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

BREEDING OF MYNAH

• Mynah is a fearless and tame nature bird; pairs will almost certainly attempt to nest.
• Sexing is difficult in Mynah surgical sexing is necessary to recognize a true pair.
• Cock has darker eyes than hens, but this not true in every case.
• Mynahs built an untidy nest, often taken over a parakeet nest box for the purpose
• Care watching of breeding pair is essential; the cock’s desire to nest may lead him to attack the hen if she does not respond in a positive manner.
• Even tame birds can become nervous when breeding and should not be disturbed, particularly in the presence of chick.
• The normal clutch consists of two or three bluish eggs, speckled with brown markings.
• Both the sex share the incubation duties and the incubation last for 2 weeks.
• A regular supply of live food at the incubation stage is essential for successful rearing of young one.
• Crickets and meal worms are usually taken readily, and these should be dusted with a vitamin and minerals
• Chick fledge(Fledge is the stage in a young bird's life when the feathers and wing muscles are sufficiently developed for flight) a month old and easily distinguished by their duller plumage and the bald, pale yellow areas on the head where the wattles develop later.
• They also able feed themselves within days of fledging.
• Once they have reached this stage, it is safest to remove the young mynahs at the earliest opportunity. Other wise they may be attacked and killed by their parents.
• Adult mynahs breed throughout the year