Feng Xuan parrot, also known as cockatoo, is strong in physique, strong in disease resistance, resistant to roughage, easy to breed and rarely dies under general breeding conditions. But be careful not to cut off food and water, and the feed should not be too single. As an ornamental bird or bird trainer, it can also be kept on a parrot rack. Because it is good at climbing and likes to chew wood, the cockatoo should be raised in metal cages. The breeding cage of each cockatoo is 60 cm long, 45 cm wide and 40 cm high, and the perch should be hardwood or hardwood with a diameter of about 2 cm. Drinking utensils should be firm and reliable to prevent being bitten or overturned. The nest box can be made of five wooden boards into a closed nest box, with the dimensions of 30 cm long, 20 cm wide and 16 cm high, and it is best to add a 5 cm high partition in the middle. A 6-7 cm access hole is opened in front of the nest box, and sawdust is padded inside. It is best to use an iron plate for sand table. Clean the water tank 1 time every day or every other day and replace it with clean drinking water. Feed vegetables every day or every other day 1 time. Clean the sand table 1 ~ 2 times a week, and disinfect the food trough, water tank and utensils 1 time a month. The temperature changes greatly in spring and autumn, so we should pay attention to adjusting the room temperature to prevent diseases. Keep warm in winter, and the indoor temperature shall not be lower than 16℃. When the temperature is high in summer, ventilation should be strengthened when it is generally above 30℃.

Feed diet

Feed mainly includes millet, millet, barnyard grass, rice, hemp seed, sunflower seeds, egg millet, rape or other vegetables. 1. The proportion of granular materials is millet 40%, millet 20%, rice 10%, hemp seed 20% and sunflower seed 10%. Mix several kinds of feed evenly. 2. When eggs and millet are mixed with eggs and millet, 2 grams of salt and 4 ~ 6 grams of multivitamins, calcium powder and trace elements should be added per kilo of millet.

Reproductive needs

Cockatoo chicks are sexually mature for about 8 months, and can participate in reproduction at this time. Cocktail parrots breed all year round, but July to August, the hottest summer weather, is also the season for parrots to molt, so it is necessary to dismantle their nests and stop breeding. If you don't tear down the nest, the parrot will continue to breed. Due to the sultry weather, although the hatched eggs are well developed, the hatching rate is very low, and a considerable number of chicks will suffocate in the eggshell, thus delaying the molting period of parrots. In this way, it is better to let the parrot stop breeding, wait until it recovers its physical strength and molts before hanging the nest for breeding, so as to maintain a high hatching rate and improve economic benefits. Cocktail parrots can breed 3-4 nests throughout the year. The newly hatched birds can lay 3 ~ 4 eggs per nest, and generally lay 4 ~ 6 eggs later. The egg is white, and the next day 1 egg. After the third egg is laid, the female bird begins to hatch. When the chicks can eat, they can be locked in cages, and then the females begin to lay eggs and reproduce again. In the process of breeding and hatching, breeders should pay attention to the stability of the environment, minimize external interference, do not move cages, and try not to turn over nests, so as not to disturb parents, abandon nests, and affect hatching and brooding. Attention should be paid to room temperature and adequate food and water after poultry are hatched, and inorganic salt feed and trace elements should be supplemented during breeding period. In winter, the room temperature of breeders should be kept above 20℃, the relative humidity should be 45% ~ 50%, and indoor air circulation should be maintained. The average life span of cockatoos is about 18 years, and the longest life span is over 20 years. The peak breeding period of cockatoos can reach about 5-6 years, and then the reproductive rate will gradually decrease. In order to purify and rejuvenate breeding birds, breeding birds should be constantly updated.

The breeding period of cockatoos in northern Australia is from April to July, and in southern Australia it is from August to 65438+February. There are 7 cockatoos per nest 1-7, and the average number of eggs per nest is about 4. Parent birds mainly feed chicks in the morning and evening, and feathers grow after 3-4 weeks; Adult birds raised by fresh chickens can adapt to the environment quickly, are not aggressive to other species, and their calls are crisp and crisp, and they are quite robust after adapting to the environment. Their food is mainly mixed grain seeds. They also eat fruits and vegetables. The breeding of cockatoos is quite common and difficult. They usually have reproductive ability from September to 12 months old, but it is best to let them breed at 15- 18 months old, because even at 15- 18 months old, some cockatoos are still in the development stage and are easy to breed when the reproductive system is not fully mature. Because the parent bird itself is not fully developed, the energy and physical strength spent on caring for the young bird will affect the health of the parent bird that is not fully developed. The nest box can be 30×30×30 cm, and a nest can lay about 4-6 eggs every other day. It can be checked whether there is fertilization in 7- 10 days (when 3 or 4 eggs have been laid), and the incubation period is about 65438.

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