I was mistaken on the last update as Milly must have been keeping one of her little ones warm. one egg was indeed missing, but that egg had hatched, Milly was sitting with the little one tucked underneath so it was warm.

 

So it stands at

 

milly and humprhey - 2 young, 3 unhatched eggs

sebby and cheese - 2 young, 6 unhatched eggs

angel and hugo - 6 unhatched eggs

tralia and nibbler - 3 unhatched eggs

 

All is going well

It's bubby budgie central at your place

 

:bluebudgie: :dbb1: :budgiedance:

Thats great, I have 6 pairs down at the moment pair 1 with 6 chicks No eggs left, Pair 2 1 chick no eggs (I have fostered 2 chicks from pair 1 here) pairs 3 & 4 on 3 eggs each & the last two are due to lay any day. Exciting times after a 3 month rest from breeding. Cannot wait to see what the babies come out like.

Congrast Ikon.

 

It really is bubby budgie central at the moment.

 

Which is good. I need to decide what to so with some of the young though. I am not going to keep them all. Sell some, and possibly give away a few. Depends on the colours. part of me is hoping that Sebby has laid some dud eggs - (Laughing out loud)

Things are going well Dave. After having a quite time for some months, things are moving here also, with quite a few chicks hatching out.

Congrast Ikon.

 

It really is bubby budgie central at the moment.

 

Which is good. I need to decide what to so with some of the young though. I am not going to keep them all. Sell some, and possibly give away a few. Depends on the colours. part of me is hoping that Sebby has laid some dud eggs - (Laughing out loud)

 

sounds like everything is going well,Dave. i would be happy to help out if you need somewhere for your young to live.i have a new aviary that needs filling. :wine

Congrast Ikon.

 

It really is bubby budgie central at the moment.

 

Which is good. I need to decide what to so with some of the young though. I am not going to keep them all. Sell some, and possibly give away a few. Depends on the colours. part of me is hoping that Sebby has laid some dud eggs - (Laughing out loud)

 

sounds like everything is going well,Dave. i would be happy to help out if you need somewhere for your young to live.i have a new aviary that needs filling. :hap:

 

Hi Deb,

 

I am quite willing to give some away to good homes. I would rather give them to good homes rather than sell them to pet shops. When more hatch, I will let you know what we have, and then we will see. I will keep your offer in mind.

 

Cold day here in Sydney, so when i checked on the little ones, I could not see any as Milly and Sebby were both spread out over the eggs and checks keeping them warm. Good mums.

Edited February 28, 200817 yr by dmcminn

Another cold day in here sydney, so it is hard to tell how the hatchlings are going. this is mainly due to protective mothers.

 

Milly and Humphrey have 2 as best as I can tell. Milly is a docile mother, she will sit on her young and eggs maintaining their warmth regardless of knocking on a nestbox or strange faces appearing.

 

Sebby and Cheese have 3 - this I am sure of as when i knock, Sebby scurries out of the nest box and lets me look in. She is the only one that moves.

 

Angel and Hugo look to have stopped at 6 eggs. Angel is a very protective mother, not only does she not leave with polite tapping, or any tapping really, she will squawk like mad and will look to nibble on your finger if you get too close.

 

Tralia and Nibbler have 3, maybe 4 eggs. Tralia is sitting on the eggs well. She is very protective and has stopped being so flighty. She hardly appears to leave the enst box now. She has learnt bad habits as well. Tralia is the daughter of Angel, and her temperament is like her mother. She is a squawker and will bite if given half a chance - (Laughing out loud). Nibbler is the son of milly, but his temperament does not come from his mother, bu then his father was also calm. Must be an expectant Dad thing.

With the weekend upon us Dave, we are expecting some photos

for anyone that has been following my other post regarding air bubbles in the crop, then you can understand why there have been no photo updates. i will try today.

 

Milly - 3 young

Sebby - 4 young

Angel - 6 eggs

Tralia - 3 eggs???

