Hi Everyone,

I did what you guys said. I combined both pairs by removing the divider. After very little time they were with each others patrners kissing and bobing their heads. After a couple days I put the divider back in with the males switched. Today they are inspecting the nest boxes. I am confident that they had been switched during transport. I am looking forward to eggs I hope. I was wondering if there is something that would help them to breed. Thanks for the help. Dave

That sounds like good news.

Re breeding....prior to breeding and during breeding a good and varied diet with vegies and soaked seed

Very good sound perches for mating...no wobbly or thin perches...they need grip.

Calcium supplement in their water as well as cuttlebone and mineral blocks in the breeder cage.

Plenty of daylight hours

Being able to hear and or see the other birds.

The sound of running water...( water fountain, sound of rain etc ) helps them think of plentiful times and time to breed.

All sounds like it will go to plan. Good luck

Edited April 8, 200718 yr by Kaz

Outside the supermarket the other day I got talking to an elderly man who turned out to be a breeder for the past 60 years! I told him of a pair I had who seemed reluctant to breed, these are the tips he gave me:

Install new perches, one a little thicker than usual.

Rearrange cage or put in new toys. (seems to have livened them up!)

Ensure a good, varied diet every day. (Mine always get that)

The sound of running water. (I have been filling a bucket near them everyday! (Laughing out loud)!)

Put oats in the nesting box to interest the hen.

 

The last tip seems to have done it with my pair, the hen has spent days removing the oats. This seems to have really reignited the hen's interest in the nesting box, she is spending a lot time in the box and my male is very excited by this! (Laughing out loud)!

 

I have my fingers crossed for my pair, good luck with yours Dave!

 

(Apologies for repeating some of Kaz's ideas but thought I would repeat what this breeder told me, in full)