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incubation is normal and the average clutch size is 4-8 eggs. They can be sexed from 5 weeks of age, the males has darker shades of blue around the eyes and wings and some times on the rump. Parrotlets can start breeding from 7 months but should not start breeding until a year old as the cock is not able to feed and rear correctly until a year old. Housing should be 24 inches long, and 24inches deep cage, also a 3-6 foot long flight is acceptable. A healthy diet should have cockatiel mix seed, pellets, millet sprays, vegetables, carrot, broccoli, peas and so on, fruit should include apples, bananas, grapes to mention a few, nuts and beans and also human food such as un-salted whole grain bread, pasta, rice. Their food needs to be high in


energy as they use lots of it, and there are no worries that they will become over weight.


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