I have taken some new photos so people can see the developments.

 

I had to use a small piece of wood to move Milly, Angel and Tralia out of thier nest boxes. Angel and Tralia were very aggressive. Milly was reluctant as she has been going in and out all day due to me checking on air in the crops of her little ones. it is all explained in the following link:

 

http://forums.budgiebreeders.asn.au/index....c=18327&hl=

 

Anyway, here is todays update.

 

Milly and Humprhey have 3 little ones, and I will be suprised if anymore hatch. We will see.

 

 

Sebby and Cheese have 4 little ones, and it will not suprise me if more hatch.

 

 

Angel and Hugo now have a staggering 7 eggs. the first egg is due to hatch on the 5/3, so that is wednesday, so we will see what happens there

 

 

Tralia and Nibbler now have 5 eggs. A slow start but they are coming home strong. Their first is due to hatch on the 10/3, so monday week.

 

All is looking positive in some ways, but the air in the crops seems bad. it is funny, last time I bred, I think I did not look in as much. Mybe I am stressing them too much by my own stressing. I am sure that they will be alright. Maybe I need to step back. Like Norm on here says, let nature run its course.

Thanks for the photos Dave. All looking wonderful

they look so cute and if they all hatch you will have heaps of babies. i think it is amazing how quick they grow when you look at one that is just hatched next to one that hatched days earlier.

Thanks Kaz, reassuring.

 

You are right there deb. if they all hatch then there are going to be heaps of babies, and whilst I know one person who wants one, and I plan on keeping some, you might end up getting a few.

 

They do grow so quick.

Thanks Kaz, reassuring.

 

You are right there deb. if they all hatch then there are going to be heaps of babies, and whilst I know one person who wants one, and I plan on keeping some, you might end up getting a few.

 

They do grow so quick.

 

 

i would really appreciate some. i only have 12 budgies and because i have breed some, 6 of them are related to each other.my options for pairs is getting limited.

okay, well let me see what I get and I will let you know.

Little one with air in the crop died sometime today, maybe this morning. Was blue and wella nd truly stiffened by the time i came home

very little i could do. Might have had a deficiency in its crop from the looks of things. Leave Milly with only 2 now.

one hatched, but died in the shell. Did not even emerge. it is liek the shell broke in half, rather than hatched. it might have even died in the shell and milly was looking. Not sure.

 

Milly did polish off all the millet

sorry to hear about another one dying on you. hope fully the rest will be okay. does milly still have one egg left to hatch.

Milly lost 2 of the 4 eggs so far that have hatched, though one never made it out of the shell so i do nto count that, and the chick that died must have had a problem.

 

Sebby now has 5 little ones. I hope no more hatch in there. i would foster some out to milly, but wih the way that she has lost one, I am not willing to take that risk.

 

Angel and hugo's first should hatch tomorrow. Since Angel is an albino, and Hugo a DF dom pied, is it possible to get albino offspring? hens?

 

Tralia - nesting well, but no young for almost a week at the earliest

Good luck with Milly's last two and I hope Sebby's little ones don't increase in numbers... and the wait is on for the others... Exciting!

Milly's last 2 look good. I am glad i put the spinach in there, I think they need it. the look healthy, no apparent air in their crops, all looks good, they are growing bigger and stronger.

 

Sebby's 5 are going strong. They look well fed and eyes are opening and they are lookign around. Almost time to add more shavings to the nest box, jsut don't want the littlest one to get lost yet.

 

Angel's possible big day is tomorrow. So anyone, any chance of red eyes?

 

Tralia is always inside. Came out for some spinach and a quick run around, but she is nesting well. Nibbler sits patiently outside. Good hubby now he has given up the affair with the cage front

This is getting so exciting Dave :yellowhead: So looking forward to your end results

It is exciting. Still a bit upset over the loss of the 2 little ones in Milly's nestbox. Sad losing them before they even really had a chance.

Lots of little eyes staring back at me tonight when i peeked in. very cute