her she's beautiful) it'll arrive right on schedule. :D She just came out for a bite to eat, a quick cuddle and a giant poop over the sink. I weighed her before and after her poop, and she lost 4g!! :eek: Anyway, the cuddle time was short lived, because when Bailee discovered her gone he went on egg strike and wouldn't sit on them until i put her back.

[Laura]

Sounds like things are going great Bea :D I will be looking for egg #3 tomorrow morning :p

[Aly]

4 grams huh! Talk about relief.:p Goodluck on your #3 Cookie!

[Bea]

Egg #3 is here! :D

[Aly]

Good job Cookie! (and Bailee ofcourse) Congrats!

[Plukie]

Awww congratulations on #3. It must be really fantastic to be able to watch from start to finish a baby tiel growing up. It's good that you are handy with a camera as well Bea because with photos every step of the way, we will be able to join in with the development of the little ones.

[Sophia]

Congratulations on egg #3!!

How many more do you think there will be ???

Good Luck !! :)

[Bea]

I don't know! :D I'd be happy with whatever number she decides she wants - although more than 5-6 would be a pain if they all hatched. :p I think just 2-3 babies for first time parents would be easiest. We'll see what happens!

[Laura]

Congrats on egg #3 :D

[xxxSpikexxx]

Good job Cookie :D Triplets so far, not identical of course :p

[Kfontan]

Congrats on egg #3!


Imagine. Three little Bailees running around. :love:

All wanting scritches :p

[Bea]

All wanting scritches :p

And all singing Jingle Bells. ;)

[Aly]

Goodluck on #4 Ms. Cookie! Bailee be good!

[Bea]

I just had Cookie and Bailee out for a minute in my room, and when i peeked at the eggs i couldn't resist temptation. I got the oldest egg (which is pointier than the other two) and candled it ... and i think i saw some veins in there! :D I won't touch that egg again, but it's nice to know that it could be fertile because that means that the others could be too! I was so worried that they would all be duds.

[Aly]

After all that mating they've done I wasn't too worried about that. Plus, look at Bailee- a strong fertile young man...lol...
Congrats! Watching the chicks grow is amazing.

[allen]

watching any egg grow from a egg to a grown chick fully weaned is exciting

[Laura]

hehe... you just couldn't resist could you :p good to hear there might be a good chance of some lovely babies on the way

[xxxSpikexxx]

Thats great news that some babies might be hatching :D

[allen]

do you have an emergency kit just incase you have to do some hand feeding

[Phill]

Woohoo grats on the fertile egg Bea

[Bea]

do you have an emergency kit just incase you have to do some hand feeding

I have egg and biscuit mix ready if i have to just top a baby up, and it would also hold me over until the soonest time i could get actual rearing mix. :) I don't like to buy rearing mix unless i actually need it because it's expensive and it's not something i use normally.

[Kirby]

Yay egg 3 and fertility! :D Keep up the great work Bea, Cookie, and Bailee!

Kirby

[allen]

yea it is expensive here also but if you do need it you can keep the mix in the freezer till you need it again but not the one you made up just the powder

[Kfontan]

Is #4 on its way?

[Bea]

I haven't seen Cookie out of the nest box so i can't say if egg #4 is here or on the way yet. :)

***EDIT***

Ignore that, i just heard Cookie screaming for me to come out for a cuddle and egg #4 is here. Bailee's on egg watch while Cookie is out for her break.

[allen]

maybe she will lay 8 eggs like penelope has

[birdieness]

Congrats! Wonder how many more she will lay. If your anything like me your going to die when hatch days come close. I'm very tired from lack of sleep. After school today i actually had to go lie down in my nice warm room for a nap which is not like me at all. I'm just so excited because tomorrow is the day #1 should hatch if not then on the 21Th with any luck. It's almost impossible to sleep knowing bubs are on the way. I bet once they hatch i'll sleep like a rock haha.

Good luck bea. Hope their little eggies hatch and you get some beautiful babies to show off.

[Laura]

Congrats on egg #4 :D can't wait to see some beautiful babies.

[Plukie]

Awww four little eggies!!! When is the first one due to hatch?

[Aly]

Congrats Bea!

