Daz

GofD how are the budgies today. I am so sorry to hear about the problems. You must be stressing out. Have you had a thought to what it maybe? I had a similar problem years ago when I first started to Breed Budgies. One by one they started to die and I didn't know why. I feed them the same that I had been doing for months and they okay. But then they started to die. I found out that my father had started to use posions on weeds in the garden. I was feeding them thistle, which they loved. He didn't know I was feeding them the thistle. I didn't know he was spraying it. I lost 12 birds over a weeks period. It was heart breaking. Check to see if some one is spraying or using something around the aviary. It may drift in on the wind.

It early May. Opal have you finished your Aviary?

Bev have you candled them to see if they are fertile?

There's only 4 george's. Plus mine. 19 Angel's :angel1:

Bea is correct or incorrect. Let me explain. The female will deliver eggs every two days from the ovium. She would have save up the sperm to fertilise the eggs. As she has mated with a number of males. It would be difficult to determine the father except for DNA testing. Also to remember is although you saw the act, it may or may not have been successful. Reasons for Not succeeding in egg laying. Recognising when our Budgerigars are in an active fertile cycle, or breeding condition, is not always an easy task. Even the most experienced breeders have put up birds that have failed to go to nest, been ?out of cycle?, or have not fertilised their eggs. In fact, some studies suggest that up to 76% of all infertile Budgerigar eggs laid in captive breeding programs are due to: 1. Failure to mate due to lack of pair bonding. 2. Incorrect apposition of genitalia during mating. 3. The cock or hen not being in a fertile cycle. Hope this helps. You will have to wait for the eggs to hatch and see what you have?

The mother should cope if she only has three chicks. If the other breading pairs have chicks of roughly the same age you can try fostering out. Here's some info on Feeding and Weaning Chicks. Master Breeder.

LOL and your from Blacktown ...I thought that was a tough part of Sydney. :fear

:doctor: Vet time.

Boomery, you are probibly very pretty but I think one of the criteriors is the ability to grow your own feathers