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Thank you Robyn. I'm not sure how she is going to transfer them. Is there much of a chance of the parents attacking the chicks do you think? I'm pretty worried about them attacking their chicks. Yes I'm hoping the older chick will be able to feed itself when I get it. Bit I have heard they tend to regress when in a new house at a young age and also when handled. Glad to hear they should be warm enough. Trouble is my job. My hours aren't the same for every day. And I will have to have them in the staff room. I worry someone might put the sitcom on and make the room colder. There is a cupboard there that would be warmer but I worry that they wouldn't get enough air... And I'd feel a bit awful sticking my babies in a cupboard. Lol I can't have them in the room with me, for hygiene and because they have the sitcom on and the fans on. I have my fingers and toes crossed that the parents will keep feeding them! The lady said that they are very good parents and not bothered by anyone going in the nest box or touching the babies. So hopefully they Won't get too stressed. I have received a picture of mum, dad and babies in the nest box. You can only sort of see 3 babies though. The older baby looks like Godzilla in the picture though! Lol Only because its closest to the camera. I will try and upload the photo. I have to thank you again Robyn. I'd be so stuck, confused and worried with out you! Keep an eye out for some future posts by me! Please let me know if this photo upload works or not. I'm using my phone.

Just to correct my last post and to update: They are older than what I thought the lady said. The oldest is currently 3 weeks old and the youngest is currently 5 days old. She said they hatched every few days. She said I can have their nest box for an extra $15, so I'm getting their nest box too! If I were to hand rear them next week, would they still need something to keep them warm? Or would they be okay with the warmth of each other? With the youngest being about 2 weeks old. The others would be older.. Just to be sure.

I just asked my friend who is breeding their budgies if they have eggs or chicks, they don't have any! I would have really liked to leave them there with her pair. Close to me so I can check on them too. ....sorry hilly! I forgot to mention your name. :S my bad! She meant that there were now 4 chicks all hatched but the last hatched yesterday. I will bring a nest box and try and do a trade with her. Giving her the new nest box. Fingers crossed! I will be talking to the lady and asking her to be on standby for me! I wish I had the time to do it myself. I should be able to do it until I can get to the hand rearing lady. I might work out a deal with her. The lady is going to meet me out the front if the local pet store right by our house on the Monday afternoon. Hopefully I can do a swap with the nest boxes. I hope the babies will make it. It would be amazing if the parents decide to stick with the babies. Not likely at all, but fingers crossed! I will be keeping you guys updated. The youngest baby will be 1 week old when I get it. The oldest will be 3 weeks. I hope my little guys will make it! I'm very greatfull for this site. So helpful!

Beautiful budgies you have!!! I'm so jealous! Love that picture of your 5 month old checking the nest box with you. So cute! Keep up with the updates. Love all the photos!

They are in their own cage now. She just told me to get my own nest box for them. I asked for a photo of it so I can try and get the same one, if not similar. I asked her on whether the other two eggs have hatched and how old they are at this time. The oldest chick is 2 weeks old and the youngest hatched yesterday.. Well. I'm contemplating. Should I give the parents a chance to raise them? And if it were to go south, I would care for them until the weekend where I would give the babies to a lady who is hand raising budgies already. OR Just take them straight to the lady who hand rears budgies? I will be having the pair in a cage inside. I'm not very hopefull on the little babies making it, but I would like them to. Thank you Robyn for your help. Much appreciated.

Hey Robyn, just thought I would see how it has been going? You haven't posted in here for a while..

Thank you Robyn! I'm not sure if they are in a cage or aviary, but if they are in a cage i believe that we aren't taking it. She never mentioned their living environment so far. I will be talking to her soon. The chicks are only very new. When I first spoke to her she said they had two chicks and 2 eggs wxpected to hatch. Though I will not be removing them from their nest box. I don't think that is fair at all and will be talking to her about taking their box too. It's not a very quick move.. It will be nearly an hour I expect.. I will have a blanket over them while we move them. Hopefully that will help to keep them from being too stressed. I'm worried I'm going to have to handraise them.. It's difficult with my job. Though I may be able to work something with the lady who i am buying my handraised budgie from, if it were to come to that. Lets hope it doesn't!

Hello, I am aware this thread is from 2011, but I am in a similar situation. This weekend I will be picking up a pair with young chicks. I am guessing the chances of them being abandoned are quite high.. How could I prevent this? At first I was thinking that I would keep them in a quiet spot inside, but now I thi k I will have them in my new aviary. But I have 3 young budgies who I was wanting to have in the new aviary. Do you think the young budgies will upset the nesting pair? Thank you for any help!

okay. So. I have 3 young budgies at the moment. This weekend I am taking home my baby hand reared budgie and also a pair with young chicks. The lady who is selling the pair is moving. I think I will have the pair and their chicks inside in a quiet spot as the 3 young ones will be in the aviary and I don't want them to upset the pair and I plan to hand tame the chicks. I'm just a bit worried about the move for them. I fear the parents might get too stressed and stop caring for their young. Has anyone taken in a pair with young before? Any tips? Thanks!

Gorgeous little babies! They are coming along well. Loving the pics. Well done L_J. Glad it's all worked out.

Haha Hi there! I'm new here. I agree with L_J. Most 18 year old party when their parents are away! My boyfriend is in the navy and goes away a fair bit. Last time he went away I was bored and lonely so I bought a budgie... Then another 2.. Then I bought an aviary and now this weekend coming I will be buying more budgies! ...yeah I'm hooked. I want to have chicks! Eventually I hope to breed show budgies.

I can't put a slab down unfortunately. We are renting. :/ When we buy our house (hopefully this year!) I will put a slab down. I might use tiles. I have seen others do it. But it's difficult as I can use anything to fill the gaps. I have seen people use wire mesh on the bottom so if nice or snakes dig under they still can't get through. I might do that actually. Far easier to move when needed and they can have some grass

oh goodness flip!! im sorry to hear that! i always fear that. when i had them outside i had pegs on. they worried me too much! but i have left their doors open a number of times and they wont budge. Budgie_Mad, your lucky you spotted them doing it! she still keeps on doing it..

Thanks guys yeah i have been looking through the paper. only babies. :/ i will have to give the club a call and see what they say. if they cant help me out i might have to get some sent to me...

Hello, i live in cairns and have been looking everywhere to buy adult budgies and cant find any. is anyone here from cairns and have any available or know of anyone that does? and i have looked in the pet shops. they are all very very younge babies. havent even had their first moult yet... thank you!

i just heard my budgies making a noise like they were banging on the cage or something, i look up and one of the females has one foot on the side of the cage and one foot on the roof of the food container and she was lifting the door then letting it drop repeatedly. haha she seemed to be having fun with it. shes a clever girl! ...i love that i bought them some new toys on the weekend and i havent seen the girls play with theirs, but hey the cage door will do! haha i have heard about budgies letting themselves out of cages before. my girls refuse to go out of the cage though.

Yeah Haha told you I'm not good! Lol Yeah I know they need red eyes but sometimes they don't show up in pics, especially when they are babies. Mine was so hard to see in photos. And By The Way, my aviary has arrived today! Lol

Haha yep! you sent me here! thanks By The Way. was just having troubles with creating an account, wouldnt accept any of my emails. this site is a lot better. the other one is mainly just american. i cant wait til i can have little chicks! very cute! i dont know much about mutations, but it looks like you might have an albino. very cute though.

Haha! love it! she definitely looks like she enjoyed it! i am yet to try mine on beetroot. they love diced up carrot and tonight they will be having corn.

Beautiful babies! Keep the updates coming! i love reading them and seeing all the pics. its amazing how fast baby budgies grow!