Hey all, I would just like to let everyone know about the conversation I had with the breeder I got one of my budgies from, she said that she had made some sort of mistake when she told me the age of the female budgie (Echo) she gave me a couple months ago. I guess it turns out that right now she is somewhere around 13 months old . I guess when I got her she was around 10 months old. This was a shock to me because I think she sort of looks young. This was somewhat of a weird day today, because of the mistake the breeder made, I decided to call my friend who gave me my male (Bugs) to make sure I was correct on his age. I thought that he was about 10 months old, BUT there was a misunderstanding between him and me. To make a long story short, it turns out that Bugs is about 12-12 and a half months old :hap: . The reason I posted this is the breeding area was because I was wondering if I could add a breeding nest today?

This was probably one of the strangest days I have had for a long time.

Edited October 23, 200618 yr by hops523

Are those the two in your signature? If so, they look very young... I would wait just in case they were wrong (again?). They don't sound like types to have kept very close records!

If they're the ones in your sig, how long ago was that photo taken?

If your ages of 12 1/2 and 13 months old are correct, I would still wait another 4-6 months before supplying the nest box.

Thats why I was so surprised and questioning there judgement on their age. Because they look so young. That picture was taken 3 months ago. Yeah the best idea would be to wait, but how long?

LOL, our posts went up at the same time. I'd wait 4-6 months.

I would say that is a good idea. The thing is though I think they are at least 10 months, the male might be 9

Then wait closer to 6 months. I think the closer they are to 18 months is a safer bet that they will be mature enough to successfully breed and raise young.

wait till they are 12 months before considering to start