I have been wanting to breed my budgies. I just talked to my mom and dad and they agreed that it would be a great expirience for me and they would be there all along the way to help and have support. I told my aunt and she didn't sound too happy about it. She said, over the phone, that I shouldn't breed because "something" might go wrong and "break my heart". I finally got it out of her to tall me what she meant. She said one of her friends at her work, raises budiges, lovebirds, macaws, and parrots. Well, all typed of birds. Anyway, she said that a pair of the parrots mated and then, obviously, TRIED to have eggs. The first egg got stuck and killed the parrot. So, I was wondering, does this happen in budgies? And if it does, What are the chances of that happening to one of my birds?

 

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2x3,These things can happen, for a number of reasons,Egg Bound, Lack of calcium is one reason

a hen will get egg bound.If they are feed a variety of food & not just seed,they should be okay.

There is a thread in Faq on feeding & health issue,I must admit I havent looked at it,But will go & look now.

 

I leave these questions to Kaz & Co, to answer.

If you start to keep birds & look after them well, feeding them lots of variety of seed, greens etc you still might have some problems, but mostly they are pretty tough birds. If you stopped doing something because of the chance of something going wrong, there’s not much you would do in life. Just getting out of bed in the morning, could be considered risky. You can’t hide completely from problems, just do things that you like & do the best you can, then if things go wrong, don’t let it get you down, just know you did your best.

When you breed budgerigars you are playing with life.. Life is not fair and things go wrong.. Read through the breeding section and you will understand the trouble and pain that can happen.

 

Breeding budgies is a great hobbie but you must be prepared when things don't go the way you want.

and the more knowledge you have before you start can SOMETIMES prepare you if something doesn't go as planned.

A couple of really IMPORTANT things amongst all the other things to consider is

AGE OF THE BIRDS......No younger than one year and hens no older than 4 years

BEST AND VARIED DIET prior to and during breeding.

....and much, much, more....

 

read a lot through our FAQ section. Any doubts at all .....ASK QUESTIONS.

 

We have a lot of very young people who come on here and start up breeding with their parents thinking its a good idea. It is when you think it EASY and "nothing can go wrong" that everything does go wrong. It is lives involved, and educating yourself greatly in preparation is the KEY. Listen and learn from those that know more than yourself, and always be prepared for a possible emergency trip to the vet. Make sure your parents who are backing you have in mind that a trip to the vet may happen and money will need to be spent on behalf of a bird that may have cost you very little in the beginning.

It is heartbreaking for us on here to have to advise emergency treatment at a vets to find the young person cannot go due to lack of money or lack of parental assistance.....and next we have a posted topic where the bird has died.

Enjoy reading through our FAQ section and ask anything you need.

Edited July 7, 200718 yr by **KAZ**

something important that we must all remember is that when we are young we are our living in our parents house we must sit down with them and go over expections.

 

Budgies and babies do get sick, do you have the money or are your parents willing to pay for an avian vet bills that may arise?

 

Where will the babies go? What if your bird has 5-8 babies successfully will you keep them and if you do do you have the room? Will you sell them and to whom? How will you go about the screening process to make sure each of your babies gets a "forever" home?

 

There is more then raising a successful clutch but the future of the babies. There are so many budgies that are abandoned, placed in rescue organization because of over populations, people adopting and not realizing what they got themselves into or simply unforeseen circumstances.

 

Think good and hard because those babies are cute they grow fast and must go somewhere.

Edited July 7, 200718 yr by Elly