thrawn 0 Posted August 13, 2009 Member ID: 5,442 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 2 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 5 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 50 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 20/07/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 3, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 Hi all, Firstly, I'd just like to say that I enjoy reading the topics in this forum. I am still trying to catch up on posts in the past to learn about taking care of our budgies. I bought some budgies from a private seller and they were from an aviary. They are more that a year old that is why I decided to clip their wings to tame them. A pair have been preening and exchanging food. I am just curious if they will mate and breed if their wings are clipped. I hope not because I am regretting that I clipped their wings. My first pair are not clipped because I had them younger. However, the male has a broken wing because he got out of the cage during the first day we got them and hit a window glass. He hasn't recovered since and can't fly. Would this stop him from breeding? I have seen his mate quite active and has seen her more than once trying to get on top of him but he always refuses. thanks Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted August 13, 2009 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.28 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Share Posted August 13, 2009 (edited) Hi I think you will find that budgie males really need their wings to mate properly. He needs his full wings to be able to wrap around the hen for balance and grip. Edited August 13, 2009 by KAZ Link to comment
thrawn 0 Posted August 14, 2009 Member ID: 5,442 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 2 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 5 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 50 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 20/07/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 3, 2009 Author Share Posted August 14, 2009 Hi I think you will find that budgie males really need their wings to mate properly. He needs his full wings to be able to wrap around the hen for balance and grip. Oh well, I guess I will just have to wait until he moults and regrows his wings. I wonder if he can make it in time for summer. He is my only hope for having eggs. As I said, the other cock has a broken wing. Link to comment
daniela 0 Posted August 14, 2009 Member ID: 5,298 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 26 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 518 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 2,950 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 17/05/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 30, 2013 Birthday: 10/03/1978 Share Posted August 14, 2009 how embarrasing! geee kaz, a PICTURE??? Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted August 14, 2009 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.28 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Share Posted August 14, 2009 how embarrasing! geee kaz, a PICTURE??? we educate on BBC Link to comment
thrawn 0 Posted August 19, 2009 Member ID: 5,442 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 2 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 5 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 50 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 20/07/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 3, 2009 Author Share Posted August 19, 2009 Hi All, Just want to share this. I brought the pair back in the cage with the rest where there were 2 other hens. The cages were in our Laundry room by the way. The next day, the washing machine was on and I saw a hen trying to tease the cock with clipped wings. And he was able to do it ( 3 times at that ). The hen helped a lot since she maid it easy for the cock. So I decided to put them in the breeding cage I set aside. When I was changing water from their cages, the hen heard water again and was teasing the cock again. But he refused everytime. So I was wondering if that was just a fling they had on the other cage. Is he still attached to his previous mate? I haven't told my children yet that we may be expecting. I don't want to keep their hope up. Link to comment
SJW 0 Posted August 19, 2009 Member ID: 3,791 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 11 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 143 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 840 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 31/10/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 13, 2014 Birthday: 24/08/1976 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Budgie p**nography..... Link to comment
Dave_McMinn 0 Posted August 19, 2009 Member ID: 3,092 Group: Global Moderators Followers: 0 Topic Count: 103 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 3,831 Content Per Day: 0.19 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 21,560 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 13/01/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2018 Birthday: 23/05/1975 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Hi :sad: I have photos like this hanging in my breeding room!!! If you think that is bad, you should see the big screen playing with the video. Only thing I hate is that annoying 70's music - Link to comment
mysixbabies 0 Posted August 20, 2009 Member ID: 3,449 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 56 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 987 Content Per Day: 0.05 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 5,965 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 30/05/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 3, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2009 hahahahahah that is a good picture! I have a few like it too! Link to comment
thrawn 0 Posted August 21, 2009 Member ID: 5,442 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 2 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 5 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 50 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 20/07/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 3, 2009 Author Share Posted August 21, 2009 I am so confused. I noticed that the pair I isolated are not eating well in the smaller cage which I setup with the nest box. I think they don't recognize the water container I have setup for them. So I decided to place them back in their original cage and setup the nest box there. I then temporarily removed all the other budgies so that they can have time alone in with the nest box there. I played some music of waterfalls (which seems to be like a Barry White song to them). I saw them mated a few times. And the hen was going in the nest box. Since the other cage was small to fit all the other four budgies, I decided to place two back in bigger cage with the pair. And immediately, the cock was exchanging food and preening the other hen which used to be his mate which I mentioned in my earlier post. But this hen is no longer in the "cycle" as her nose has gone back to white. It seems he likes this hen better but he is also mating with the other hen for the past few days. Any suggestions or comments on the cock's behavior? Sorry if this post is a bit long. Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted August 21, 2009 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.28 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Share Posted August 21, 2009 You made a really big mistake putting the others back into the pairs breeding environment. Link to comment
Budgiebreeder 0 Posted May 27, 2020 Member ID: 9,146 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 0 Topics Per Day: 0 Content Count: 1 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 5 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 27/05/20 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Sadly, their wings don't health. ? My udgie has had a broken wing for already a year and he still can't fly.? I put a nesting box into his cage as well because we have a female budgie and it was in for already two months and they still haven't bred!?? Link to comment
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