hans

As you see, the nestbox is on the left side. Cuz the wall is on the left & the living room is to the right, so that the budgies would feel secure. But they don't stay long inside the nestbox, but spend most of time on the perch on the right, even at night while sleeping. When I try moving the cage, the budgies seem to stay on the right side giving up the perch with themselves hanging on the cage. Why do they want to keep on the right side near the window? Should I move the nestbox to the right side?

Thank you very much. I posted their close-up pics in other postings. : ) Interesting, Jimmy. I always make sure to have a few toys and a swing in my breeding cages, mainly so they are in place for the babies when they fledge. But I would guess that breeders who run many cabinets at a time wouldn't bother with all of that. So, what do the rest of you do? By the way, Hans, I like your second set up a lot better than the old way. But if you close those blinds, they will get all poopy, and I think it would be very hard to get them clean again. I see that your partition folds. Maybe you could fold it so that two panels are between the cages and the window, and the third panel folds around the right side of the cages. That way they would have a sort of 3 sided niche they were in with only the front being open to the living room. I think they would feel pretty secure like that. I have read that light that is filtered by a window is not as good as direct sunlight, so to combat that, I give my budgies vitamin D and calcium in their water. I think your birds are very pretty! Do you have any close up pictures of them?

Thanks. They are 11 months old. I'm sure they are male & female. Only the birds in the white cage mated. The hen in the red cage is splay. I can't move the cages. Is there anything else I can do?

Thanks. I changed two-hole nestboxes into one-hole nestboxes. Is it just me or does the top picture show the nestbox's with 2 holes and the bottom pictures only show one? Personally, I would remove the toys that are in the breeding cage and the swings. I'd just have the 2 perches going from front to back like you have, but probably a little closer together...

2 top cages are for breeding. I saw the birds mating several times, but they don't seem to get pregnant. They don't often enter the nestbox, either. I also provided just a little bedding which tuned out to be not so helpful. As you see in the picture, the livingroom has a window with an out-view. Now, the cage is covered with a partition so that the birds would not care about the people at home. However, I doubt if they feel nervous because they can see outside through the window behind the cage. Can it be the reason they don't breed? I already covered half the window & I'm thinking of using the blind to cover all the window. Would they lack the sunlight? The pictures below show the newly designed cages & the partition seperates the cages from the people. Are they good enough? Should I cover other sides? Will the partition work properly?

thanks for your discussion and right information. :fear

Thank you, KAZ. But is the body colour too bright for a greywing?

Im not sure what types of mutation some of my budgies are. 1. YF 2 clearwing skyblue 2. clearwing opaline lightgreen 3. DF white spangle with suffusion Thank you~~ :yes:

Thanks you~ :glare:

are black eyed yellow & black eyed white the same as DF spangles & DEC ? is black eyed colour variety different from black eyed yellow & black eyed white?

i think you're right. T.T thank you for your advice. Are you sure she is a hen? Yes.this picture was taken 5 months ago. now it is certain that it's a hen.

thanks. i dont have any other budgies. T.T the budgie is a hen. i had better not do that.

DF spangle on the Right is handicapped in the leg. I adopted this female budgie 4 months ago at a pet bird shop. It was already injured in the left leg at that time. Although it is able to hang on the cage with two legs, it stands just on one leg with the uncomfortable leg held up a little. When it moves along the perch, it seems to move its body weight mainly on the healthy leg. I didn't pay attention to that because it would recover from a little damage in nerves or ligaments in one or two months. However, it shows a little improvement after 4 months' period continuing to hold up its injured leg and foot. It just can move along the perch faster than before. Now, it is in the mating season. I wonder if it can mate successfully with its disabled leg.

Thanks.You mean, 3,4,5 all are DF spangles? Thanks so much KAZ. I aleardy have read the articles. Spangle is one thing, melanistic spangle is another thing. I see. Are the others all correct? Im confused No.1 is a cobalt violet or a mauve.

Thanks. I dont know why my post keeps invisible. I just have modified my post several times. anyway, what types are my budgies?

Im not so good at English. So please be good to understand my awkward English. 1. Rt budgie, I believe he is a GF opaline spangle mauve, right? 2. The pair (opaline spangle violet skyblue hen) of 1st picture produces 3 chicks. In the middle, I think the budgie is a YF II DF spangle. right? 3. Is he a DF spangle? or a DF melanistic spangle? 4. In the middle, is he a DF spangle? or a DF melanistic spangle? 5. Is rt budgie a DF spangle? (Parents are all spangles. not melanistic spangle) 6. I believe these budgies are all opaline spangles. Thank you~