Well, this time, it has happened. About 3 weeks ago, Milly Cockatiel started laying eggs again, and I just assumed, like the 16 eggs that came earlier this year, that she would abandon them. I never even put the nest back in the cage, instead put a rubbermaid container filled with nesting material and the first two eggs, figuring she would walk away eventually. She didn't. In fact, she laid two more eggs, for a total of four. She's been sitting and sitting, and I couldn't even get close enough to candle the eggs to find out whether they were fertile or not.
Well, at least one was fertile! Late yesterday afternoon, Helen and I put our ears up near the cage, after Popcornbird asked me if I could hear any chirping, and we could hear one of the eggs chirping! OMG!!!! This morning, there is a precious little baby that Milly is feeding and caring for. It is very tiny, in fact, quite ugly, but has soft yellow feathers (thank you, Roger) on the lower part of it's body and a sweet pink head. I can't get a picture at this point, but I will. She just got out of the nest to eat and I got a good view of the tiny thing. It's probably about two inches long at the most, so tiny.
Oh, can you imagine the chorus of "Zippity Do Da" that's going to be coming out of this house? Hehehe!!! If the others are going to hatch, they will hatch over the next 3-5 days, I imagine. I am hardly believing this, never intended for it to happen, but now that it has, I'm so excited!!
Anyone dying to have a baby Cockatiel??
Logan
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, I think we will keep them. Unfortunately, if that happens, it will mean that Roger and Milly will no longer be allowed together at all because we are not wanting to be breeders. 
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