If your birds have started mating or if your hen is laying eggs it's not a true emergency although we understand that it probably feels like one to you. The
hormone control article on our main website has information on what to do in these situations.
True medical emergencies include egg binding (where a hen is unable to lay an egg that's inside her body), a baby that can't hatch out of the egg without help, parents not feeding a baby, babies who aren't growing at the proper rate or are sick, and splay leg (where the baby's legs always point in the wrong direction). In many cases (especially egg binding) it is best to consult a good avian veterinarian. But if that's not possible there are other ways to get help. Our main website has an article on
egg binding.
You can get free personalized help FOR COCKATIELS ONLY on the Facebook page for the International Cockatiel Resource at
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ICR.unite/. This page belongs to Susanne Russo aka srtiels, who is well known in cockatiel circles for her expertise on breeding issues. ICR also has two websites with excellent articles on identifying problems with babies and curing them, and the principles will be applicable to many other species. Here are links to the article sections:
ICR articleshttp://www.justcockatiels.net/articles--ask-noodles.html