[nic bike]

I havn't been on the forums for while but congrats on 4 eggs I cant wait to see baby cookie's and Bailee's !!! :D

[xxxSpikexxx]

4 Eggs :D I wonder how many more will hatch.

[Bea]

Awww four little eggies!!! When is the first one due to hatch?

First one to hatch is due around the 5th of April. :D

[Plukie]

Oh wow, not long to wait then.

[Laura]

First one to hatch is due around the 5th of April. :D

Thats my brothers birthday :p

[Aly]

I want to wish Cookie, Bailee and the little eggie the VERY best.

[xxxSpikexxx]

First one to hatch is due around the 5th of April. :D

That is not too long :) I bet it still feels like forever though :p

[Bea]

With school to keep me busy i'm sure it'll fly past! :D This first week certainly has!

[Laura]

With school to keep me busy i'm sure it'll fly past! :D This first week certainly has!

Thats good that school is keeping your busy its better then sitting there all obsessed wanting to check them every 5 minutes :p

[nic bike]

sitting there all obsessed wanting to check them every 5 minutes :p

One of the main reasons I could never breed any pet of mine :P.

[Sophia]

sitting there all obsessed wanting to check them every 5 minutes :p

That would be me! :blush: You would want to make sure they were awake or not < any reason would do! :)

[Kirby]

Leep it up guys :D Im so happy for you all!

Kirby

[xxxSpikexxx]

I could never breed. When I call home from work I always ask how is Spike :blush:

[Bea]

Thats good that school is keeping your busy its better then sitting there all obsessed wanting to check them every 5 minutes :p
There's no point checking too often, then Cookie will just get fed up and abandon the eggs because there's a big sticky beak poking her face in the box all day. :p

[Laura]

There's no point checking too often, then Cookie will just get fed up and abandon the eggs because there's a big sticky beak poking her face in the box all day. :p

I know to many people make that mistake its not natural to have someone coming in and disturbing all the time and picking up and taking your eggs I say let it be and let nature take its course :p

[Bea]

I know to many people make that mistake its not natural to have someone coming in and disturbing all the time and picking up and taking your eggs I say let it be and let nature take its course :p
That's my attitude too! For a while i got worried that Cookie wasn't sitting on all the eggs properly, but then i realised that what was going on was that Bailee had been sitting in there and jumped out when he heard me in the room, they actually share the job sometimes and sit on one or two eggs each!! :D It's so wonderful. I wouldn't be able to touch the eggs all the time even if i wanted to, i have two very good parents defending their nest. :lol:

[allen]

i have not candled these eggs at all i just like to find out naturally

[Bea]

Something i've found to be a fairly accurate guide since i bred budgies, is that fertile eggs will have a very slight pinkish tint to them, while duds are a dull white. :D I'm not sure how well it would show on a photo though.

[allen]

well i just checked my eggs 3 are a pinkish colour

[Bea]

Let's see if those three hatch, it'll be interesting to test the theory. :D

[allen]

well you no i,ll post if the three do hatch

[birdieness]

I noticed the first fertile egg actually had more of what i would call a grey hue. Your theory may be right tho. I've noticed a pink hue in some eggs that people have posted

[xxxSpikexxx]

That is neat that some tend to have a pink hue. I don't think I would be able take the eggs out and candle them. But then again I would love to see a little bird move inside it's egg :love:

[Sophia]

That would be a helpful way to tell if the eggs were fertile, lets see if the theory is true! :)

[birdieness]

No WF's from these guys i'm afraid. WF is recessive as far as i know so it would have to come from both parents to show in the bubs, and Bailee isn't WF and neither were his parents. There's a slim slim chance that there could be WF somewhere down the line, but it's not likely that he'd be carrying it.

I'll keep one baby, and sell the rest.

