i don't put rings on my budgies they are only going to be pets. its just that i have lost 2 budgies now because the ring rubed to much on the leg it got infected and i did not see it as it was under the ring. and i don't feel comfortable putting a ring on a baby bird as i am scared i will hurt it

 

Sarah

I don't use rings either, and I breed finches. The main purpose of rings, for the hobby breeder, is to enable you to know the relationships between birds, and not interbreed. If you have a surefire way of doing this without rings, then I don't have a problem with it.

A lot of breeders don't use rings, i think if you have no troubles remembering all your birds parents and stuff then there's no need for rings...especially if you're not going to show them.

Thanks that makes me feel a lot better. i keep records of the birds i have bred in a excel spread sheet

Sarah

See, that's one step better than me. I keep all m records in my head.

i don't use rings either but what i am going to do is i am only keeping babies that are hens and selling the cocks so that i don't have any chances of my birds interbreeding and then it gives me a chance to still go baby shopping

see i need more males than females as the girls out number the guys and some of them are to old to breed now

Sarah

i am the opposite to you most of my birds are males and i was hoping when they had babies i would get some females but it's not turning out that way

Just for interest, does anyone know if the temperature the eggs are incubated at has any bearing on the sex of the bird? I know it does with crocodiles, and with chickens I think it is the humidity that decides the sex, and I'm sure it does with other eggs. Just was interested.

I'm not sure but in all the batches i've had the first baby has been a boy and there's been 1 girl in each batch. Just some odd facts i think.

I'll use rings. I'll keep records on my comp, but the rings are a backup. If I have a budgie with a problem, I'll remove it.

I don't think budgies with problems are all that common, are they?