Can someone let me know what budgies who are "courting" or are about to breed behave like? I don't know if Sylvester and Tweety are in the early stages or what? Tweety seems to be making nests in the food dishes. And Sylvester seems to be chasing her around a lot? They are still very young and are likely siblings so I'm hoping it is just play.

 

Here is Tweety in the food dish.

Edited February 21, 200619 yr by Shawna

It can be just play but budgies will start courtshp behaviour early in life.

 

The casing is a sign of courting. THe male will dah long the branch and touch beaks with the hen athen run away again. He will sing a lot to her. Both will groom each other. As the bond ets stronger she will take food from him and start to follow him from banch to branch. And the biggest sign to see is her dipping into a 'u' type shape inviting him to mount.

(Laughing out loud)...good luck Shawna!!!!!!...they would create wonderful babies!!!! Hows the new babies (Wylie and Taz) and how does everyone like their new H U G E cage?....(Laughing out loud)

 

So, the 'U' shape is only when the birds are very bonded? My pair never liked eachother until today, and she did the 'U' already to him but he didnt mount?...they never feed eachother, never preen eachother, and to be honest, today is the first day they seem to like eachother EVER!!!...Chico is 4, Ariel is 2 *i think around these ages...i lost track now*

 

Kirby

well then you got a special little lass that is ready to breed and want to do so NOW, with out bothering with all the other jazz.

K, so my case is special then?!?!...(Laughing out loud)

 

So what do you suggest nerwen for my curcumstances? They have been together alone in the bigger cage with the nest box for two days now, and they have only feed eachother once that i saw (for about 20 seconds), they sing A LOT to eachother, Ariel has been in the next box A LOT, her cere is starting to turn brown and crusty again, Chico is in his prime (VERY NEW, nice bright coloured feathers and nice pink cere...hes a recessve pied so his cere should be pink, (Laughing out loud)), and they are both good condition excpt Ariels cere is currently beige and not yet choclate brown. I really want babies, so im going to leave them alone together with the nest box, and see what happens. Is it common for the female to chase the male? Cuz Ariel chases him, but he only goes after her if she flies away from him like into the next box and then *** stick his head in the hole and sing more!!...HAHAHA..

 

Anyone?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?....i want babies!!!!!...(Laughing out loud)

Kirby

All this behaviour is normal.

I placed 2 pair into the breeding cages Saturday & 1 pair only talk to each other if she is in the box & the other pair the male flies away if the female goes up to him but chortles and beak bashes her when he goes up to her.

Another pair that have been together & have eggs, the hen's cere is only light brown in the middle & never goes all over dark brown.. Not all hens' ceres will go dark brown.

K..sry shawna....i just posted in my post under breeding help, called ' B R E E D I N G behavior....so we can carry on about ur birds not mine..(Laughing out loud)

 

(Laughing out loud)...shawna, i have no clue what she thinks she doing?..(Laughing out loud). Maybe just trying to be cool like that?..haha. Maybe shes scared of the new cage, or uptight about something, so shes trying to hide?!?!?!..(Laughing out loud)

 

So0o0o0o0o pretty though!!!!

 

Kirby

I didn't see the picture before. I have that same feeding bowl and my hen Freckle tryed to make a nest in it, while kicking out all the seed

 

I moved it down a bit in the cage and that stoped her for now, that was about three months back I think. If the are too young might have to split them up for about a week to break the bond that's forming. Of cuase one back together they will start bonding agian and you might have to continue this until they are old enough.

I didn't see the picture before. I have that same feeding bowl and my hen Freckle tryed to make a nest in it, while kicking out all the seed

 

I moved it down a bit in the cage and that stoped her for now, that was about three months back I think. If the are too young might have to split them up for about a week to break the bond that's forming. Of cuase one back together they will start bonding agian and you might have to continue this until they are old enough.

 

 

Since I've added the two other budgies the behaviour has stopped. I've seen Tweety crawl in the dish a few times, but she spends just as much time with the other two budgies. If necessary I can put a divider in the cage and separate them. Thanks everyone for your comments.