Hi thank you for taking the time to read my post I am new to the breeding scene and was hoping to have a little help. I have recently set myself up to breed budgies i have bought to males and 2 females from a well known breeder in town and he assured me that they are not related and they are very healthy.. I have put them in my avairy that has 2 seperate nesting boxes so the hens hopefully will take one without fighting over them.. so i was just wanting to know the signs of them being interested in each other because at the moment the 2 hens are happy doing there own thing and the males seem to be more into each other they do not look like they are fighting they seem to be flirting I suppose i am trying to say is that they do not seem interested at all in each other so i am not sure what to do next. i was really hoping to have one lot of babys before the cold weather my 2 daughters are very excited and cannot wait.. Any help and helpful hints will be much appreciated

thank you in advance

Nic ♥

Hi Nic and welcome.

A lot of things go into making healthy happy budgies and if a budgie is happy and healthy it will breed for you.

If they have a great space to fly.

If there is minimal stress condtions in the aviary.

If they are really healthy and on a great and varied diet including vegies.

Age is right....minimum 12 months of age no younger. Hens no older than 4 years.

 

Birds should be in optimum health before breeding and before nestboxes go in.

You have chosen the hardest way to breed by "colony breeding" in an aviary. Please read this....

http://forums.budgiebreeders.asn.au/faqs/i...lony%20breeding

It may help.

You will need twice as many nestboxes as you have pairs....so you need to add another 2 boxes. If your birds are too young, remove the nestboxes and wait till they grow some.

 

Tell us more

Hi Nic and welcome.

A lot of things go into making healthy happy budgies and if a budgie is happy and healthy it will breed for you.

If they have a great space to fly.

If there is minimal stress condtions in the aviary.

If they are really healthy and on a great and varied diet including vegies.

Age is right....minimum 12 months of age no younger. Hens no older than 4 years.

 

Birds should be in optimum health before breeding and before nestboxes go in.

You have chosen the hardest way to breed by "colony breeding" in an aviary. Please read this....

http://forums.budgiebreeders.asn.au/faqs/i...lony%20breeding

It may help.

You will need twice as many nestboxes as you have pairs....so you need to add another 2 boxes. If your birds are too young, remove the nestboxes and wait till they grow some.

 

Tell us more

 

 

They are all definatly in the age bracket and both of the hens cere in particular one is crusty which i was lead to beleive means they are ready for mating one of the males is darker than the other but i do beleive that the lighter one is younger as he is quite smaller BUT i did follow your link and did find the breeding information quite interesting i do have more than one avairy so i might seperate them and see how i go i did not realise the full extent of some complications of colony breeding and i do have plenty of room so that is not an issue thanks again for your help and i am very excited to learn and experience breeding. i am 100% commited and and cannot wait to learn more it is all so interesting and thanks to people like you it just makes it a whole lot more interesting and easier thankyou

Edited March 28, 200916 yr by KAZ

How old are your daughters? Are they old enough to get involved in caring for them? It will be an interesting experience for them to follow.

 

When I went and bought my first budgie, I took my twin sister and my 8 year old nephew along. Even though I was asking all the questions and calling all the shots, they kept giving me advice on how HE could care for the budgie.. hehe. Apparently people assume budgies are for kids

How old are your daughters? Are they old enough to get involved in caring for them? It will be an interesting experience for them to follow.

 

When I went and bought my first budgie, I took my twin sister and my 8 year old nephew along. Even though I was asking all the questions and calling all the shots, they kept giving me advice on how HE could care for the budgie.. hehe. Apparently people assume budgies are for kids

 

How cute children are just wonderful,, My eldest daughter is 7 and she is actually the main reaon i started all of this 2 years ago we had a budgie named "DORA" and she was just gorjuz she was all Yellow, pure she only had little white tuffs of feathers on her cheeks and breanna picked her out of about 100 budgies. Sadly she died still to this day not sure why and my daughter was heartbroken.. and ever since then has wanted another one. We have never been able to find one even similar to the colour of dora she was one in a million i just cant explain her beauty. So eventually i caved and went out and set up for more with the intentions of breeding and she is very excited and very gentle so she will be a great help.. My youngest daughter is 3 and she just loves them standing at the avairy just amazed as she was only little when we had dora, So i am hoping this will be a great experience for all of us and i think it is very educating as well..

They are all definatly in the age bracket and both of the hens cere in particular one is crusty which i was lead to beleive means they are ready for mating one of the males is darker than the other but i do beleive that the lighter one is younger as he is quite smaller BUT i did follow your link and did find the breeding information quite interesting i do have more than one avairy so i might seperate them and see how i go i did not realise the full extent of some complications of colony breeding and i do have plenty of room so that is not an issue thanks again for your help and i am very excited to learn and experience breeding. i am 100% commited and and cannot wait to learn more it is all so interesting and thanks to people like you it just makes it a whole lot more interesting and easier thankyou

When a hens cere is crusty and brown she may just be past that point of breeding condition and on her way down in condition especially if the brown is flaking off. Its when it a light brownish tan that she is going into condition that is a better time to put her down to breed.

 

 

PS Good to have you here

They are all definatly in the age bracket and both of the hens cere in particular one is crusty which i was lead to beleive means they are ready for mating one of the males is darker than the other but i do beleive that the lighter one is younger as he is quite smaller BUT i did follow your link and did find the breeding information quite interesting i do have more than one avairy so i might seperate them and see how i go i did not realise the full extent of some complications of colony breeding and i do have plenty of room so that is not an issue thanks again for your help and i am very excited to learn and experience breeding. i am 100% commited and and cannot wait to learn more it is all so interesting and thanks to people like you it just makes it a whole lot more interesting and easier thankyou

When a hens cere is crusty and brown she may just be past that point of breeding condition and on her way down in condition especially if the brown is flaking off. Its when it a light brownish tan that she is going into condition that is a better time to put her down to breed.

 

 

PS Good to have you here

 

Thanks i will watch her and if that is the case i will be visiting the so called breeder, sometimes i think if they can trick you they will and obviously i am an easy target.. thanks again and it is nice to be on here and thanks for all your help

Thanks i will watch her and if that is the case i will be visiting the so called breeder, sometimes i think if they can trick you they will and obviously i am an easy target.. thanks again and it is nice to be on here and thanks for all your help

 

I dont think the breeder has tried to trick you in any way. What the previous poster said about her coming out of breeding condition is natural, birds come and go into and out of condition regularly. My birds follow a 7 week cycle roughly, although i have two hens that seem to always have brown ceres, the rest go through cycles. Its natural.

 

You picked the hardest time of year to encourage breeding! Budgies will be more likely to breed when they are comfortable and familiar with their surroundings and eachother. It may take a month or so before your birds are comfortable enough to even consider breeding and by then it may be too cold and they may not want to! There are tons of factors, and always a bit of luck needed when it comes to breeding.

 

Best of luck! In the meantime, stick around and learn as much as you can! Its an awesome experience

Breeding and caring for Budgerigars is a fun and exciting time for children. They learn so much from the experience especially if it is done correctly.

 

Glad to have you as part of our forum. Please ask as many questions as you like.. We are all here to help.

Breeding condition is a bit like heats in dogs and menstrual cycles in people. They a primed for breeding and have a hormonal cycle.