Srry to bring up some thing old but Mom is a WF split to pied And dad is a Cinny pied so wouldn't All the babies be split to Wf , and some cinnamon? Some males split to pied & wf (i'm not cheating and using a vitural breeder i swear)

Cookie: Wf Split pied
Bailee: Cinnamon pied

Male offspring
50% pied split to Wf {x1 cinnamon}
50% grey split to Wf Pied{x1 cinnamon}

Female
50% pied cinnamon split to WF
50% cinnamon split to Wf pied.

http://www.kirstenmunson.com/cockatiels/blue.html

I like playing with this virtual breeder(not sure whats up with this x1 stuff. I've found a great mate for slush haha. A Cinny pearl pied =). Not likey going to happen but still a thought.
Using this thing i found out hugs is split to {x2 cinny pearl}

[Mystry Mew]

Wow! I haven't been here in a while (kinda lost interest in quite a few of my normal forums after yet another loss... RIP my sweet little Snowy... ;-; ), so I thought I'd check back and see how everyone's doing, and wow, what a surprise! Bailee and Cookie are going to have some beautiful little bubs :D

Edit by me: Not what I said, but I'm sure they are...

[Bea]

Egg #5 arrived this morning. :D

Srry to bring up some thing old but Mom is a WF split to pied And dad is a Cinny pied so wouldn't All the babies be split to Wf , and some cinnamon? Some males split to pied & wf (i'm not cheating and using a vitural breeder i swear)

Cookie is whiteface split to pied, Bailee is a cinnamon pied split to lutino. So, babies:

Males: normal greys, pieds (both split to whiteface, cinnamon, maybe lutino, etc)

Females: cinnamons, cinnamon pieds, lutinos

[Laura]

Congrats on #5 Bea :D how are Cookie and Bailee doing

[xxxSpikexxx]

Congradulations on egg number 5 :D I wonder how many Cookie will have?

[Bea]

how are Cookie and Bailee doing
They're doing wonderfully!! I'm so proud of them. :D I was meaning to post this yesterday, but i saw that they were both in the nest box, and then Bailee jumped out to see who was in the room. When i peeked in Cookie was sitting on two eggs and there were the other two right under where Bailee would've been. :love: So sweet how they share.

I wonder how many Cookie will have?
Hopefully no more!! :lol: I don't want her job to be too hard for her first time as a mummy.

[Laura]

That is so awesome Bea, they are doing everything they should be you must be so proud of them :love:

[Sophia]

Aww! They are really great parents, and love each other, to be sharing the job! :)

Cookie plucked her tummy didn't she, has Bailee done this aswell ???

[Bea]

Cookie plucked her tummy didn't she, has Bailee done this aswell ???
Nope, plucking a brooding patch is a female thing. :D

[Sophia]

If Bailee did do it then, that would be strange! :D Good Cookie doing that for her eggies!! :love: And good Bailee aswell! For sharing the egg time! :)

[Bea]

Cookie was on a mission to eat this morning. My feeding routine went like this: put the seed in (so Cookie sat on the seed dish and started eating), put some moist egg & biscuit mix in (so Cookie moved over and sat on the e&b dish and started eating), put some veggies in (so Cookie moved again and sat on the veggie dish to eat). :rofl: All this time Bailee was on egg duty. I'm hoping no more eggs are laid cause Cookie seems to be having trouble covering all her eggs with her tummy. I can just see her sitting in there saying "I know i've been eating lots mum, but geez! I'm not that fat!". :p

[xxxSpikexxx]

Sounds like she is trying to get fat :p So she can sit on all those eggs ;)

[Laura]

She sure does have a good appetite, she has to keep her strength up to run after those little babies :p

[Bea]

Seeing as i've been depriving you all of egg photos, here's Cookie with her five eggs. ;)
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r78/birdybea/Tiels%20Breeding%20Pics/cookieeggsCustom.jpg

[xxxSpikexxx]

Great drawing Bea :D

[DeBree420]

:eek:
she IS that fat!
lol... only kidding :p
sweet pikkie Bea...
cant be long to go now...

[Laura]

Wow Bea thats awesome :D

[Plukie]

Awww Bea that is brilliant, I love the expression on her face! LOL.

[birdieness]

What a great picture bea. You even added her plucked belly. *thinks bea should get it printed out and framed and stuck above cookies and bailee's cage lol*

[Bea]

Hehe, i could print it and stick it to the side of the nest box. :p

[Sophia]

That is a great pic, one eggie is all alone! :D Lol! :lol:

[birdieness]

Hehe, i could print it and stick it to the side of the nest box

hahaha, even better, I'd so do it. lilly has her belly area plucked to. i seen it today when she was puffing up to keep her babies away from me.

