I have 6 budgies in a outside aviary , 3 pairs l through, one pair has 4 eggs,then there are 2 females and 1 male with 3 eggs between them in different nest boxes, can a male budgie be the partner to 2 females and how long do they take to hatch, and finally do they sit on the eggs until hatched

Hi Bluefrog and welcome.

 

In colony breeding ANY male can mate with and fetilize the eggs of ANY female. Parentage is never guaranteed in this breeding system. Also hens don't necessarily mate before laying eggs so they can also lay infertile eggs.

 

Budgie eggs that have been continuously incubated take 18 days to hatch (give or take). Most hens will not sit on the first egg until she has laid the second and then usually she will be sitting on them almost continuously until they hatch and then for some time afterwards as the babies need to be brooded underneath the hen until they fledge (feather up).

Edited September 17, 200915 yr by nubbly5

Hello welcome. do you have nest boxes in your avairy?