Help With Breeding Boxes

[new bird 0]

Hi

I am new at this - the notes and the birds as well. We have an outdoor aviary and 8 birds in it. Bought them from a breeder locally. We bought some nesting boxes but do not have any breeding cages. Are they necessary? I would like to really record and experiment with bird genetics but my husband just wants to see them flying. Do we get a block of breeding cages that is big enough for our 4 pair, or do we assume that we will have some good ones to breed with later and get a bigger block? So far, none of the birds looks like being interested in the breeding boxes. Should we worry? This all sounds SO amateur. Sorry.

Edited April 26, 2010 by new bird

[Maddy 0]

I don't breed budgies but I can tell you what I've learnt on this forum

 

First of all, colony breeding (breeding in an aviary) doesn't always produce happy results. When colony breeding there is always the chance that a hen will fight another for the right to a breeding box and even kill (the hen or its chicks or both). Breeding Boxes prevents this from happening as long as you have one pair to a cage. It also allows you to select pairs that you want to breed. In colony breeding, its going to be random as to who pairs up with who.

 

Your birds are most likely not interested in the nest boxes because they are not in breeding condition. This could be due to a number of reasons, like age or weather. But until they look as though they are ready to breed, I would take those nest boxes out.

 

Again, I don't breed, and am pretty amateur myself, but this is what I've learnt.

 

If anyone would like to correct me or add anything to this please go right ahead lol

 

And welcome to the forum

[**KAZ** 0]

Well said Maddy

[Maddy 0]

:emoticon112:

[Houman 0]

what she said

ps. maddy why do the birds in your sig have pencils as heads?

[Maddy 0]

LOL

 

I watched the original alice in wonderland and I thought they were cute. I was gonna put some hammer head birds in there too but i just stuck with the pencil heads