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My Budgies Are Mating But Not Laying Any Eggs


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I have a pair of budgies in my aviary. They are mating but not laying any eggs. My budgies have been in my aviary for 8 months and they have been mating through the whole 8 months. my female is 4 years old an my male is 2 years old

 

She shows signs of preparing the nest but the male only feeds her after mating. any advice or tips would be helpful.

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If you have never seen an egg in the nest in all that time I would say she is barren and may not ever lay.

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Is my female too old too breed? she has breed 3 times before. Is my female too old to breed?

 

Should I buy a new pair the same age but put them in a cage not an aviary

 

But my same female that is mating and not laying eggs is the female that had 15 eggs in 3 times breeding but now she is not breeding when I put her in the aviary. She was about 3 when she was laying the 15 eggs

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okay.... Well she's not born barren because she has already laid.... I'm assuming you have given her a few months break ?? Birds need time to renew their energy and build their bodies up for the hard work of laying eggs and raising babies. ....Breeders usually stop breeding hens at this age and males at 5 or 6 yrs but some hens still go for a year or 2.

She may be at the end of her ability to breed. Its hard to say. Is it possible that mice are taking the eggs?

I don't usually keep hens that are 4 yrs to breed unless they are special as they are getting old. Most breeding is done with birds 1 and 2 yrs of age.

If you introduce another hen to the aviary take out the old hen as she will probably cause chaos with the new hens eggs and chicks.

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So is it a better idea to breed in a cage than in an aviary?

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Its best to make a decision based on facts. If you avairy breed with one pair then you should be good. If you avairy breed a few pair they can be okay and then they can kill babies and fight. Sometimes they will be great for a while and then out of the blue a hen decides that she wants a nest that is already occupied, she will fight and sometimes kill the other hen and then most definitely kill the babies in the nest. If you cabinet breed they often don't get any sun which they need to convert into vitamin D. I recommend using Vetafarm D breeder or a supplement with high vitamin D to try to compensate this.

If you cabinet breed its a good idea to introduce the hen first and leave her there for maybe a week, then introduce the cock bird. They may well breed immediately. Let them raise 2 or maybe 3 batches and then rest the pair for a few months.

Hope this helps

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So do I need a new female because she is to old

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I went to my local store and they said my budgie is not to old to breed.

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