Someone I know has a small flock of budgies..Chippy, the only mature male..Mango, his daughter (about 5 months old), Bella, an unrelated female, and Willow and Sunset, Chippy's sons.

Now, I haven't seen this person in a while, but she was emailing me, keeping me updated on this huge aviary they were building. It just got finished and about two weeks ago all the birds were moved in. She emailed me yesterday saying this, and I need to know what I can advise her to do?

 

"Hi

Haven't e-mailed in a while, how's things?

Anyway, I'll get straight to the point, Mango has 3 fertile eggs and a fourth to young to tell. I had no idea until a couple of days ago when I went to feed them in the aviary and Mango never came to breakfast.

I found her sitting on the eggs and she is still laying, the weather forecast predicted storms so I brought them inside. My big problem is the eggs are Chippy's babies and that's not good, nor the fact that Mango has eggs at this age!

What should I do, I don't want to take the eggs away and kill the babies!?"

 

What should she do? This is a daughter and father mating, and the female is only 5 months old!

Any advice soon would be great, thanks.

Edited February 8, 201015 yr by Jen144

Did she put nestboxes in the aviary ?

I'm not sure, she didn't mention. She probably did..

I'm not sure, she didn't mention. She probably did..

If she did she has caused her own problem and caused an underaged bird to breed and not only that to breed with her father.

I know. And I've told her this. But assuming she didn't put in a nestbox (which I'll do until I hear otherwise) what should she do with the eggs and bird?

If these are pet budgies, don't worry, they'll be fine and will raise the chicks no problem. Budgies breed at 5 months in the wild all the time, its only us show breeders who want birds to mature and reach their full potential that frown upon it. Clearwing

Educate her or get her active on this forum.

Tell her about underaged birds shouldnt be in a space with nestboxes and they must have another aviary to grow on in without nestboxes.

Tell her about colony breeding.

Tell her about nestboxes creating an urge to breed.

tell her nestboxes are NOT needed as places to sleep.

Check what she has used on the floor of the aviary as a bird will nest in hay etc.

 

 

and lastly tell her we all do silly things when we first start and do not have enough knowledge.

Edited February 8, 201015 yr by KAZ

Educate her or get her active on this forum.

 

Is she already a member on here? I swear I've seen a member here talking about their birds with exactly the same names....

 

That said, some budgie names are bound to be common

I'm pretty sure she isn't a member here.

Thank you all, by the way. I've emailed her back (and will visit soon to check things out) telling her what she can do.

Edited February 8, 201015 yr by Jen144

If these are pet budgies, don't worry, they'll be fine and will raise the chicks no problem. Budgies breed at 5 months in the wild all the time, its only us show breeders who want birds to mature and reach their full potential that frown upon it. Clearwing

 

I'm sorry, but I completely disagree. Budgies in the wild and budgie in capitivity are very different. Breeding any budgie younger than 12 months old should not be done, pet or show. I know you are refering to the situation at hand, but we also must remember than many unexperienced people read these forums, and I hate to think that by reading your post that's it's okay to breed at 5 months.

 

But... back on topic, I agree with all Kaz has said.

If they hatch what will she do with them. Kaz, would they have any abnormal limbs or be weaker or something?

If they hatch what will she do with them. Kaz, would they have any abnormal limbs or be weaker or something?

Possibly but you have to look at it like ....if there are hidden health issues inherited by the dad and the daughter also inherited some of these issues then by breeding the two you double up in a potential problem. You would have to know whats being carried in the family line.............good or bad.

Honestly , there will be no problems with the chicks.

But at the end of the day , give her your advice and leave it at that , she will do what she wants by the sounds of it.

Honestly , there will be no problems with the chicks.

But at the end of the day , give her your advice and leave it at that , she will do what she wants by the sounds of it.

Quite frankly we dont truly know if there will be a problem with the chicks. To know that you would need to know the birds and their family line and still cross fingers.

Inheriting a problem or not may be the least of her problems. She is hoping a 5 month old baby will be a good mother.

And Matt is right. She most likely will proceed anyway.

I hope everything works out okay