Breeding Update, :-) Options

[KAZ]

What kind of access do you have to the nesting box, as you say nestbox one minute and cage the next so I was wondering.
If the nestbox gets grotty, I get the parents out of it into the breeding cage, put the chicks into a container with bedding....clean the nestbox, add new bedding and put chicks back....all while the nestbox stays where it is.....and fairly fast so there is little disruption.

This post has been edited by KAZ: Aug 23 2010, 14:26

[tomlou670]

We have it sticking into one of the three doors. It is resting on a stack of sturdy books. Kramer is out in the cage area. The Cage is pretty big. We have Two Budgies to a cage and no more. We have four nesting boxes, three at the moment are not being used, hence why I had asked if we could switch the boxes. I agree with the fairly fast bit, as I had read that one post. We just took a picture of the box to show the progress of the chicks. I usually gently tap on the box and she leaves the nest and returns when I am done checking the chicks.

[KAZ]

If the boxes are exactly the same .......yes you can just change the box.

[tomlou670]

The oldest is Ten days old, the other two are 8 & 7 days old. This was before we changed the nesting boxes.

[tomlou670]

Here is the oldest one at 13 days. The tail is just starting to appear.

[GenericBlue]

Here is the oldest one at 13 days. The tail is just starting to appear.

nice healthy chick good work

[tomlou670]

Well this is our very first time,lol. Alot of the credit goes to Kaz and you all on here for all the helpful advice. . Kramer keeps watching the nesting box entrance lol, I don't think he will try to go back in it again, the hen screeched at him, the last time he tried.

[Finnie]

Here is the oldest one at 13 days. The tail is just starting to appear.

Now for the fun of watching them feather up!!

[tomlou670]

The last budgie hatched




The Second hatched



The Oldest Chick


We also are not sure, so far the wings look either grey or cinnamon. We know these are not the best pics to see. They would not sit still for anything. I do know the first two are definitely Spangle the youngest we are not sure on the spangle,doesn't look like it. We are very pleased with the results of our first time. We were nervous wrecks going in and came out more confident for lessons learned and all of your helpful advice that was given. Will update when they start getting more of their feathers. As of Today the ages are: 19,17,and 16 days old.

[Squeak_Crumble]

Youngest looks normal.... other two birds are spangle blues.

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[tomlou670]

We were wondering what the youngest one will throw. I agree with the youngest being normal. Question is what colour. They are getting used to being held, as soon as the box lid is open, they all look up to see who is there lol.

[Finnie]

Hey Tomlou, do you realize there are no pictures of the parents in this thread? I remember Hedwig from your other post, but I cannot remember what Kramer is.

If we can see photos of the parents, we can help you work out what colors to expect. Going by what I remember about Hedwig, these babies are all split for recessive pied, and if they are boys, they are split for cinnamon. And they could have violet factor. (I can't say about dark factors until I know what Kramer has.)

[tomlou670]

Here is Kramer, he is a single factor violet. Unfortunately we did not get to see his parents. Only told that the father was a violet and the hen was white. This picture is from awhile ago.

[Finnie]

Hi Kramer!

Okay, so each parent has one dark factor.

So you can get 25% two dark factors, 50% one dark factor, and 25% no dark factor.

If that last baby is looking darker than the others, it could be a mauve.

All your babies should have normal colored wings, UNLESS Kramer is split for cinnamon.

To get grey wings, Kramer and Hedwig would both need to be split for greywing, which is always possible. But I think the spangle pattern often makes normal black wing bars appear lighter, so they might seem grey from a distance, but they could really be black. Just look closely. If they are actual grey bars, you should be able to tell.

I don't know if this helps. You can basically get any shade of blue and violet possible!

[tomlou670]

The oldest Chick at 22 days

[tomlou670]

okay, on day 24 the oldest one was out of the nest. Hedwig was wigging out, so I put it back in the box. So far it has not wandered back out again. Have placed seed and millet inside of box for all three. The youngest of the three is going to look the most like Kramer, the other two like the mother with the exception of a very blue breast. The first two are definitely spangle, the youngest one favours Kramer. Kramer has taken a greater interest in the nesting box hole,provided he isn't getting chased away by Hedwig,lol. I reckon by Friday which is the 28 day mark, they will start to come out of the box. Hard to believe it's been four weeks almost, and no sooner then we get these three raised, then we start the whole cycle again with the other pair. The youngest of the three is throwing really violet feathers in the back and tail. The other two seem to be almost like a turqouise colour. I don't think Kramer is split for cinnamon as it has not shown up on any of the offspring. Will try to post more pics up, but they are moving around alot more then they first did lol.