Eclectus Parrots

New life. New beginning.

As promised in this post I like to tell you about our first breeding result.

It is always excited to see something getting born and thriving well. Both of our pair of Eclectus Parrots have got babies. Recently we have shifted and managed to relocate and settle 200 parrots.

Our Eclectus parrots are the first ones to settle down. In the first big holding aviary of mixed species the Eclectus were not so happy. The big holding aviary is huge 33 by 3.6 metres and 2.4 height. I presume all the parrots had enough room to get out of the way for the more aggressive ones. The Eclectus parrots were making the other parrots miserable by hanging onto their tail feathers and claiming their own space and distance.

I quickly build them separate aviaries. It didn’t take them long before I witness them mating and the hen disappeared in the nest box. She was working the box and decorated it till she was happy with the result. In between a nice tight little hole that she dug decorated with some of her feathers she laid two beautiful eggs. After 4 weeks we witness the tiny but healthy babies. A week later the second pair had babies as well. This was the first time for them.

Feeding

Now that my Eclectus are feeding their young, their need for more nutrition is paramount. I feed the parrots early in the morning but now I have schedule in another feeding time in mid afternoon to help with the high demand for food. I special include some extra soft food like sprouted seeds with fresh greens and other fruits. Lucky my passionfruit vine is covered with fruit which is one fruit that the Eclectus Parrot really loves.

Observing

I would like the Eclectus to parent rear their young themselves but I will keep a close eye on it. If the parrots have problems with the parenting skills I hope that I can interact so that I can save the young. Some people prefer parent reared parrots better because proper parenting skills can be natural learned by the young. If they are doing it for themselves then they will hopefully also doing it for others.

I will keep you up to date with the developing of my new babies.

regards Idavan