rosemiller

hi all again ...... my eldest baby is 5 weeks old now ...... is it too young to take him away from mum ....... i want to hand tame them ...... i have have found them out of the nest a few times now ..... just want to make sure before i do anything how do i add some pics ? Rose

thanks libby for your advice ...... we have given them egg and biscuit mix ..... and we now have 7 babies ....... very cute to watch. Hopefully things will continue to go well.

Hi all ..... just wanted to update everyone on how my babies and mum and dad are going ....... now have 6 babies and an egg still unhatched ....... mum and dad are being great parents, babies all seem to be well fed and happy and look very healthy. They were in an aviary with finches and canaries and cockatiels but after watching them for a while noticed every time mum came out of breeding box another bird would go to her box and im not sure if they were trying to get in or just looking but i felt it was best to bring them inside with breeding box in a cage and have done so and all seems great. Its great to be able to sit quietly out of the way and watch how the parents look after their babies. There is quite a difference between the eldest baby and the youngest ..... eldest has some "fluff" and we are handling this one every day ...... we are actually handling them all for a short time every day ...... i hope this is okay ..... mum and dad seem to be okay with this ...... If im doing anything wrong or theres something i should be doin that im not i would appreciate the advice. Is there anything special we should be feeding them. At the moment they have seed and greens and vegies Thanks for listening Rose Moderator’s Message changed r to are and okay to okay. please do not use shortcuts - use only approved shortcuts found in guidelines.

hi everyone ..... just thought i would update everyone and let you know we have 3 babies now and the babies seem to be well looked after and well fed ....... i have decided to let mum and dad raise them but i will handle them as suggested. I hope i got it right - i can handle them briefly while i stay close to mum and dad and when they are about 4 weeks i can handle them for 15 - 20 minutes a day ....... after that i have no idea ...... I have my 14 year old son who is very keen on birds and more than willing to help ...... Maybe someone could help with a time frame for the things i need to do to make sure they are friendly little budgies. Look forward to some advice on the timing of things. Rose

thanks everyone for your help and from all your experiences i think i will let mum and dad raise them and feed them ..... my concern about hand raising was trying to keep them warm in winter .... but like you say mum keeps them at a perfect temperature. I was wondering if someone could give me some time frames to handle them ..... baby 1 hatched 21st may and baby 2 yesterday but i havent checked today to see if we have a baby 3. Do they mind when i check their breeding box ? i dont touch the babies just look to see how many we have .... but it would be good to know when we can start to handle the babies and how long we shold keep them out for each time .... it sounds like 20 minutes is the time ? any advice would be wonderful. Im confident with cockatiels but bit wary of budgies being the first lot of babies we have had. Thanks again everyone ..... rose :book: Moderator’s Message changed u to you. please do not use shortcuts - use only approved shortcuts found in guidelines.

Hi all ..... i have joined your site as i need some help. We have 2 pet budgies (sparky and snowy)which we have had in a cage for about 2 years now and have recently moved them to an aviary and they have now started to breed ...... yesterday our first egg hatched and while we are very excited i just want to make sure i do all the right things. I have hand raised 3 seperate lots of 4 babies each time of cockatiel babies and had success with all of them. I found hand rasiing cockatiels gives u a very tame and friendly bird. What i was wondering is...... is it the same for budgies ..... should i hand raise or let the parents do it. I have been online studying this but find conflicting information. some say hand raise some say dont. Please help me as i want to make sure i do whatever is best. I do have the time to dedicate to hand raising but is it safe with budgies. Rose