Bennie

[Vermontcat]

Wow!
Bennie girl sure fooled us all didn't she?

Logan, didn't you adopt out Bennie's sisters together to the same home?
Maybe you should check up on them to see if they have any surprises of their own.

[My Peanuts]

Amber, I don't know how much you know about this, but make sure Bennie has plenty of calcium if she doesn't already. Also do not take the egg out for a while. Bennie will keep replacing the egg and too much egg production will be hard on her body.

BTW, I had a female friend in high school whose nickname was Bennie, so I say keep it the same

[lute]

haha! that's how we found out that Lucy was a Lucky.LOL

[Logan]

One thing is for sure, Diana, and that is that you can't be sure unless you do that DNA test. I told Amber and Judy, when they adopted these babies, that I had no positive information and that I was judging by color and personality. I guess we just figured out that with immature birds, that is not the way to go! LOL!!!!

Logan

[sandragonfly]

oh dear bennia! yep, a shock to me too..

will baybi be next?? now I know .. next time I think it's a male.. think girl!!!!

amber, are you gonna keep the name, right?

[chrissycat21]

Wow! That was pretty unexpected!

My uncle's cockatiel, Mikey, waited until she was 18 years old to lay an egg.

(We need more pictures of Bennie soon...I've missed seeing her!)

[animal_rescue]

OMG!! Hahahahahahahahahaha *breaths* I so wish I could have been there to see that.

LOL ok Bennie you sweet little girl, what other surprises do you got?

[CamCamPup33]

All she'll do is sit at the bottom of her cage with them!

I say them, because theres another one.
Making the grand total, 2! LOL.

Im going to keep the name Bennie. She knows it already, so i'll just keep it as it is

Pictures will definitely be up soon!

[Logan]

Wow!
Bennie girl sure fooled us all didn't she?

Logan, didn't you adopt out Bennie's sisters together to the same home?
Maybe you should check up on them to see if they have any surprises of their own.

Zoe, I thought you knew...........oh yes, they have created two surprises (babies) as a matter of fact. The two little "girls", who were so quiet and pale in comparison to Bennie, are not two girls, but a girl and a boy. I guess I'm a great grandmother at this point, but my friend, Judy, who adopted them, will not allow this to happen again. One of the newest babies went to another home and the other stayed with her. Apparently, this is not too unusual in the world of Cockatiels and everyone who we talked to supported her just letting the eggs go. 2 out of 6 hatched.

Amber, let the egg stay for a while. If Bennie is anything like her (boy that sounds weird to say) mom, sh ewill keep on laying them and taking it away will just make her lay more. She'll ignore it, eventually, then you can take it off. Knowing it isn't fertile, it won't hurt a thing to just leave it there.

Is Bennie nesting??

[Vermontcat]

Zoe, I thought you knew...........oh yes, they have created two surprises (babies) as a matter of fact. The two little "girls", who were so quiet and pale in comparison to Bennie, are not two girls, but a girl and a boy. I guess I'm a great grandmother at this point, but my friend, Judy, who adopted them, will not allow this to happen again. One of the newest babies went to another home and the other stayed with her. Apparently, this is not too unusual in the world of Cockatiels and everyone who we talked to supported her just letting the eggs go. 2 out of 6 hatched.

Amber, let the egg stay for a while. If Bennie is anything like her (boy that sounds weird to say) mom, sh ewill keep on laying them and taking it away will just make her lay more. She'll ignore it, eventually, then you can take it off. Knowing it isn't fertile, it won't hurt a thing to just leave it there.

Is Bennie nesting??

Logan, I must have missed that Bennie's siblings also laid eggs and raised a couple of babies! Was that this summer or last summer that they had them?

CamCamPup, I would love to see some new photos of Bennie and her eggs if you have them.

[Alasse]

Opppsss he, errrr she tricked ya

[Logan]

I think it was earlier this year, Zoe. I get all confused! One baby stayed with Judy (she "thinks" it is a boy) and the other, Merry, went to a new home.

Any update, Amber? I hope Bennie has stopped at two eggs. Their personalities seem to change when they are guarding eggs. I notice it with Roger and Milly and I'm always so glad when it is over!

Logan

[CamCamPup33]

Bennie now has three. I really hope she's stopped. I get suprised each time i let him out of his cage, hehe.

Here's a picture.
The third one is under her stomach.

[jesse_3]

Wow, I am no bird expert, but it sounds like Bennie was a sure shocker for you! She probably decided that you needed to know that he was a SHE. lol, I love the name Bennie for a girl, it is really cute!