posted 01-14-2004 08:28 AM         

To discourage mating shorten the amount of hours light the birds recieve.
Rearange toys and perches in the cage even moving the cage to a different part of the room or into another room will also discourage them from mating.

Male cockatiels do usually become agressive during breeding.

Is your hen does lay eggs and you dont want babies then you can simply remove each egg as its laid boil and mark with a number allow them to cool and place back with the hen and allow her to sit on them until she gets bored of them.

Never just remove eggs as this will encourage her to lay more eggs to replace the ones taken and can seriously depleat her calcium levels.

She should be given a cuttlefish bone attached to the cage this gives her added calcium also a vitamin blcok will help keep the birds in top condition.