We have 2 lovely little tame boys that are my kids pets. They have both been regularly handled and tamed since we got them as babies, and Tom's budgie Charley is a particularly lovely boy. He's always happy, loves being handled, and does a few tricks....just an alround lovely temperment, and lovely colour and markings too (the blue/green one in my picture). I'd love to use him for breeding but I'm afraid that he may become less tame if we put him into a breeding cabinet with an untame hen. Has anyone tried this? How did it work out? Did your tame budgie even know what to do? LOL Was he/she still tame after breeding? Did you still regularly handle him/her whilst they were in the breeding cabinet? Would we be best to get a baby girl, tame her and raise her as a "pet" in the house with the boys... and then try breeding with 2 tame budgies when she's old enough?

Any advice would be much appreciated

 

 

I bred Marigold, but she wasn't overly tame. It helped with checking the chicks and cleaning though, as she didn't go into a full-blast panic when I approached.