Budgie Eggs Kicked Out Of Breeding Box Time And Time Again

[Budgiefreak123 0]

Hello

My budgies have not seem to have bred they they mate and everything but keep kicking eggs out.

It mite be that I had 4 boxes nd 5 pair maybee wasnt enough but luckyly i made some more and now there are nine. But i am realy starting to get sick of them kicking the eggs out. I have not had 1 baby :ausb: . Hopefuly more breeding boxes will help anyone know what is going on or wat I can do to Finally get some babies of my own. Pls help

[*Nerwen* 0]

Sounds like you are colony breeding and so only 4 boxes with 5 pairs would mean fights over nest and one hen trying to take over the other ones box via removing eggs. Now that you have extra boxes it should calm down. Also make sure your birds are all the right age - over 1 year and for the hens under 4 years. Hens that are too young will cause trouble like this (eating/breaking eggs)

[**KAZ** 0]

The hardest way to start out breeding budgies is doing it "colony style" . You need a degree in budgie psychology as well as tons of space and twice as many nestboxes as pairs of birds. I have done it before on a big scale, but it's very hard to do successfully. Her is an article I wrote which may help you with some tips..

http://forums.budgiebreeders.asn.au/faqs/i...&artlang=en

 

Cheers kaz

[Budgiefreak123 0]

The hardest way to start out breeding budgies is doing it "colony style" . You need a degree in budgie psychology as well as tons of space and twice as many nestboxes as pairs of birds. I have done it before on a big scale, but it's very hard to do successfully. Her is an article I wrote which may help you with some tips..

http://forums.budgiebreeders.asn.au/faqs/i...&artlang=en

 

Cheers kaz

 

How is breeding in a collony harder my friend breeds collony style and has no problem. Do you think I will be succesfull. I Hope so

[*Nerwen* 0]

Males fighting over hens

Hens fighting over nest boxes

Hens attacking young in boxes to take over that box.

Closely related bird pairing up

Young birds trying to breed

[Budgiefreak123 0]

Males fighting over hens

Hens fighting over nest boxes

Hens attacking young in boxes to take over that box.

Closely related bird pairing up

Young birds trying to breed

 

But will i be succesfull is it still an alright way to breedd

[*Nerwen* 0]

Some still do breed this way. I can't read the future and tell you 100% that yes you will be successful.

No matter what type of breeding (colony or closed) it depends on the work that you put into make it work.

Edited September 4, 2007 by Nerwen

[**KAZ** 0]

A very important part is how much time do you have to watch the relationships of the birds in the aviary in enough time step in to avoid trouble ?

[Budgiefreak123 0]

A very important part is how much time do you have to watch the relationships of the birds in the aviary in enough time step in to avoid trouble ?

 

One of my hens looks in the breeding box where another one of my hens is nesting and i saw her once pull on her tail feathers wat could this be. I ddont know if this is scraing the hen into not laying or sitting on her eggs.

 

Also how do you get the pics under your user name like you have the cat with the toilet paper

 

I hope my breeding works out.

Edited September 5, 2007 by Nerwen
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