okay so I am nearly at the point of taking both my breeding pairs out of the cabinet cause there is still no eggs but i want your opinions on a few things first

Betty is in and out of the box all day, I put shredded and scrunched up newspaper in there (i can't find the right woodshavings) and with in half an hour she throws it all out, She seems to be getting abit tubby and her vent is more prominent, I have read on here somewhere about "egg poop" (what exactly is this?) and while cleaning out the cage I have noticed her dropping some HUGE poops, is this and the above signs that she is getting ready to lay eggs??? I don't want to take her out just to find she starts laying in the holding cage but I also dont want to leave her in the for there rest of the year, I have also read about covering the box hole but am worried in case she is close to laying.

 

Now Jordan, she finally took interest in the box and now wont come out except at night and the odd tme during the day to stretch her wings, her mate seems to be feeding her and sits just outside the box whenever she is in there. I put newspaper in her box too but she has chewed and scrunched it up more and she also seems to be chewing up some part of the box, she wont even come out when I lift the lid to have a look.Her poop also look alot bigger than normal and same with her vent. Ohh and unlike betty and pluto I haven't seen any mating happening with Jordan and Mack.

 

so what do you all think, should I leave them abit longer or not???

Leave them. Betty sounds like she is about to lay and Jordan may start not long after Betty :hap:

Yes, leave her where she is.

okay so I am nearly at the point of taking both my breeding pairs out of the cabinet cause there is still no eggs but i want your opinions on a few things first

Betty is in and out of the box all day, I put shredded and scrunched up newspaper in there (i can't find the right woodshavings) and with in half an hour she throws it all out, She seems to be getting abit tubby and her vent is more prominent, WE LIKE TO CALL THAT EGG BUM

 

I have read on here somewhere about "egg poop" (what exactly is this?) and while cleaning out the cage I have noticed her dropping some HUGE poops, THAT IS THE EGG POO ALRIGHT IT IS MASSIVE ISN"T IT is this and the above signs that she is getting ready to lay eggs???

 

YES she is showing the right signs :hap:

 

I don't want to take her out just to find she starts laying in the holding cage but I also dont want to leave her in the for there rest of the year, I have also read about covering the box hole but am worried in case she is close to laying.

 

Now Jordan, she finally took interest in the box and now wont come out except at night and the odd tme during the day to stretch her wings, her mate seems to be feeding her and sits just outside the box whenever she is in there. I put newspaper in her box too but she has chewed and scrunched it up more and she also seems to be chewing up some part of the box, she wont even come out when I lift the lid to have a look.Her poop also look alot bigger than normal and same with her vent. Ohh and unlike betty and pluto I haven't seen any mating happening with Jordan and Mack.

MOST TIME YOU WON'T SEE THEM MATE

 

so what do you all think, should I leave them abit longer or not???

 

 

Yes leave them in there - give it a couple of days and i am sure you will see an egg or 2 They are showing promsing signs

Thanks guys I was really giving up hope but I will leave them in and see what happens

All the best mate ,

 

Let us know too

Well you were right guys thanks heaps Betty just laid her first egg YAY so here is hoping it is followed by a few more and Jordan gets with the program with her own

Sometimes we as owners, and especially those of us that are new to the whole world of budgerigard breeding, get nervous and want to rush things. We keep "checking" the birds, which would make any prospective pair nervous, we wonder why we never see them mate (but then, why would we, I mean, we are not standing around watchign them 24/7 and if we were, why are we - and then we wonder why things take so long (and for a species that takes 9 months to produce our own young, isn't it funny how we are imaptient for other outcomes?)

 

Patience is one of the keys to breeding I have found. Preparation and patience!

Agree with Dave Totally -