I have a DEC hen in the breeding aviary who paired up with my cinnamon violet opaline cock. They produced one normal violet baby who is a good size for a pet bird and a gorgeous colour. She started laying again before the baby fledged and I dont think I will have many more babies from her, so I didnt want to waste her eggs so I let her go for a few days, waiting for the baby to fledge. I removed her from the aviary in her breeding box with her eggs yesterday. It was in the afternoon and the room I have my breeding cabinets in is quite warm and cosy in the afternoons. I put her in the breeding cabinet thru the top of the breeding box, then placed her eggs in there and some of the "rubbish" from her original breeding box. I then caught her mate and put him in too. I was really happy to see that she didnt even want to come out of the box and has been sitting tight and he straight away went about his duties of caring for her, feeding her, grooming her etc. I checked in this morning and it was so cute. They are both sitting on their six eggs. I just wanted to share a story that went right for me. I look forward to their next lot of babies :budgiedance:

 

Note: The reason she was taken from the aviary is because I am closing the colony breeding down and I only have one clutch left in there and dont want any hens to start anymore.

Sometimes its all about budgie psychology, isnt it ?

And a sprinkle of luck........

thats great news... its good to hear happy news on here... a couple of weeks ago it seemed eevryone was going though a bad spell...

Great news :glare:

 

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