Breeding Cockatiels In Your Cages for Coins

In Birdland, the name of the game is earning coins to buy bigger and better things and birds. To do this, you can work forever buying and selling Budgies, or you can find a better way. One of the easiest ways to build up a massive coin bank is by buying, breeding, and selling Cockatiels.

To start out, you will want to buy at least two Cockatiels, preferrably one white and one gray - but it doesn't matter which color you prefer. The gray ones will cost you 15,000 coins (yes sounds like a lot but the turnover is great) and the white ones will cost you 15 feathers. Just make sure that you have a male and a female so that you can breed them. Take care of them until they are grown.

When you start breeding, you want to make sure that you have plenty of room in your cage and breed them as often as you possibly can. Now, the good thing is that even though the white Cockatiels only sell for 6000 coins, when you breed them with the gray ones, they are now worth 13,000+ and when you breed the gray ones together, they are now worth 18,000+.

You will get all sorts of different color variations when you breed the white and gray together. Some of these include solid yellow, a mix of gray, white, and yellow, as well as some with turquoise spots on their faces. If you are breeding two gray ones together, you will always bank a profit of 3000+ coins. If you are breeding a white and a gray together, you can bank anywhere from a 2000 to an 8000+ profit, depending on the color variation. Plus, once you get to the point where you're breeding and selling the ones that you've already bred from (and didn't pay for), you will start making a 12,000-18,000+ profit per bird.

So, if you don't have Cockatiels in one of your cages that you're breeding and selling, make sure that you start doing so. By breeding and selling them, you'll find that your coins will quickly go up by leaps and bounds.

Want to know more about Cockatiels in general? Check out these great posts here on our Birdland blog:

Birds of Birdland: The Cockatiel

Teaching Your Bird the "Step-Up" Command

Top 5 Popular Bird Species

Birds of Birdland: The Cockatiel

Known as the Cockatiel, the Quarrion, and the Weiro, this species of Cockatoo is native to Australia. They are a wonderful pet, and excellent parrot companion that is sought throughout the world as they are very easy to breed. In fact, as far as caged pet birds go, the Cockatiel is second only to the Parakete or Budgerigar.

The color of a Cockatiel will vary greatly in shade due to the melanin that provides the gray color in their feathers, eyes, beaks, and feet as well as the lipochromes that provide their yellow color throughout their faces, tails, and their orange cheek patches. Since the gray color will override the yellow and orange mostly, they are mainly grey with slight patches of color spread throughout their bodies. As males get older, the gray will diminish from their faces and they will start to show more yellow and orange.

The Cockatiel lives between 15-20 years, which makes it a wonderful companion for anyone, and there are reports of them living up to 30 years. With the proper diet and exercise, they cna easily live a very full and fun filled life with their owners.

Since they are regarded so highly as good pet birds to own, millions of people throughout the world hold them dear to their hearts. Every Cockatiel has a very different and unique personality, which also makes them an excellent pet. Sometimes these unique traits of different birds will also have an effect on how long they live and how well they get along with other birds. Some of them are extremely sociable, while others are shy and will head to the back of the cage when a stranger appears. But, if they are handled often by their owners, have owners who are patient with them and loving and caring, it is extremely easy to have them become quite tame faster than some of the other parrot species.

If you are considering getting a Cockatiel, make sure that you learn about the bird first. You'll want to make sure that you know what they like to eat, what is safe for them to play with, the best ways to handle them, and so on so that you don't accidentally hurt your new friend or make them sick.

Top 5 Popular Bird Species

Looking for a new friend to join your family? Well, before you head out and just purchase one, make sure that you research everything about that specific type of bird so you will know what you're getting before you get home. To help you out with choosing one that will best fit your family, here are the top five bird species that many owners choose:

1. Parakeet - These are also called budgies by some people, but their full name is the Budgerigar. These are excellent first birds for anyone, even children. Not only do they come in a vast array of beautiful colors, but they are friendly and require less space and maintenance than some of the bigger birds do. They are very intelligent and even though they will mainly sing and whistle, some have been known to learn words. They live between 12 and 14 years, so be ready when you're purchasing one... or two!

2. Cockatiels - These are another very common birds that are extremely fun to own. They are a very small member of the parrot family and they have a very advanced whistling and singing ability. Cockatiels can be taught to talk, but they do prefer to either whistle or sing or to mimic odd sounds around the house. So, you may end up thinking your phone or doorbell is ringing when it's really not. Cockatiels also are very colorful and come in so many different shades and color combinations. They live between 15 and 20 years.

3. Finches and Canaries - These are smaller birds and are beautiful to own. They are normally about 5 inches long, or less, and take up less space than most other birds as well. They are not quite as social as Cockatiels or Parakeets are, and prefer to live in small groups. They are perfect for those that want to watch birds instead of handling them constantly and training them. They live between 8 to 10 years.

4. Lovebirds - Lovebirds are one of the smallest parrot speices and very

friendly, fun little birds, so don't overlook them just yet in favor of larger birds. Owners that have these great little feathered friends will tell you that they are very intelligent birds, just like some of the larger macaws, and they possess all of the personalities as larger birds do as well - making them wonderfully unique, fun pets. They are about 6 inches long and live up to 20 years.

5. African Greys - This species of bird is usually said to be the most intelligent

of all of the birds, some with vocabularies up to 2,000 words or more. Since they are so smart, they can be a very demanding pet and require lots of attention, affection, and toys to play with since they can get bored very easily. If you're looking for a very intelligent bird that will be around a long time, this is the way to go as they live between 50 to 70 years.