[Bea]

I hadn't been able to catch Cookie off the eggs yesterday (i was barely home all day) but she's just come out for a rest and it seems 5 is the magic number! :D Now we're just waiting for them to start hatching.

[huskymom]

Too bad you live so far away, i wouldn't hesitate to let one of the bubs go to someone from the forums.

well. we can arrange that...

moving plans: check
luggage: check
airplane ticket: check

;)

I had been away for a while but wanted to check in.... an update on mine... none hatched once again :( so the couple is now separated.... first time Maui layed 7 second time 5.... (obviously someone was doing something wrong :p)

I have pics of the eggs... mine seemed sort of pinkish... and I also got some of them being candled.. just need to upload them will try that tomorrow as i forgot my USB home...

I heard on another forum (well most likely read) that roudybush can be used as a handfeeding formula... just making sort of a paste of it....

good luck on the 5 eggies so far!!... can´t wait to see the bubs awwwww....

[Bea]

I don't think we get Roudybush easily here, it would be a mail order thing for sure. We don't get any of the good brands. :rolleyes:

[huskymom]

I don´t get it here.... so i get mine through ebay....

maybe you can check on their site if they deliver to you... they did deliver to me but was a bit more $ than ebay... not that much... there´s also this site.... redbirdproducts (I think) which is cheaper.... and they also shipped to me.... maybe they can ship to you...

other thing you could try is email roudy and ask for samples and they´ll send them free of charge. (they sent me)... just tell them you have tiels and budgies and they are VERY generous (just add a few more birds so they are MORE generous ;) )

[Sophia]

I haven't even heard of it! :D Lol! :lol:

[xxxSpikexxx]

So now to wait for the hatching :) How are Mommy and Daddy to be doing?

[Kirby]

haha the pics so cute! Great job mate :)

How are the pair? Anymore eggs?

Kirby

[Bea]

No more pics till the babies get here. :D I don't want to annoy Cookie more than checking on her a couple of times a day.

Both Cookie and Bailee are doing a brilliant job incubating their eggs. Whenever Cookie isn't on the eggs, Bailee goes in and takes over. Sometimes he takes the eggs for the majority of the day while Cookie eats and rests, and then she takes the night shift. I think that's a pretty normal routine. :thumbu: There's 10 days till the first egg is due to hatch. *fingers crossed* The time is flying so i'm sure that the big hatchday will be here in no time at all!

[huskymom]

this are pics of my eggs being candled...

http://www.talkcockatiels.com/showthread.php?p=28509#post28509

[nic bike]

I can't wait to see the little babies they will be super cute If i lived in Australia i would have to have one!! :p:)

[xxxSpikexxx]

Sounds like they are doing a great job :)

[Abigail Jad 123]

Sounds like they're doing a great job. Lets hope you at least get a couple little bubs.

[Bea]

Cookie came out for a poop and a cuddle this morning! :D She's missed out on cuddles the last few days because she comes out to play just as i'm about to walk out the door for school. :rolleyes: Bailee sat on the eggs while i gave Cookie cuddles for about 15 mins. I'm really impressed with Bailee's efforts as a daddy.

[huskymom]

good job Bailee!!... we are so proud of you and Cookie too!!

can´t wait.... I´m so anxious!!

[Bea]

There's only 8 more days to wait now, assuming it'll hatch on the 21st day after it was laid! :D

[nic bike]

Oooh! Just over a week till the cutest things hatch in the history of cuteness (I'm over excited and there not even mine.) And well done Bailee for such a great birdy daddy:p !! :D

[Laura]

I am really impressed with them both being first time parents they are doing awesome :D the big day will be here soon.

[xxxSpikexxx]

I think they are doing a great job being first time parents :D I can't wait to see some pink bubs :love:

[Bea]

Well if my pink egg theory is correct it looks like there could be 3 bubs on the way. :D Bailee told Cookie off this morning, she wanted to go back to her eggs but he obviously felt like he hadn't spent enough time on egg duty so he hissed at her. :lol:

[Plukie]

Awww, it's all coming along nicely in the Bailee/Cookie household. I can't wait until the first little bub appears, it's just going to be so good to watch them growing up.

[Kfontan]

What is "Aunt Gracie" doing with all of this activity?

