Last year, I bought 2 white budgies, they were young, so after quarentine, I just left them in the avery to mature, and decided to breed with them now. I like to put an experianced bird with an inexperianced bird if I can, so I picked suitable partners for them and put them into breeding cages, (I've put a post up in the past about the white hen (Definately a hen) and the supposed cock and his hen laid 5 eggs, none were viable. should I try putting the suposed cock in with a cock and see what happens? what should I do with the hen? is it possible that in the future she will breed (I suspect she's eating her eggs) Or should I just say, that these 2 birds are unsuitable for breeding? I would like to try again but am uncertain as to what to do.

I am a bit confused here. What sex are your white budgies? One is a hen. WHat is the other.

 

What did you pair each with? and who laid what?

 

Do you have pictures of both pairs?

 

 

Feathers.

sorry for the confusion, one was/is definately a hen, I've seen eggs in her nest box, but then they go missing overnight. Whether it was her or him doing the eating, I don't know. There were no remains of the eggs at all.

 

the other bird's cere is not as clearly coloured/marked as I would like for identification, but in the past, I posted pics on this forum of the two birds and the advice was that one was a cock and one a hen. I put the hen in with a type 2 yellowface (Who sired a clutch last year) and at one stage found an egg in the nest box, which had disappeared when I next checked the nest boxes, after that nothing. I left them for a month longer and still nothing. I released them both into the avery while I think about what to do.

 

 

The other white bird, which as I said, is thought to be a cock (The cere seams to be a combination of blue/green and brown) was put in with a dominant pied hen (Who has successfully laid and raised a clutch last year) she proceeded to lay 5 eggs, which she sat on etc. when in due time they did not hatch I inspected the eggs (I prefer to leave the hens alone to get on with business) none were fertile. I removed the eggs and decided to release them into the avery until I decide what to do.

Thank you, that makes it much clearer. With the first pair (Albino hen) I just checked your post about a "cannabalistic hen" and you were given very good advice. You said that it was not an experienced cock in that post. This means it could be either party who is eating the egg. The only way to find out would be to catch them at it, or pair her with a different cock. If it happens again with a different cock bird it is the hen.

 

With the 2nd pair the albino? cock may or may not be infertile. As you have had a previous clutch from the hen you know that she is okay. What may help is to cut back the feathers around the vent of both birds as sometimes too much feather in this area stops them from making proper contact with each other when mating.

 

I also tried to find pictures of both birds in your previous post but the pictures have been removed. Can you post a picture of both birds that clearly shows their cere as if the cocks cere is a colour like you describe it doesn't sound like an albino. It could be a double factor spangle or some other mutation.

 

 

Feathers.

I'll take a couple of photos today, and put them up.

are they ino or dark eyed clear(red eyes or black eyes)?

With the question albino male. What was the behavior to each other in the breeding box? two hens together with a viable nest box would normally fight each other for it. Since the hen was able to lay and sit on a clutch I would think then your male is infact male. Sometimes the hens will 'hide' in the box and continue laying clear eggs.

should I try him with another hen? Pics coming in a sec, they're uploading now.

 

Okay, you do have a male and female there. So my reply remains the same.. you can try the pair again (with the male albino), but trim around their vent area first, or try with different partners.

 

Feathers.

As I have heard th hen is laying eggs so the fault is not her it's the male, try again and maybe block the nest off for a short while each day or try with a different hen.