budgerigarsherewecome

to add to this thread...at how many weeks can l take the baby budgie out of the nestbox...so l can teach it to be hand tamed etc?

thanks alot john very helpful!...atm its 9-40pm so il upload some photos tomorow

its not colony breeding its normal breeding ( i,e two birds in one cage with one nestbox)..the chicks that died were roughly couple days old :S but they were all pink no feathers, and some of the crops on the ded babies were full some werent. l think its to blame on the parents looking after babies for the first time and me being novice, i.e not feeding babies if they werent being fed.

Do l have to wait for the little budgie to get out of the box before l introduce the temporary housing for it on the floor of the cage ( the ice-cream house...to make more sense lol) OR do l just make the temporary house for it and if it goes in there it goes...Also what do l put inside the temporary house, could l put feathers and newspapers?

two of my birds died in the nest box and l was wondering what could have caused this? By The Way they are babies and tehre was a total of 5 eggs, 4 hatched, 2 alive (looking good). Also at what week can l take them out of the nesting box and put them in a seperate cage?

where can l buy lvermectin? ... l live in the st george area, sydney so if you know any good vets locally..please tell me

went and saw the nestbox with one egg can't wait till it actually hatches and more egg's arrive. Will post pictures tomorrow

lf they are inside a shed or somewhere where rain can't get them but he sun can, then it should be fine. However if its wet and your birds are exposed to it, l doubt they will breed and it make cause diseases.....as you can obvously seen i am a very novice breeder so don't take my opinions strongly lol

thanks but...stupid me but it from a petshop so l have no idea about the colour of there parents. To be honest l aint to fussy about colour l dont mind any

bird 2 is the blue bird in picture one so yes it is a male lol

Anyone got reviews/feedback on my local pet store living jungle, ramsgate? Personally known the pet shop since 2004 as a young boy. There birds are not in the best of health especially the 50 budgies they have and 20 or so cockatiels. There canarys/finches are placed in small cages and they are alone :S while there is another HUGE cage full of canarys. They have a huge macaw in a huge cage lol but it has been there for atleast 6 years and l feel kinda sorry for it, l am hoping the owner takes it home or something; but then again customers love to talk to it so he gets to have some fun. There fish are good, very clean. There bird products/toys/food etc are good except they sell perches that are made up of sandpaper material, which l don't like bcs obviously it isn't good for your bird. Recently they started selling dogs only 2 kinds l believe and they stock only 4. However l know all pets shop do this but they are in such small glass containers...feel sorry for them .

bad guess lol its cassisi pets and produce ...just remembered it..its been a while since l have been there but all i know was it was huge and stocked alot of birds and alot of seeds/trays/cages etc.

birds Birds 2 there we go sorry for the delay in uploading them

il take some pics now il upload in an hour or so, got to walk to petshop buy some millet

Is this the first time you have them millet spray? If it is the budgies have never seen it before so give it time and once they slowly have some they will love it.

Depending on your building/construction skills the best and cheapest way to do it is by hand and buying your own resources. If you don't have those skills just go with what Maddy said.

yerpp shee iss, spend nearly half her day there..getting out then going back in,,then ggetting back etcc lol

is nesting material essential in a nestbox?

if you read what l said....l did say "hopefully"..

Weird as it sounds l saw my two budgies mating. So l am expecting eggs hopefully within 5-10 days, very excited. : )

l hope when she is pregnant, seems like stupid question but is there a size change in the hen? Budgies do not have "pregnancies" . One egg at a time a time is formed and travels down the oviduct to be laid. The only signs you will see is an egg sized lump at the vent ( bottom ) within a day of being ready to be laid. They dont store eggs in their body therefore do not have an enlarged body in any way other than the egg showing at the vent just before being laid. They alos do very large poops while egglaying. thanks, your helpful as usual

l hope when she is pregnant, seems like stupid question but is there a size change in the hen?

In the recent few days everytime l peak to see them ( so they cant see me ) l always see the cock by itself while the hen is in the nestbox. Whenever the cock trys to get in the nestbox the hen is there stoping him. Currently there is no egg but was wondering is this usual behaviour for a hen to stay in the nestbox. i have seen them cleaning each other and regurgitating food which l think is a good sign.

Its hard because l only got them yesterday and everytime l move the camera near them they want to fly away but l try, are they good for breeding [ By The Way l no l have to wait 3-4 weeks once they are settled before l can place the nestbox] in terms of the colour of the cier?

Could you please tell me there age if possible and if they are ready for breeding?