Hey guys!!!...just me Kirby bugging ya for more info..(Laughing out loud)

 

As many of you know, i am the proud owner of a yellow faced, recessive blue pied type 2, a cinnamon pied blue, a sky blue, white faced type 1 and a yellow faced blue type 1...which are al beautiful!!! And i have wanted to breed the yellow faced blue male with my cinnamon pied female...then my recessive yellow pied with my skyblue female once shes old enough....my question is this, i have heard most people switch the pairs of budgies like every month...and they birds breed like right away!!!..after in introduction! I thought they normally take like 3 years of constant love to breed, btu i didnt know one can just plop a new male bird into the cage, let him father a clutch, then swipe him with another male once the female is ready to re-breed!!!.....I have breed numerous other clutches before...and they didnt even mate the first time for like 3 years!...and they were my only pair so they were religious together.....!!! So, i was wondering that when i build my aviary which will be 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 7 feet tal...if i should borrow a few of my freind dads breeding budgies to breed with my existing flock..then swipe birds every couple of months...to get different gened birds..so no inbreeding occurs! I will have th aviary open like a flight..then probably build 2-3 breeding cages out of half inch wire, and malimine board.....Would that be fine..then once the babies are grown up..release them into the aviary, and switch one of the adults with a new one...???..or is it a bad idea???

 

This set up would be like Bea's set up...with breeding cages and the main flight cage....then i also might handrear a selected baby in summer time as i definatley cannot during school time!!!

 

ps-should i divide the aviary into half....and make the safety door/food storage area between both of the flights which will be 4 feet wide, by 3 feet long and 7 feet tall each?..with the 2 foot wide, and 4 foot long safety door dividing the flights..so i can walk into the middle of the aviary..shut the outside door, then open the left or right aviary cage door....so i have no escapees??? This was i can have different birds divided (such as babies to adults, english to american, brother to sister, or breeding to non-breeding and have a breeding colony instead of breeding boxes???...????)

 

Thx guys..sry for long message...(Laughing out loud)

 

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Anyone???....

 

please????...(Laughing out loud)

 

bye

Kirby

 

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Anyone????...

 

not even Nerwen or Lin or Bec or Lovey...im heartbroken..(Laughing out loud)

 

Bye

Kirby, sorry, I really can't help. I don't breed on a large scale, which is what you are talking about, and aviaries aren't my area of knowledge at all. Umm, Hommer should be on soon, he comes on infrequently, but he is about the only one I can think of who breeds on the scale you are talking about

Edited January 15, 200619 yr by Lin

Hey guys!!!...just me Kirby bugging ya for more info..lol

 

As many of you know, i am the proud owner of a yellow faced, recessive blue pied type 2, a cinnamon pied blue, a sky blue, white faced type 1 and a yellow faced blue type 1...which are al beautiful!!! And i have wanted to breed the yellow faced blue male with my cinnamon pied female...then my recessive yellow pied with my skyblue female once shes old enough....my question is this, i have heard most people switch the pairs of budgies like every month...and they birds breed like right away!!!..after in introduction! I thought they normally take like 3 years of constant love to breed, btu i didnt know one can just plop a new male bird into the cage, let him father a clutch, then swipe him with another male once the female is ready to re-breed!!!.....I have breed numerous other clutches before...and they didnt even mate the first time for like 3 years!...and they were my only pair so they were religious together.....!!! So, i was wondering that when i build my aviary which will be 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 7 feet tal...if i should borrow a few of my freind dads breeding budgies to breed with my existing flock..then swipe birds every couple of months...to get different gened birds..so no inbreeding occurs! I will have th aviary open like a flight..then probably build 2-3 breeding cages out of half inch wire, and malimine board.....Would that be fine..then once the babies are grown up..release them into the aviary, and switch one of the adults with a new one...???..or is it a bad idea???

 

Hi Kirby,

 

Budgies have a memory of about 7 days. If you split your pairs for that period and then reintroduce a new mate to your female, she may accept him. Budgies are a bit of a breeding machine. (as some of us know...Phoebe )

 

Introducing new genes in a good idea but make sure you quarantine them for 30 - 45 days. You don't want any nasty buggs being introduced into your flock.

 

Your aviary sounds good. I prefer closed breeding so that I don't have trouble with other females.

 

 

 

I also keep the babies in a different cage for a month before going into the main aviary. You can check to see if they are eating and drinking by themselves.

 

 

 

Hey guys!!!...just me Kirby bugging ya for more info..lol

 

This set up would be like Bea's set up...with breeding cages and the main flight cage....then i also might handrear a selected baby in summer time as i definatley cannot during school time!!!

 

ps-should i divide the aviary into half....and make the safety door/food storage area between both of the flights which will be 4 feet wide, by 3 feet long and 7 feet tall each?..with the 2 foot wide, and 4 foot long safety door dividing the flights..so i can walk into the middle of the aviary..shut the outside door, then open the left or right aviary cage door....so i have no escapees??? This was i can have different birds divided (such as babies to adults, english to american, brother to sister, or breeding to non-breeding and have a breeding colony instead of breeding boxes???...????)

 

Thx guys..sry for long message...lol :hap:

 

Sounds like a great set up.

 

If you want a hand reared chick you don't have to go to the trouble of feeding it. Just take it from the nest and play with him for 15mins every day from the age of 20 days. He will adjust to you and when fledge play with him for 30mins in the morning and night.

sorry Kirby didn't see this before.

 

I love the idea of the aviary split in half, a great safty idea there with the walk way between.

 

And yes swaping bugies (kinda) as you said works. I would guess the only reson it took your pair so long before would be that they were alone. The sound of other budgie stimuate the wish to breed more since they are flock birds. Also the condition and age might have been factors. But as daz said you would want to know the bird your were 'borrowing' were clear of disease, with quarantine and/or trips to the vet.

Sounds like you have all your questions answered