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I wanna know can someone please tell me all they can tell me about breeding i find breeding budgies very difficult i've trying for a long time now so i wanna try one more time i wanna grow up to be a budgie breeder

please.

i have just bought a breeder cage all wire

3 female budgies

1 male

2 males- coming on wednesday

nest box(built by me)

cuttlebone

eggfood

egg biscuit

water

perches

 

what else do i need for breeding and what am i to do now i have tried so hard and never got an egg.

can someone be a good friend and tell me how i should set it up please i wanna be like some breeders on this forum.

Edited February 6, 2007 by shaquille

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1. a separate place for the pair to breed in ( not with the others )

2. the right age for the pair to be successful ( 12-18 months of age )

3. Good health for the breeding budgies

4. A good strong perch of a decent diameter for mating purposes. Stable and not wonky or wobbly.

5. They like to hear birds i an aviary to feel in the mood to breed

6. They like to feel food and water is abundant

7. Birds like to breed more when it has been raining as to them it is a sign of the end of a drought.

 

Your two males coming on Wednesday shouldn't be put straight in with the others ( quarantine ) and especially not straight into breeding as it would be "stress conditions" ( breeding) and may bring out illness in them.

Edited February 6, 2007 by Bubbles

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thanks alot bubbles i appreciate your infomation very much

 

But i am trying to figure out something here i have a budgie name angel had her for 2 years she has been in breeding condition once since i had her and that was they day i got her i got her in breeding condition and she hasn't been back in since then.

does anyone know why her hormones seems to be non-active

Edited February 6, 2007 by shaquille

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thanks alot bubbles i appreciate your infomation very much

 

But i am trying to figure out something here i have a budgie name angel had her for 2 years she has been in breeding condition once since i had her and that was they day i got her i got her in breeding condition and she hasn't been back in since then.

does anyone know why her hormones seems to be non-active

 

If everything else is right, food, and extras, happy environment etc....the next thing to consider is she may be harbouring some latent ( hidden ) illness. Might be a good time to have her checked over by a vet.

Also, she may have had problems before you bought her....eggbound or soft shelled egg problem. Hens who have been through this don't always go back into breeding condition for quite awhile.