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Post by buuzbee on Mar 20, 2008 15:55:46 GMT
Hey all, i came home yesterday to an egg in the bourke/turq. cage. I'm petty sure its from the bourke, not the turquoisene. my question, are their eggs a lot smaller than a budgie's? Look at the size difference. this is the first egg from her, so i dont know if its abnormally small! she's about 2 years old.
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Post by buuzbee on Mar 20, 2008 21:32:11 GMT
bump!
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Post by Berserka on Mar 21, 2008 10:12:46 GMT
Bourke eggs are on average a similar size to slightly bigger than a budgie's. When I had Turqs they never bred so I don't know what size theirs should be. Do you have boxes for them? Turqs I've been told can get aggro at breeding time so you'll need to separate the Bourkes if you want to breed them.
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Post by buuzbee on Mar 21, 2008 13:13:43 GMT
so this could be small just because its her first one maybe?
no boxes, didnt plan on breeding them yet, its still a bit too chilly at night. As of now, I havent seen any aggression, but they are in a pretty big flight cage, so hopefully it will stay that way. I dont have any extra cages right now, i have 3 hens pulled from the aviary that are going to kill themselves with all the eggs being dropped and fighting with each other!
Thanks for the reply Karen
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Post by Berserka on Mar 21, 2008 13:49:25 GMT
Hey, if the bourke is the one dropping the egg then it certainly isn't too early! They are pretty particular about when they will or won't breed and it won't be because you give them a nest box. Mine used to love to breed in the hottest part of the year when the coolest day was 32C. My last pair, the female has just laid an egg and we are in Autumn and the nights are getting cool. Silly girl!
They can lay a small egg at any time. I have had multiple clutch budgies lay eggs the size of a finch - eggs are always infertile for some reason.
One piece of advice my father gave me once when it's coming time for budgie breeding season and you don't want them to breed - divide the cage and put all the males in one side and all the females in the other.
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Post by buuzbee on Mar 21, 2008 20:12:51 GMT
One piece of advice my father gave me once when it's coming time for budgie breeding season and you don't want them to breed - divide the cage and put all the males in one side and all the females in the other. I was saying that to mr b about the aviary! the budgies are driving up the wall! I havent seen a small budgie egg yet, so was a bit concerned. There was a bigger egg on the bottom broken this am, so i guess it was a fluke egg! thanks karen!
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