Posted December 8, 201014 yr Hello! I'm new here to Budgie Breeders forums, but I hope to fit in here. Much like others, I have a passion for budgies. I have owned four others before the two I have now, and they all had a very healthy, happy life. I got my newest female, a yellowface named Skeeter, two years ago on my birthday. We moved her in with my other green MALE budgie, Patrick, and late November this year she laid an egg. Oh I was excited! Few more weeks later and she had 5 more eggs. A whole clutch of 6 eggs! It seemed to me that life couldn't get any better; my life-long dream was to raise a budgie from an egg. But, a couple nights ago, me and my mom went upstairs to candle the eggs. We disinfected our hands and put gloves on, and picked up the first egg. I didn't number them, so I couldn't be sure if it was the first. But, it's the first egg we candled. By the looks of it, this egg was infertile. We set it back down into the nestbox. Five eggs later. They were all infertile. She already kicked aside one egg. I wonder when she will finally realize when they are all infertile... But hey! There's next year, right? Budgies can lay eggs every year, I heard. So, even though they aren't fertile this time, there's still another chance. I love budgies with all my heart and hope to find a job when I grow up raising show budgies. <3 them forever! And please don't ignore me because of my age... people say that I act mature for it, as well.
December 8, 201014 yr Welcome to the forum. Glad you're enjoying your birds and that you have your parents support.
December 9, 201014 yr Hi and welcome Some advice. Throw away the eggs. You dont need to wait till she decides they are infertile. And since she laid them over a few weeks instead of the 9-10 days it should have taken it seems irregular anyway. To hope to find a job when I grow up raising show budgies. There are no jobs raising show budgies. Its something you do for yourself if you have an interest in them and a good aviary and place to keep them and breed them. And please don't ignore me because of my age... people say that I act mature for it, as well. We dont know your age Edited December 9, 201014 yr by **KAZ**
December 9, 201014 yr Author OOOH. I thought that this forum showed that. I've been on some that do. I'll just say I'm a new teen. And, I will throw away the eggs, tomorrow. It's getting pretty late and my birdies are probably asleep right now. And yes, it is very nice that I have my parents' support. Next year, for my birthday/Christmas, I'm going to ask to get a small aviary for my backyard and three more budgies to put in there for my current ones. I have to start small because, you know, school gets harder as you go up each grade level and pets are a big responsibility. Actually, the last one was just laid about 4-5 days ago, I believe. It's been, about 2 weeks since the first one, I meant. Sorry. Sometimes I have trouble explaining. Thanks for the warm welcome!
December 10, 201014 yr Hi Ciana, and welcome I'm newish too...only been on here a few weeks, and have been absorbing as much information as possible....these people on this forum are GREAT! They are a wealth of information and support and truly love their birds. I owned budgies as a teen, loved them all and learned so much about bird care and basic genetics. It actually helped when i started biology later in high school... at least i knew about recessive and dominate genes! LOL Now as a parent, i'm rediscovering my love for budgies through my 11yo son.... we started with a hand tamed baby for his birthday early this year, and now own a total of 6 budgies. Four of them are in a smallish patio aviary and we're hoping they might start to begin breeding sometime soon. Have fun, and good luck, and learn all you can
December 11, 201014 yr Hello and Welcome. I actually have a job looking after someones exhibition birds. I am his aviary assistant. I feed, water, ring and clean a bit, and mostly make sure all is well and all birds are looking healthy. Some times when he is away I know more about his birds than he does lol. And what's good about it, is I am learning more and I get heaps of help and I get paid for it. It's actually a good job.
