I know some of these might have been answered in the forum but the search in this forum is ****. It gives to many results half of which are not even related to what your searching for.

 

How much do you think you could sell a green factor budgie for that hasn't been tamed?

 

How much do you think for a green factor that has been tamed? Maybe not full on training but just some basic stuff like the setup and suited to like not go nuts when you put hand in cage.

 

What age do they usually open there eyes at? Is this when I should start taming them?

 

How many eggs does a budgie hatch usually. I had a pair I got around 1-2years old had 5 but I dropped 1 mistakenly and 4 are left 2 have hatched, rest should hatch within the next 2 days.

 

How long should you wait after the 18 days have gone if the eggs haven't hatched to get rid of them if they don't that is?

 

Should you treat new baby budgies for anything?

 

Does a budgie only bond to the same one and stay bonded? or can you pair it up with another one if you wish. that is one that has already paired up and bonded and you gotten eggs and then wanted to breed it with another will it bond with another still? or will it only then just bond with the one you had it with from now on?

 

Also I got a disposable camera so I can take some decent pictures and post them. Well it will be a couple of weeks anyhow before I can get good ones as long as I don't frick them up.

I know some of these might have been answered in the forum but the search in this forum is ****. It gives to many results half of which are not even related to what your searching for. The search function works best using one or two descriptive words. eg: If you wanted to know about how much to sell a green budgie, then try typing "green sell" and see what comes up. If you use too many words you will get too many results. If nothing comes up, then it may not have been discussed

 

How much do you think you could sell a green factor budgie for that hasn't been tamed?

Depends on the budgie - if its pet type, then between $10 - $20, if its show type then it goes on show quality.

How much do you think for a green factor that has been tamed? Maybe not full on training but just some basic stuff like the setup and suited to like not go nuts when you put hand in cage.

I sell hand tamed baby budgies (regardless of colour) for $30 and i feel it is a relistic price

What age do they usually open there eyes at? Is this when I should start taming them?

They open their eyes around 7 -10 days old. You should handle the babies every day, but start to tame them once they are getting their feathers at 2-4 weeks

 

How many eggs does a budgie hatch usually. I had a pair I got around 1-2years old had 5 but I dropped 1 mistakenly and 4 are left 2 have hatched, rest should hatch within the next 2 days.

depends on the hen and the amount of firtile eggs. i think the average per nest is about 4 chicks.

How long should you wait after the 18 days have gone if the eggs haven't hatched to get rid of them if they don't that is?

Wait until the egg is visibly unviable. I dont normally toss eggs until about 2 weeks overdue

 

Should you treat new baby budgies for anything?

No, unless something comes up

 

Does a budgie only bond to the same one and stay bonded? or can you pair it up with another one if you wish. that is one that has already paired up and bonded and you gotten eggs and then wanted to breed it with another will it bond with another still? or will it only then just bond with the one you had it with from now on?

Budgies work on "out of sight, out of mind" concept. It takes about 3 weeks for a bonded pair to break and a new one to occur once separated.

How much do you think you could sell a green factor budgie for that hasn't been tamed?

I sell pet type budgies $8 each and show type budgies $20 each. For a standard pet type green budgie that is not tame I would not pay over $15. You will find if you go to a pet shop they will be for sale over $30 each.

How much do you think for a green factor that has been tamed? Maybe not full on training but just some basic stuff like the setup and suited to like not go nuts when you put hand in cage.

Tame budgies cost a little more. For a pet green budgie that is tame I would pay $15.

 

What age do they usually open there eyes at? Is this when I should start taming them?

5-6 Days, You can hold them at this age for a few minutes a day. That will get them used to you. Then when they are fully weaned they will be easier to start training.

How many eggs does a budgie hatch usually. I had a pair I got around 1-2years old had 5 but I dropped 1 mistakenly and 4 are left 2 have hatched, rest should hatch within the next 2 days.

Depends how many eggs, I find my average pair has 6 eggs, 4 hatch. That is my average.

 

How long should you wait after the 18 days have gone if the eggs haven't hatched to get rid of them if they don't that is?

I wait till about 25-30 days. You could calculate it incorectly or count from when the eggs hatch and not when the eggs are incubated. I have got rid of an egg once that was 22 days old and it had a chick inside, its a terrible feeling.

 

Should you treat new baby budgies for anything?

If I breed them myself I dont treat them for anything. I worm them once they get older.

 

Does a budgie only bond to the same one and stay bonded? or can you pair it up with another one if you wish. that is one that has already paired up and bonded and you gotten eggs and then wanted to breed it with another will it bond with another still? or will it only then just bond with the one you had it with from now on?

I find that if you put cocks in one cage and hens in another, this breaks all bonds between the pairs. You can breed a hen with a cock 2 times in a year and they will bond closley, but next year if you switch pairs they will breed.

 

Also I got a disposable camera so I can take some decent pictures and post them. Well it will be a couple of weeks anyhow before I can get good ones as long as I don't frick them up.

Great thanks for the advice. by the way I tried a search on 'green sell' got 16 pages of results. thats what I mean that is no good the search feature is to dodgie. other then that this place is great.

Great thanks for the advice. by the way I tried a search on 'green sell' got 16 pages of results. thats what I mean that is no good the search feature is to dodgie. other then that this place is great.

 

I find that if you dont put somthing really close to the title of the thread your looking for in the search bar, thousands of things will come up.

Everybody should know from experience that green budgies are the least wanted budgie if you sell to petshops, they dont want them and they dont pay much for them. This being the case you are better off trying to hand tame the green budgies to sell privately and get your price.

Re search function....I dont recall any topics where the sale price of green budgies has been discussed so I see why you would get lots of topics come up.

