I have been trying to breed my budgies for awhile, and it hasnt really worked. I had a nest box in their cage for a long time. I took it out about 3 weeks ago,and put some new toys in. My plan was to take some of the toys out, and put the nest box back in today. My female is still in condition. And both my male and female are about 1 year and 7 months old. Would this be a good idea? Anything else to encourage them?

Your birds are too young to breed especially the one with the very pink cere. Keep out the nesting box and waiting until they are old enough.

oh no the picture in my sig is from when i first got them a long time ago, you can even look at my topics on here and see that i posted this picture a long time ago. if it will reassure i can get take some pics of them now. but trust me the picture in my sig is from a long time ago.

And both my male and female are about 1 year and 7 months old.

Are you saying they are 19 months old or one is one year and the other is 7 months ?....and assuming your birds are the right age, have you a photo of the breeding set up you had them in so we can advise further ?

oh no the picture in my sig is from when i first got them a long time ago, you can even look at my topics on here and see that i posted this picture a long time ago. if it will reassure i can get take some pics of them now. but trust me the picture in my sig is from a long time ago.

How big is the cage? are the conditions they're living in clean? do you spoil them? like giving them food treats? making them happy is what i foind to sucessful breeding do you change the water everyday etc all this helps i dont know what you do so yeah

 

Or maybe she wasn't made for breeding i have a bird like that even if their cene is dark.

KAZ: im saying they are both 19 months. I will get a picture up as soon as I can

shaunx: the cage is 30"L x 18"D x 18"H. I do have treats and will put them in every once in awhile, and I do have fresh water everyday.

I have taken some of the toys out and put the nest box back in. I figured that my budgies think that their cage is a play area. I will wait and see what happens within the next month or so. Please tell me if you have any suggestions

KAZ: im saying they are both 19 months. I will get a picture up as soon as I can

shaunx: the cage is 30"L x 18"D x 18"H. I do have treats and will put them in every once in awhile, and I do have fresh water everyday.

I have taken some of the toys out and put the nest box back in. I figured that my budgies think that their cage is a play area. I will wait and see what happens within the next month or so. Please tell me if you have any suggestions

 

Where, in the cage is the nestbox ?

Where do you situate your cage ?

the nest box is on the right hand side. it is actually inside the cage as oppose to being outside. and the cage is at the foot of my bed. during the day there isnt much going on, and no one is home during the day.

If you can attach the nestbox outside the cage it will give them more room. Perches so they can fly back and forth across the cage in flirting behaviour. Strong sturdy thickish perches.

Birds are happier breeding in a place with noise from other birds. You may have issues where its too quiet for them where they are...........quiet is a danger signal to birds so they may be anxious or apprehensive. It may not have enough sunlight or airflow for their health. They may have grown up together and just not be interested in each other.

Yeah I am trying to figure out a way to hook it on the outside.I was also planning on playing music all day.And that is a good point about them growing up together, because I did get them around the same time, and they have been together for mostly all of the time I have had them both. But do you think there is still a chance they would breed?

Also do you have a current picture of your birds that might help us. From that picture of them when they were young, I know it's hard to tell but there is a chance that both are males, are you sure of their sex?

 

I looked at some of your other posts, so it sounds like you know their sex, anyway a current picture would be good. Some birds just don't breed easy I have quite a few pairs that have been together for months & seem in condition & have the noise of many other Budgies around but still nothing happens & it's hard to know why.

Edited November 20, 200717 yr by Norm

yeah I will get current picture as soon as possible. But I know they are both male and female. My female has the brown cere, and my male is recessive pied so he has the pinkish/purple cere.

Edited November 21, 200717 yr by hops523

okay so, yesterday I noticed that my female seems to be coming out of condition . And today I just saw my female checking out the inside of the nest box, while the male stood on the perch outside of it.