Cockatiel and Parrot

Question
I have a Female Cockatiel and a Male Parrot. I let them out alot at the same time, and I think they might have mated. The reasen why I think some is because My cockatiel has layed 5 eggs, 4 that she is sitting on and 1 that she moved to the other side of her cage. She has layed eggs in the past but has never sat on them before. Not only that she is being very protective of them. My question is could it be posible for them to have mated? They are close to the same size my parrot is a Quaker parrot.

Answer
Hi, Christina.  Thanks for posting!

Your tiel and your quaker did not mate.  Your female tiel is laying infertile eggs.  Just leave the eggs where she has laid them until she abandons them on her own.  Once she abandons them, you can pull the eggs and destroy them.  Female parrots can lay eggs without having mated when their hormones start running rampant.  

By the way, your tiel is also a parrot.  Any bird with a hooked bill is a parrot.

Chrys