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Thanks so much Dave i was so worried about her. I didnt want to take her off the eggs to go to the vet... so happy

Sorry she is only sitting on the eggs at the moment and with the weather as it has been she hasnt moved from them all day. Im worried about her does she need a vet visit?

My poor girl is pulling out her feathers. The weather has been really crazy with hot 38 degree days and then extream storms Anyone got any ideas??

I have noticed with my hens that there cere changes in darkness or pinkness in the nostril bits. Is this normal? Happened to my Hen before she laid, another when the weather got warmer. What does it mean?

OH NO i dont want one of the girls to get territorial and get the bubs (if we get any) can i remove mum and dad the eggs now? The box is drilled into the side so i would have to my hubby to try and get it out and i am sure it wouldnt be gentle. How do i protect them now they are already laid?

SEABISCUIT ELVIS- SYDNEY Cockatiels- Jack and Jill (but i am unsure if Jill is a male or female) Budgie- Blue who is going to be a daddy soon MY fav- Cinnamon and Yellows head

Thanks so much everyone for your info and answering my questions. As for fruit and veg outs get a AM sald/ veg mix and PM salad/ veg mix. Plus their seed and grass. Do they need any more addatives? Happy to hear mum being on their all the time is a good thing. I have noticed on warmer days she is out more. I have been watching what Dad does and he doesnt stay in the box with mum like we first thought he goes in and out reguarly and man the top of the box but he is in and out so much looks like he lives there too LOL. I am glad it is him taking in food. IWe actually got the birds as my youngest son is blind and he loves to sit by the avairy and listen. Being great joy to him and my hubby loves birds so an excuse for him to have his babies, as i have my guinea pigs. So i feel a little unprepared the avairy we got came with a box attached and we didnt think it would be used as the cockatiels never used their. but now i need to post a picture somehwere because i think we might have 2 boys cockatiels anyway. I have been reading all about budgies and their behaviours as i said i feel a little caught off guard. When the budgies were in a smaller cage they never seemed to be interested in eachother, we actually thought they hated eachother then as soon as the had some more room they were off doing the need. Colony breeding is avairy breeding right? I think i will look it and read up on how to do it outside the avairy. Luckily we had no box for so long and mum and dad are older as i have heard that young ones shouldnt breed. All our budgies are over 9 months old now and although no others have paired up, no... actually we have a female couple who stick together like glue. Thanks so much for everyone help am going to go and pop up some pics now.

We have an avairy and are oldest 2 budgies have done the deed LOTS and now have 6 eggs. Problem is we have read lots on the internet about breeding budgies and our role. We have a few things whicn have caused us some concern The egss were laid every 2 days not daily as descibed in breeding section 5 of the eggs have that air pocket and are darker as descibed as infertile Mum sits on the eggs all the time and doesnt seem to eat. The weather is nice and warm will she dehydrate Dad is very protective and seems to spend lots of time with Mum and egss So what i want to knwo is do we remove the eggs that are non fertile? is 6 eggs too many? WHy do people hand rear? is it because too many babies for mum and dad to cope with? how many is too many? How do we offer a better chance for next time or the other pairs? umm.... think that it is it for now. Anyone that could help or direct me to info would be excellent Thansk again TEAM A and K

HI jst wanted to stop in a introduce ourselves. We have an avairy with 7 budgies and 2 cockatiels. The 2 cockatiels were orginal pets and names Jack and Jill. The 7 budgies of a stunning arangement of colours are named: Yellow, White, Blue, Sydney, Elvis (crested) Sea biscuit, Cinnamon. We have some eggs currently but not sure what will happen and here to learn as much as we can about our bubby birds. We also have 3 guinea pigs- Dex, Ben and Rosie and a cat Leroy OH yeah and 4 kids and my hubby LOL Nice to meet everyone and hoping to get some great info from here.