I have a male budgie named Sunny Boy and I would love to breed him but I do not want to buy another bird, I want one of Sunny's offspring . I was thinking that a lady that lives on my street has about 5 budgies that maybe I can approach her and have Sunny Boy breed with one of her females and I would keep one of the babies and she could sell or keep the rest.

 

Has anyone ever done this? Is it a bad idea to do or is it okay. My only concern is that Sunny might get attached to this lady's bird and be upset when she goes back to her owner even though he will have his son or daughter to keep him company.

 

Any comments would be appreciated.

I have a male budgie named Sunny Boy and I would love to breed him but I do not want to buy another bird, I want one of Sunny's offspring . I was thinking that a lady that lives on my street has about 5 budgies that maybe I can approach her and have Sunny Boy breed with one of her females and I would keep one of the babies and she could sell or keep the rest.

 

Has anyone ever done this? Is it a bad idea to do or is it okay. My only concern is that Sunny might get attached to this lady's bird and be upset when she goes back to her owner even though he will have his son or daughter to keep him company.

 

Any comments would be appreciated.

 

 

This is called bording or Stud Breeding.

 

Pros and Cons

 

Pros.

• You don't have to worry about seting up the breeding if the other person is a breeder.
  
• If you are only wanting one bird you can arrange to others as payment.
  
• Low Cost.
  
• Mutual Benifit.
  

Cons

• Your bird will be open to any desease that the other aviary has.
  
• You will be with out your bird from between 3 weeks to 3 months.
  
• There is no garentees that it will work.
  

Don't worry about your bird getting attached to the other bird. Bonds can be broken in 7 days.

 

Your bird will not treat the Chick as a son or daughter but as another bird.

Thanks daz, I have alot to think about now. I do not want to be without my bird for that long and I certainly do not want my bird contracting any diseases from the other birds.

 

Thanks again for the pros and cons

Kaykay

 

The time line will be from setting your bird with the female.

 

9 to 14 days for the first egg. (if she lays)

18 -19 nineteen days for incubation this usuallay starts when the second egg is laid. two days after the first.

34 days for the chick to fledge. Sunny should be feeding botht the hen and the chicks.

10 days for the chicks to settle before you remove one to take it and sonny home.

 

Thats. 77 days.

 

If by the 21st days from setting no egg. Sonny should be taken home for a week and then retried.

 

The safer way is (and if agreed by the other party) you bord the female and buy or borrow a "Clean" breeding box.

Quarrentine the female for 45 days. (see the link for quarentine in my signature) then pair sonny and the female up as above. (Learn and ask heaps regarding breeding while you wait for the eggs and hopefully the chicks.,)