Not messing Neat , just learning

although for my "showier birds" who have a shorter breeding life

 

Sorry but why should they have a shorter breeding time frame over the 'pet' type birds? The stress of breeding affects them all and retirement is needed for all birds.

I too find that i have a quicker result with bonded birds who have picked their mates themselves

Most Budgies I find are very accommodating & will pair with what ever mate you choose for them, but I bought a nice show type Grey Green cock last year, I mated him with one of the hens I bought with him from the same breeder, but all eggs were infertile, since then I tried him with a couple of hens, but he would have nothing to do with them, in the aviary he just sat there without any interest in any one around, I just about thought he was going to be a failure, then a young hen not even moulted was in the aviary with him & all of a sudden he took a shine to her & has gone crazy & wont leave her side, I will let him breed with her when she is old enough. Of course whether it will succeed still has to be seen.

I had another Pied hen I bought wouldn’t breed with anything, then she went back in the aviary & later a cock was placed in the aviary with her & she started pairing up with him, so I put them in a cabinet & they had two batches. So you get a few cases with very strict ideas on what & whom they like.

although for my "showier birds" who have a shorter breeding life

 

Sorry but why should they have a shorter breeding time frame over the 'pet' type birds? The stress of breeding affects them all and retirement is needed for all birds.

 

Mine are because I buy mine from other breeders to build up my stock of them.

The main breeder i buy off (Brett Wood) sells mostly his older birds, between 2-4 years old, so basically when I get them there's not much time left before they aren't good for breeding and will be retired.

If I want to eutalise their genes I have to do it quickly. My show birds I've bred myself though will have the same breeding life span as all my pet types obviously though.

Edited June 9, 200817 yr by *libby*