Australian Birdkeeper – June-July 2018

BREEDING

Both Stephan and Hayden fi nd their

breeding season starts in August and

concludes in December—although Stephan

has had a chick hatch in March. As the

breeding season approaches, the birds

become increasingly vocal and display

more. Pairs can also become aggressive to

their keeper.

Stephan found his birds matured and

started to breed from 15 years of age,

while Hayden purchased his birds when

mature and, as such, could not indicate

at what age they started to breed. As

Stephan explained, ‘breeding Sulphurs is

a long process as age has a lot to do with

breeding success. Unless you begin with

a proven mature breeding pair, the wait

can be very long for those like myself that

started with two yearling birds’.

Both men have found aggression

between individuals is limited. Separation

is sometimes the answer, but not always.

Certainly the key is allowing natural

pairing to occur.

Wild birds nest in tree hollows or even

cliffs. In captivity, breeders can use a range

of options such as hollow logs, boxes,

drums etc.

Stephan has used all three with good

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo displaying at
nest—they become more vocal as the
breeding season approaches, although are
not aggressive to each other

J WELCH

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