VMD 513: Pet animal Breeding, Management, Nutrition and Health Care (1+1)

BREEDING OF MACAWS [Web link.....]

     

• Macaws are not easy birds to breed. 
• A lot depends on whether the breeding pair get on well together and on the food and the right environmental factors. 
• It may take four years or longer before the young birds are sexually mature. 
• In order to breed the birds preferably need to be housed in a large, roofed outdoor cage.
• They like to breed in a large nest box (a hollowed out tree stump) or a small beer cask. 
• The females lay 2-4 eggs on average which then she incubate it for 24 to 28 days. 
• Fledging occurs in 3 to 4 months. 
• The young cannot take care of themselves yet and both the parent will nurtured during this period.