by Pajarita » Sun Aug 11, 2019 11:24 am
Well, it's not that her endocrine system is screwed up because you are keeping her outside so she should be following a strict solar schedule UNLESS there are street, garden or any other type of light on at night that reaches her aviary - in which case, you need to prevent this from happening.
Her diet is not the best but it's not so bad UNLESS you are free feeding a mix seed that has a lot of sunflower seeds (peanuts?) in which case you need to give her some sort of gloop for breakfast and a lower protein seed mix for dinner.
She was taken too young from her parents and you don't say if you weaned her of the breeder did but there is the distinct possibility that she was weaned too soon or not fed enough during the weaning - and there is really nothing you can do about this because the window of opportunity to fix it came and went already.
It could be the nest because they breed in deep cavities so if the cubby floor is right there, she could be throwing the babies out without actually meaning to in which case you should get a real nest for her.
And it could be the quaker which, although doesn't bother anybody it is a bird that is living right there with them in the same aviary - you don't say how big this aviary is but parrots, although highly social, do not nest one next to the other... well, quakers do because they share a communal nest but even them have 'two room'apartments' for each pair.
So, my advice to you is re-evaluate the diet and double check to see that no light reaches the aviary at night, take the nest away (you don't want her to keep on producing babies that are never going to be really normal) and let her rest for the remaining of the season, change the diet to a lower protein during the resting season (she should be going into molt soon if she is not already there), take the quaker out of the aviary (and adopt another one, quakers are never happy on their own) and, next year, start the condition feeding around the beginning of March and give her a real nest. Personally, I would strongly urge you to stop breeding them - two reasons: 1) you don't seem to have the knowledge and experience to do it and you are obviously doing something not right and 2) these birds are really not happy or healthy in captivity so breeding them for the pet trade is not a kind thing to do...