Maybe with time you will become more familiar with how to find things on this forum and less inclined to think negatively about the features. Always remember the FAQ section as well.

I know how to use this site and its search feature. It don't matter what you search it lists way to many unrelated topics. As for the FAQ that is great. The search in there is better then the one in the forum. I think something needs to be done about the forum search, as you guys don't like people asking questions in the forum that have been answered and people are not going to like to search through pages of unrelated topics only to find that what there looking for isn't there. Or that it is there and it's listed on page 10 of search results.

 

Well I have paired up 5 pairs 8 green and 2 grey. the 2 grays are like females I think, these I just got they are sperated from the rest of my birds at the moment. Got like 150$ worth of vetafarm stuff coming tomorrow. So will start them on that on friday. I got a female green bonded with a make sky blue. Can't wait to see what I get out of them.

Edited February 4, 200916 yr by Dragonx

I know how to use this site and its search feature. It don't matter what you search it lists way to many unrelated topics. As for the FAQ that is great. The search in there is better then the one in the forum. I think something needs to be done about the forum search, as you guys don't like people asking questions in the forum that have been answered and people are not going to like to search through pages of unrelated topics only to find that what there looking for isn't there. Or that it is there and it's listed on page 10 of search results.

 

The forum is constantly upgraded to better it...perhaps your concerns should be forwarded by PM from you to The Netsta so he can factor it into any future changes he wishes to make

I find it strange that everyone says no one wants green budgies but all bar one of the budgie I have sold since i have started breeding where green! People breeding to show seem to want the green factor, people wanting pets want the green bubs. My pet pair do not produce green babies (well not very offen and even then they are not the standard green) so I am looking into getting another pair that might produce more green babies so I can move people off my waiting list.

I find it strange that everyone says no one wants green budgies but all bar one of the budgie I have sold since i have started breeding where green! People breeding to show seem to want the green factor, people wanting pets want the green bubs. My pet pair do not produce green babies (well not very offen and even then they are not the standard green) so I am looking into getting another pair that might produce more green babies so I can move people off my waiting list.

Petshops says they cant sell the green ones or the pretty colours sell first and all they get left with is the green ones so they only want pretty colours or they will pay nearly zero for the green ones. I dont sell to petshops...I did once, but no longer.

Edited February 4, 200916 yr by KAZ

I find the same with pet shops. They are a rip off when it comes to the breeder.

most pet shops here will purchase green budgies for about $2.50 - $3 tops. then the price slowly goes up until the grand maximum of $5 for a YF2 pied

no offence Kaz but I think thats aload of **** about the green factor. that pet shops don't want. I have been to tons of pet shops and see tons of green factors for sale. also at the markets to. maybe its just around your area.

no offence Kaz but I think thats aload of **** about the green factor. that pet shops don't want. I have been to tons of pet shops and see tons of green factors for sale. also at the markets to. maybe its just around your area.

 

 

Personally I find that green birds are the most common bird around my area, so their are lot more green birds for sale. I would pay the same for a green bird that I would for a blue bird. It depends on the buyers colour preference. Do you sell your birds to the pet shop dragonx? I've enquired to a few places and the most they pay is like $3 each. Then you see them advertised the next day for $60 handtamed rare budgies.

no offence Kaz but I think thats aload of **** about the green factor. that pet shops don't want. I have been to tons of pet shops and see tons of green factors for sale. also at the markets to. maybe its just around your area.

 

 

Personally I find that green birds are the most common bird around my area, so their are lot more green birds for sale. I would pay the same for a green bird that I would for a blue bird. It depends on the buyers colour preference. Do you sell your birds to the pet shop dragonx? I've enquired to a few places and the most they pay is like $3 each. Then you see them advertised the next day for $60 handtamed rare budgies.

 

I pop in and chat with the bird staff at the pet shop and they say the reason they have so many greens is because the other colours sell first. They get blues and greens in all the time, but since the blues sell first, the greens build up before they start to go down. Usually they sell once there are only greenbirds left (until more blues come in). The pet shop here buys all budgies for $12 each, sells them for $30 (pet type), $50 (show type) and $60 ('hand tamed' - which usually means wings are clipped lol).

$12 each that is good, that is more than I get selling them privately.

I think I could get from 20-40$ each for them because of the area I am in. I bought some at the markets last year in sep and they sold like hotcakes he had over 20 of them there and they all sold. I know of 1 breeder in the area and she is always selling out to.

no offence Kaz but I think thats aload of **** about the green factor. that pet shops don't want. I have been to tons of pet shops and see tons of green factors for sale. also at the markets to. maybe its just around your area.

 

 

You live where you do and I live in W.A. Different place different things happen. For instance we dont get a little as $2.50 upwards for our birds we get more than that when we sell them. If I was to get offered $5 for a bird, I wouldnt sell it to the petshop as I could sell it privately for at least $15 upwards. I value my time and effort and the birds more than $2.50 for a petshops higher profit margins.

Because you see tons of green birds for sale doesnt mean much, just that the pretty colours sell first. Its a fact. Every petshop here has green birds too, but you can be sure all the other colours sell before the green ones do.

Edited February 5, 200916 yr by KAZ

Since the pet shops sell pet types for $30, and show types for $50 and those are very rarely quality birds i sell my show stock birds quite easily for $35-40 dollars. Sold one this morning in fact. You get what you pay for really, and i know i have put time, effort a great amount of love and care into these birds which are beautifully coloured and natured.

 

I could sell them cheap and fast, but i dont breed like that so i dont sell like that. Everyone has commented that my aviary is well made and set out and clean. I guess it comes down to where you live and what you have to offer. I would sell a smaller or poorly coloured bird for less. As the saying goes, things are only worth what someone is willing to pay for them...

Edited February 6, 200916 yr by Dean_NZ