okay I went to a friends house...... and was admiring their two hens. They came over and said that for some reason her budgies wouldn't breed. I told them why.

1. They had two hens.

2. One was 3-4 months.

3. They had a finch nest.

4. It was cluttered with toys.

5. They had building going on around the house.

 

I asked them how long they had had the birds, and they told me two weeks ! When I told them they had two females, they rushed off to the petshop to get a male. I picked out a male for them, they asked me to. Thank god they have a quarrantine cage. They said if they didn't have chicks in two weeks they'd blame me so I pointed out that they would have to have a few months settling in and would have to be in breeding condition.They obviously didn't know anything about breeding as they'd only kept budgies for a few months. I am worried . I will try to convince them to join the forum but may need some help.

Maybe they saw the Dr Harry video and thought it was a good idea

I think you need to spend some time with them and have a very good chat Ratzy Do you have a book you can lend them in the meantime ? What part do the friend's parents play in these decisions ?

Edited March 31, 201015 yr by KAZ

My friends parents were the one who had the idea of breeding and wanted to get the male budgie. No, I don't have a book, but I know I researched for more than a year befor eMarigold and Skye had their clutch on the internet, found a really useful site. Trouble is that the friends live a really long way away and we only see them every few months. Maybe I should ask mum if they can come here and see my setup.

what!. yeh try to get them on this forum that way they can learn lots of usefull information. ive book looking around this forum since augest 2009 even though ive only just joined recently and i dont even have my budgie yet *everyone says im obsessed I say im preparing LOL*

I'll try.