Hi, i would like to know if it is possible to a male budgie to have two female partners? As my yellow face male(peachy) seems to be very sexually active with two of my other females budgies, they are all over a year old and both seems to be checking out nesting boxes.

I have heard of people 'sharing' males with two breeding females.

 

However I am unsure of the procedure and can't tell you much else about it

 

But yes it is possible

I'm not an experience breeder but from reading other breeder's post. Colony breeding is not advised. Breeding them in a breeding cage with only one pair per cage is recommended.

If you are colony breeding and the male has got two hens nesting, he will choose which hen to support...........he cant support and feed both indefinitely and the chicks as well. So one of those hens is going to be on her own and that will endanger her nest of chicks.

Colony breeding is not the best way to go about things.

 

Read this http://forums.budgiebreeders.asn.au/index.php?showtopic=28294&hl=

 

 

The term "sex addict" is a human invention. Budgies are not sex addicts as such. But when you breed them almost in a wild colony fashion their instincts will kick in and the cocks will try and reproduce as much as they can. In the wild, so much goes wrong that percentages of successful hatchings and fledgings are reduced. The more fertile eggs he can make the more chance of babies produced. The only difference here is aviary colony breeding isnt the same as colony breeding in the wild. There isnt the space to get away from the others and be safe from nest raids and other feral hens wanting the best nesting spot...hence why a lot of eggs and chicks get smashed and killed in our aviary colony breeding. We think we have made them safer than breeding in the wild..........safe from external predators ...YES. But not safe from each other. We have limited their territory.

Edited June 9, 201113 yr by **KAZ**

yes kaz is true and correct birds will actually kill each others nest in night or when a hen whom isnt being supported by a cock flys down to fed herself to beable to feed her chicks sometimes a hen will starve to death sitting on a nest to protect her eggs from being smashed and will not think about her actions as shes just doing as a good mother should in her eyes

how often have you forgotten to eat to help one your children with something or put off a cuppa to do something with them

 

only thing is the hens take to extrema as no one else will protect her nest while shes away mother bird will do anything for her chicks even if it meand her own death even fight to it

Just an update on my sex addict budgies 3 female partners in one avairy with one male, what can i say.. they can get along surprisingly have breed twice each female having 3 to 6 babies each clutch, it was interesting to see how strong the male was flying to each nest box and feeding each female. Ive given them a rest now.. so answer to my own question is yes one male can have more then on partner in a avairy and successfully breed without fighting.

Edited October 2, 201113 yr by Jetsbudgies

That's very interesting

In an unusual way...

That's very interesting

In an unusual way...

thats not worth experimenting or risking Taylor of cause its possible but its not good for the poor cock bird i feel sorry for the poor blight and i dont care how good he looks to jets its really not a good idea id like to see jet stuck in a house with three screaming women demanding food then the babys triplets demanding food all at same time every week from two weeks on yes mum helps fed youngsters but its actually the father whom feeds from two weeks on more so than mum so she can get streanth and condition back to re lay

when you dont allow this to happen and the hen has to feed as well as cock to supplement the chicks growth

your hens get exhausted and become usless quicker

hagged out as i call it

so

worked or not

not a responsible action to take

in my opinion

Okay Jetsbudgies, I will level with you.

 

The first year I had budgies, just about the time I discovered Show Budgies, I had a gabled patio aviary with a lovely Cobalt cock and 2 hens. I had already discovered he was a serial flirt and could never settle with one partner so I put the 3 of them in on their own with a double nest box.

 

All 3 raised a number of chicks (about 3 or 4 per nest) and there was no conflict or any problems.

 

This example is the exception to the rule which is why so many people on here are advising you against it.

 

I am not saying it is not possible, but it in your case with 3 hens, it is not advisable.

I agree. Just because you think it worked out fine this time doesnt mean it should on an ongoing basis. Quite frankly you are shortening the life of that cockbird dramatically by allowing him to proceed in this way.

 

For every hen and every extra chick he has to feed he gets less food into his own body. Many a cockbird has fed others to the exception of himself and died not long after of starvation or heart attack in the attempt to look after everyone but himself.

Edited October 3, 201113 yr by **KAZ**

I didn't mean I found it interesting as in I'd like to try it. Just that I've never heard of it happening before!

Did help feed the baby budgies by placing seeds and millet in there nest box when the baby had pin feathers. I Just wanted to know if it will work and it has, he's doing fine dont worry and i dont plan to breed with him again till probably next year. Ill get some pictures up soon of them if i get a chance.