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Thanks for the reply!It was great to watch so funny a feeding frenzy.

Today I watched my babie Budgies, that are now 6 weeks old feed each other. They took turns feeding after one was fed 15 mins later the one that was fed was feeding the one that was doing the feeding is this a normal thing for babies to do ?

Do you think dad will be fine with moving the box and keep up feeding?

Me again! The reason im posting the picture is because today, I have had one of the babies jump out of the box, the nesting box it's up high in the cage and he had no chance of getting himself back in the box. There is two more following close behind ! I'm wondering if its a good idear to place them in a shoe box on the bottom of the cage so they can explore the cage. If they feel like it.But if i was to do that! will dad keep up the job feeding? The youngest one of the four still really needs to be fed by dad. And I wont be able to keep a eye on them I will be away from home 10 to 12 hours a day over the next few days. What should I do?

Very Nice I love the grey !

I have been putting a thick layer of Millet spray in the box and cleaning it every second day.They all seem to enjoy having a peck at it and its seems to working for there poopy feet keeping them much cleaner.

The poop is a problem I have done the warm water thing with them but they put up a terrible fight. After I cleaned them a few days back I put them back in the cage. Dad was so stressed he jumped into the nesting box and didnt come out for a hour, after that anytime out went near the cage he jumped in the box as if to say leave my kids alone he did that all day long.

okay thanks I will leave the spinach out for the time been. Im running low on vegies atm.

I just looked in the fridge for some veggies for the birds just wondering if these are okay to feed them here is what I have that i havnt fed the birds before. spinach cuccumber cauliflower I normaly make up greated carrot lettice hard boild egg with the shell mashed up sprinkled with baby rearing mix they seem to really love it. I also give some apple and orange is there anything else that you could suggest. cheers

We are going to keep one of his babies the little yellow one you can already see its so full of charactor. For the other three just looking forward to dropping them off to there new home soon as they are ready. <h2 class="r"> </h2>

These guys are almost Identical just a difference in the blue colour.

Dad seems to be doing well. Im going to get him a new mate this week I hope. He is doing a great job feeding the chicks he has been voted father of the year in my house. I have a few pics of the other 2 I will post them in a few mins they just didnt turn out as good as i would have liked.

They have black eyes! Mum escaped on me last week! But she was a sky blue with white greyish wings I think you call it a fish scale pattern.

I tried to get some better pictures today when I cleaned the nesting box. The pictures of the 2 oldest chicks didnt turn out. I think im going to keep the yellow one he or she seems to be the friendliest one out of the four. Its the first time he has sat still for me! He is very flighty!

I will get the chicks out tomorrow and take some better pictures. Also I need to get him a new mate so what would you all recomend

There mother was a sky blue with white greyish wings with nice markings

The picture quality is pritty poor! They were taken with a camera phone! Forgive me for being a novice! what is the proper name for my Borris is there is one? He is camera shy! He dosnt like me to much! And I think the Hen was what you call cinamon. sorry if the pictures are to large I did resize them http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll288/tullick/5.jpg

So do you mean just poor in a say half to a full cup of millet spray into the nesting box so the chicks can peck at it? Also thank you to everyone that has given me advice I have learnt so much over the last few days I relly appreciate it.

I Looked for the hen all day no sign of her. But the male is doing well. My hen would sleep and hang out with the chicks all day. But day is doing well how many father do you know that can handle four screaming kids all day long

Dad and the babies are outside in a cage, the cage is a little big to bring inside. But every night its always well covered with a thick blanket im hoping that it will be enough to take the chill off them fingers crossed. Thank you for all your replies I really appreciate the time you have taken to put my mine at ease.

Really unsure what to do. Today my female Budgie escaped and left me with four babies that are around 3 and a half weeks to four weeks old. I went out and got some baby food for them but when I got home I watched the male budgie feeding the little ones. Should I take them out of the cage and hand feed them ? I'm so confused on what to do and I can clearly see that the male is really stressed out now that his best mate is gone. Please all the advice you can give would really be appreciated. I will post some pics soon as i can of my little ones. Shoud i just take the babies out and give them a top up feed ? If I do that will the male lose interest and stop feeding them ? Also now that its getting pretty cold will they generate enough body heat if I leave them in the cage ? Maybe I can bring them in over night and put them back in in the morning ? but my male is stressed enough dont want to stress him out anymore. I would like to go get him a new little mate tomorrow morning thank you all must go im just rambling on

Thank you to everyone for your great advice I really appreciate it One question what type of biscuts would you recomend to feed to the birds

Hi thanks for the reply for first time parents both are doing a exceptional job all the babies look very healthy and always seem to be full even the smallest baby that died yesterday its crops was full the only reason i can think why it may have died is that it was so much smaller then the other four that that it just couldnt cope with the constant trampling cheers Moderator’s Message changed thanks to thanks. no shortcuts - use only approved shortcuts found in guidelines.

Hi folks new to the site I have a pair of budgies they have just had there first clutch of eggs hatch. She laid 5 eggs all 5 hatched but lost one yesterday the question I have is there anything I can give to the parents to help them feed there little ones now that the littel ones are around two weeks old both mum and dad are flat out all day long is there anything I can give them to help make there job easyer the only thing I have been giving them is seed and chopped greens any advise would be really appreciated Thank you for taking the time to read this cheers