maesie

he is just divine!!!

waiting, waiting, waiting...

It all depends on how much room you have and what you want to do. I have mine mixed. They do seem happy, and do participate in recreational sex :hap: , but without nestboxes they haven't laid eggs. I guess it's a personal choice. On this forum, many have mixed sex avairies/cages, but many also have separated ones...

One notch in four days... well done. I better watch my back Yeah... back on subject I guess. No, not really. I think when you show them it is important to have a band on them, and if you really get into breeding and want to know the birds background... ie grandparents etc... you can trace them from their bands... but for me, it's not an issue. That's just my opinion... I have however, put bands on my breed budgies. I'm glad I did as some of them look the same and if they didn't have different bands on them I couldn't tell the difference!

:hap: Tell me about it. I've racked up over 1,000 posts in just over 3 mths (I have no life... I know (Laughing out loud))

I'm pretty sure its about 5-6 days from the time the "do the deed" till the first egg is laid, so they must've "done it" very shortly after pairing them up! I didnt notice her with any of the other birds, so I'm presuming he's the father!! :hap: They didn't mess around did they??!! Good on 'em...

No worries. xxx We're a very helpful bunch here! Even try searching on this site and in Google. You'll be amazed at what you'll find. Happy planning!

Considering the quality of my 'abilities' and the standard to which I can perform, it shouldn't be to long :hap: ... SEE you soon!!!

How long does it take from 'doing the deed' to laying? Are you sure it's his? Could she have been busy with one of the other males before you put her in the breeding cage with her man??? Congrats anyway!

You're a smart MAN!!! When you get your budgies, you could get young ones, and they shouldn't be breed untill they are atleast 12 months old. Anyway... there's no hurry. You're young(ger than me), and budgies will be around for a long time... Why rush it, as you say. Enjoy them... I'm sure you will.

So... are you offering to supply the eggs??? ... I'll bring the toasties, Kaz... Champagne??? Liv... Fruit platter??? Anything else we need???Hmmmm... I think you have it covered - where will we meet and who will buy my air ticket (Laughing out loud) By the way Maesie, you have psycic powers (i love fruit platters hehehe) :hap: ... My smartness and psycic powers are overwhelming at times :hap: mmm, I'm thinking in the middle of Aus somewhere (in between WA/VIC/SA/NSW) and considering you will have the least to travel, the three of us may need some coinage from YOU for our travels!!! (Laughing out loud), (Laughing out loud), (Laughing out loud) :hap: :hap: :hap: :hap: :hap: You could earn lots of money with those abilities hahahhaa Well then if i have to pay for YOU, then i need hundreds of eggs so i can bake lots of cakes and start selling them in stalls to raise money for us all to stay in the magical underground town of Cooper Pedy. We can buy some pretty opals while we enjoy our champaign breakfast of budgie egg omelets, fruit platter and PRAWNS!! ... there's an idea. I'll start working the streets with my 'abilities' (wink, wink, nudge, nudge, say no more)... Then I can pay for us ALL to travel to Copper Pedy. With the left over money I'll get those prawns you're after. As to the opals, I love it! We'll probably need to 'dig' for them after all the food we'll be eating!!! I've heard budgie eggs are fattening... (Laughing out loud)... :hap:

I'm not breeding at the moment. When I first started, I had a pair who breed and a female who was 'partnerless' I ended up giving her away to a friend as she was being attacked by the mum and dad. Since then, this pair have had another clutch, but I separated them from their bubs (who were old 6 mths old and didn't need them). I have breed unsucessfully this year: (due to ants attacking newly hatched chicks, hens throwing eggs out of the nest box, eatings eggs and leaving the nest). In this case the avairy was divided up into section so one pair per section. I won't colony breed. I had an issue the first time and don't find it is worth the risk of parents and chicks. That's just my opinion. I know others do and have no problems. For a first time breeder I would suggest against it... So, to sum it all up... I'm not breeding at the moment :hap:

So... are you offering to supply the eggs??? ... I'll bring the toasties, Kaz... Champagne??? Liv... Fruit platter??? Anything else we need??? Hmmmm... I think you have it covered - where will we meet and who will buy my air ticket (Laughing out loud) By the way Maesie, you have psycic powers (i love fruit platters hehehe) :hap: ... My smartness and psycic powers are overwhelming at times :hap: mmm, I'm thinking in the middle of Aus somewhere (in between WA/VIC/SA/NSW) and considering you will have the least to travel, the three of us may need some coinage from YOU for our travels!!! (Laughing out loud), (Laughing out loud), (Laughing out loud) :hap:

It might be something in the water up your neck of the woods :hap:

Oh no... so sorry Dave. I guess it was meant to be, however, still sad! :hap: Best of luck with the others

So... are you offering to supply the eggs??? :hap: ... I'll bring the toasties, Kaz... Champagne??? Liv... Fruit platter??? Anything else we need???

No worries!!! I personally find the best way to learn is to do things myself... so go for it!!! (but doing research before hand as you are is fantastic!!!) Ask anything you want here... we're more than happy to help. When you do get started, we can all help you through the teething moments- training, feeding, biting, breeding, etc... the list goes on... I feel I must end this post with... WELCOME TO THE FAMILY :hap: After 3 or 4 days, your fitting in already.

You seem to be doing lots of research! I LOVE it. You've definately come to the right place as the members here have loads of experience, different set ups, and interests. I have an avairy in my backyard. The photo below is not my original one. If you look closely, it is actually two avairies joined together at the corner... So I started with one avairy (1.5 length, 0.75 depth, 1.8 height) and four budgies. Then I bought another and breed two clutches (7 in total)... so double the size of the original avairy above! I then bought two tiels and decided I needed more room for storage... so came about this extension/re-arrangement below. The budgies live in the original 'side' section, the tiels live in the back section, and I store all my food, toys, etc... etc... in the room. The room on the end is made of wood mainly as no bird 'live' in that section. I found it pretty simple to join them together, I just pulled walls off, moved them around, added bits and it was done. Always remember to have a safety door. This makes sure no birds ever get out as you open the door when you go in (that's how I lost one of my babies, Pop. I installed a saftey door the very next day) I don't keep to many birds in my avairy. I have 6 budgies and two tiels (separated) in a space that could fit more, but I just choose not to keep too many as they're used to living in a spacious home ... but I'm not ruling out adding some more... I'll try and get some photos of the new avairy over the long weekend... ( I also washed/scrubbed down my whole avairy with vinegar and then washed it off well... or you could set up your avairy and leave it to weather for several months... but who wants to do that!!!)

Cool! Good Luck with them. I hope they hatch.

I will post you some eggs so you can do the taste teste yourself and so this experiment wont be biased :hap: mmmmmmmmm No worries I'll get some toasties ready!!!

Awsome Kaz... Bring it on!!!

Julie and Kaz... CONGRATS!!! Well done

Interesting!!! Did you take any birds with you? All I can think of is that perhaps because you're not a regular customer there? I'm not sure. I only went a few months ago, and I didn't have a problem getting it. I'm sorry you couldn't get some

No need to bit for it. I built my God daughter a Doll's house for her christening last year (and it's pretty damn good if I don't say so myself (Laughing out loud) )... and in the kitchen on the stove is the 'exact' same fry pan! I'll willing to loan it from her dolls for a small fee and some fried eggs on toast (those small toasts from the supermaket... used for dip etc... would be perfect)

He is a little 'rough around the edges' but oh so cute!!!