Forum: Budgie Breeding

It's been a while since I've posted here :o well here it is: One of my hens has started laying eggs again but earlier today I found that the egg was...

As I am just about to embark on my first budgie breeding session , I am pondering in what type of nest box to get and where from ,there seem to be so...

Hi just a question my hen with 5 chicks oldest is 22 days tomorrow and youngest is 15 days old tomorrow, ive noticed her cere is changing back as she...

Hey, Was just wondering if anybody could tell me what the outcome with the chicks are likley to be as i am still new to this....:) Thanks Jim

Does wide spectrum mean the same as full spectrum light? I was at wal-mart and they have a shop light that is labled "plant and aquarium" light and...

I have a couple of 4 week old parakeet that are eating seeds. But I have noticed they eat the whole seed, they are not leaving the husks behind. Is...

fast approaching my first breeding session fingers crossed , I have been gradually increasing the lighting duration for several weeks and its up to...

ok my hen is on her seconde round she has 10 eggs and 2 hatched so far they are 3 days and 2days old. she kept all the shavings in the nest box this...

i have been breeding budgies for ten years now, since i started just after xmas for this years young i feel i have had the worst start in ten years i...

Hi all its hard to decide wheather one of my chicks has splayed legs or not:confused: i have tried to keep the nestbox topped up with shavings but...

My 2 adult budgies, Marigold and Skye, have bred earlier this year and produced 4 healthy chicks. I was lucky and had no problems except when Skye...

Hi all just an update on my 6 chicks unfortunatley the 6th chick(youngest)i found dead this morning in the nestbox :( not too sure why maybe not...

One of the pair smashed it up. Any ideas why they would do this? silly birds.

Veronica, being the stubborn girl that she is decided to lay regardless of not having a nest box. After watching her lay the damn thing, I didn't...

i have 2 budgies but i didn't buy them at the same time and the one i bought 1st sometimes fights with other one(sometimes badly other times not too...

HI another question is it true, i read somewhere to get a dominant pied budgie chick you need a dominant pied cock and hen? Cos i got one from a...

We got our first Egg yesterday from the hen we expected to be last to lay. We've put 3 pairs down to breed so hopefully in a few weeks we will be...

Hi all moved my pair and their chicks earlier, i have posted in general talk under MOVED HOME NOW! i feel maybe the hen has abandoned the chicks as...