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the eggs can be wiped with a damp cloth if you think they are going to hatch but once again i try not to touch the eggs at all once i have marked them if you do clean the box out are you putting a bit of wood shavings in the bottom of the nest this will help to soak up some of the Fecal Matter and keep the chick and eggs clean

i agree with rainbow some are easier than others at breeding time i would just keep a close watch on her with the male

12 pairs (24) birds sounds a lot if they all breed 4 young each that would 72 birds after one round my dads outside flight is 9x4x6 feet high and he has 6 breeding pairs in it but also has another flight for the young

its not required over here but i would think that at least90% of budgies are ringed

you should never buy a bird without a ring on really unless you really trust the person you are buying from as you can not be sure of the age

yes i call them rings mine have my own personal code on them,the year they were born, and a number so i can look back at my records and know to the exact date when the eggs were laid and when the bird hatched also which were its parents ect

i would not touch the nest till you are sure that the eggs hve finished hatching,then to clean the nest i put some woodshavings in a shoebox put the chick in that clean the nest box then replace the chick

it can be done at home there are different methods i have heard from people but as whether they are humane is another thing

3 out of 6 for exhibition birds would be excellent 3 out of 6 for a maiden hen would be very good 3 out of six for a normal pet budgie that has bred before is a little low

becarefull the chicks arnt squashed and killed

you can get wet and dry nests which could be the cause of the wet feces i clean my nests every three days if they are wet,you will not need a heat source for them with those temps my breeding room is kept at a min 10 degrees to 15 in the winter when they are breeding

i mark my eggs so that i know in what order they are going to hatch you dont have to

it is a good time to check the chicks as well make sure there legs are not stuck with feaces

the crop should be full if they are feeding it,you have two choices foster it if you can and place another chick in that is a few days old and has been fed or hand feed it acouple of times to keep its strength up it is not unusuall for a hen not to feed the first time it has chicks or evan the second clutch but if the chicks are making a lot of noise then you should be able to get the hen to relise she has to feed them

thanxs but evan 3 years will need a lot of luck

sorry rainbow he's stoping as for his wings because hes violet he has the dark factor and to breed a good white wing is very hard in the uk our clearwings are not totally clear like the australian clearwing they do have faint marks, iwas lucky to get him he's the only second violet i have seen the other clearwings i bought were 2 pairs of white wings and 2 pairs of yellow wings and by my calculations and a lot of luck i should be showing clearwings in about 3 years

i clean my boxs out after 7 and 14 days then every 3 days

in the sunlight he is almost deep purple

the clutch sizes are more or less the same but as they get older you will have less fertile eggs

this is my violet he is only this years shick and is a white wing he is one of 9 purchased about a month a go oops i cut a bit of his head of but i am sure you can see the body colour although having had a look the pcture does not do it justice

try and get hold of a violet i dont about over there but they are hard to get over here, i have one which is a clearwing

the cheek patches of the sky and cobolt should be the same, your rite about the white and the chest, for good colour pet birds i certainly would use her without a doubt i personaly would try and match her with a cobalt normal

i wouldnt worry about the spots one of the difficulties of breeding pieds for show is the spots a lot of them just dont have them,well if i was to breed her their are some faults with her body colour but for a pet bird i think she is very very pretty and would breed her with a a good sky blue or cobalt,as for her colour to me i would probably go for cobalt but there are a couple of photos that she could be sky blue

i would put a yellow face opaline blue to the clearwing for rainbows

the only time i have not seena normal blue without a blue cere was when it was brown and this changed from blue as it had mormone problems,and i have never heard or seen a **** incubate the eggs some times they sit in the box with the han but never to incubate them