Conure Care Sheet

Incubation figures, feeding by life stage, and the things that actually go wrong with this species — on one page.

Incubation: 24 days
Incubator: 99.3–99.5°F
Humidity: 50–55%
Lockdown: 65–75%

Conure Incubation

Forced-air figures. A still-air incubator runs about 101–102°F measured at the top of the egg — setting 99.5°F at the wrong height is one of the most common causes of a full-term chick that never pips.

Where	Temperature	Humidity
Incubator	99.3–99.5°F · 37.4–37.5°C	50–55%
Last 3 days	unchanged — stop turning	65–75%
Breeding room	68–82°F · 20–28°C	50–70%

Neotropical birds — they tolerate more humidity than the Australian species and dislike dry, cold rooms.

The honest check on humidity is not the hygrometer — it is the scale. An egg should lose roughly 13–15% of its lay weight by the time it pips. Too little loss means the air is too wet; too much means too dry.

Feeding Conures

What the diet should be day to day, and what changes when a pair goes down to breed.

Every day

Pellets for around 70% of intake. Conures do well on a pellet-led diet.

Fresh food

Conures take fruit readily — offer it alongside plenty of vegetables so fruit does not dominate.

While breeding

Cuttlebone available, egg food two or three times a week, a few nuts as a conditioning food.

Feeding chicks

Egg food daily plus soft warm vegetables; increase volume noticeably.

What goes wrong with conures

Too much sugary fruit displaces better food and puts on weight.
Conures are loud and persistent chewers — nest boxes need to be robust.

Conure Colour Mutations

The 5 mutations you are most likely to meet, and how each one is passed on. Every bird below is an illustration of that mutation, not a photograph of a specific bird.

Turquoise conure — Turquoise
Recessive
Reduced psittacin giving turquoise/blue tones

Pineapple conure — Pineapple
Sex-linked
Cinnamon + Opaline combination. Visually bright yellow/red breast

Cinnamon conure — Cinnamon
Sex-linked
Brown melanin instead of black

Suncheek conure — Suncheek
Sex-linked
Ino + Opaline combination. High red/yellow, red eyes

Yellow-sided conure — Yellow-sided
Sex-linked
Opaline mutation — bright yellow/red sides

Want to see what a pairing of two of these would throw? Try the free genetics calculator — it draws every predicted chick.

General guidance used by breeders, not veterinary advice. Conditions vary by climate, setup and individual bird — watch your birds first and consult an avian vet for anything health-related.

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