[Sophia]

Aww! Bailee wanted more time with his little kiddies! :love: Good Luck with them! :thumbu:

[Bea]

What is "Aunt Gracie" doing with all of this activity?
Sitting on her swing in her own little cage and enjoying the peace and quiet. :p

[nic bike]

Sitting on her swing in her own little cage and enjoying the peace and quiet. :p

Sounds like fun :p I hope she's ready to give Bailee and cookie a hand playing with there babies! :D!

[Bea]

:lol: Gracie is the most un-playful bird i've ever known. She doesn't especially like other birds at all.

[Laura]

:lol: Gracie is the most un-playful bird i've ever known. She doesn't especially like other birds at all.

Her and Georgie should get together :lol:

[Bea]

Here's some photos (which i wasn't planning on taking but i really wanted some daddy Bailee photos)!
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r78/birdybea/Tiels%20Breeding%20Pics/March292008-pets067Custom.jpg
The five lovely little eggies, only a week from hatching now!

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r78/birdybea/Tiels%20Breeding%20Pics/March292008-pets068Custom.jpg
Bailee ducking in to look after his darling eggies

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r78/birdybea/Tiels%20Breeding%20Pics/March292008-pets069Custom.jpg
He pushed them all under his belly so they're all warm now!

And meanwhile, Princess Cookie was getting some time off and having a preen and a cuddle.
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r78/birdybea/Tiels%20Breeding%20Pics/March292008-pets061Custom.jpg

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r78/birdybea/Tiels%20Breeding%20Pics/March292008-pets059Custom.jpg

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r78/birdybea/Tiels%20Breeding%20Pics/March292008-pets066Custom.jpg
Still looking beautiful despite the tiring job of being a mummy.

[Avalon_Princess]

Awww can't wait to see bubbies LOL, your tempting me so much LOL, good thing I only have one tiel and he's only three and a half months old LOL.

Bailee and Cookie look like their enjoying their parenthood.

[Plukie]

Those are lovely photos Bea. Bailee is obviously a very proud daddy.

[allen]

great pics and i agree bailee is a good dad

[xxxSpikexxx]

Very cute photos :D Bailee is being such a good Dad :)

[Sophia]

Bailee only gets on the eggs when it suits Cookie! :rolleyes: Aww!!

They are looking very healthy dispite all the eggies ! :love: Great pics!

[nic bike]

Aww Baliee is such a good dad!! :D

[huskymom]

awww.... so cute!!!

it does seem that at least the three formt he right have babies in them........can´t wait!!!

[Sophia]

When is the first egg due to hatch ? ? :)

[Bea]

First egg is due this friday/saturday. I've been told by a couple of people that the opposite to my pink egg theory is true, so the two white eggs are fertile. If that's true then i'll have several days of anxious waiting cause i have no way of knowing which number eggs those are. :p

[Kfontan]

Bea,

You have to admit that Bailee has certainly overcome the dorkiness and is acting like a very conscientious daddy. :p

Cute pics of him.

[Laura]

Bea I have heard that an egg shell with a viable baby inside looks white, but dark not transluscent like when just laid.

[xxxSpikexxx]

Well we should find out soon :) Hopefully you have some bubs on the way :)

[huskymom]

have you candled them??... I mean being so close to due date you should be able to see the babies more clearly.....

[Kirby]

Yeah, I personally have found the dark/beige eggs like the 3 of these, are infertile, then the brighter/white/shiny, 'hard looking' ones were fertile and healthy... however you have had success in the past before with 'cream' eggs so hopefully they are all good ;) lol

I can't wait for you! Only about 1 more week :D

Kirby

[Bea]

have you candled them??... I mean being so close to due date you should be able to see the babies more clearly.....

Nope, i haven't candled them and i don't want to touch them and bother Cookie and Bailee. :D Not long to wait and see anyway.

[Sophia]

Good Luck, I hope you do get at least on bub! :love:

[Bea]

Only a couple of days now! :D

[allen]

don,t forget sometimes it is a couple days longer then we think or like the first budgie 1 day early

[Bea]

or like the first budgie 1 day early

I wouldn't have any objection to that. :p I'm not entirely sure the first egg will hatch, so i may not actually see anything until next week.