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Post by matthaismouse on Aug 30, 2007 22:15:59 GMT
Hello everyone. I have one budgie at the moment as a pet but i am very interested in starting to breed them.
I was wondering if some one could tell me the answers to my questions.
1) Can budgies breed indoors?
2) how big should the cage be?
3) How big should the nest box be?
4) what food should be given in addition for added calcium and things like that?
5) can they be kept in the same room as my pet bird?
all help appreciated. thankyou.
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Post by shell on Aug 30, 2007 23:09:12 GMT
Hello everyone. I have one budgie at the moment as a pet but i am very interested in starting to breed them. I was wondering if some one could tell me the answers to my questions. 1) Can budgies breed indoors? 2) how big should the cage be? 3) How big should the nest box be? 4) what food should be given in addition for added calcium and things like that? 5) can they be kept in the same room as my pet bird? all help appreciated. thankyou. hi 1~yes budgies can be breed indoors 2~a good size as their would be 2 birds and babies later 3~normal size nesting box some boxs you can have on the side of the cage 4~vegi`s friut ect 5~yes you could keep in the same room hope this helps shell |
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Post by matthaismouse on Aug 31, 2007 10:18:54 GMT
thanks for that. short and sweet lol.
i may be going to stafford bird show and buying a pair to breed.
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Post by Berserka on Aug 31, 2007 12:12:35 GMT
Be warned that your pet bird may annoy them a bit and/or become jealous - especially when babies come along.
Male and Female budgies ideally should be at least 1 year old before breeding - they can and do breed earlier but are too immature physically & mentally.
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Post by matthaismouse on Sept 2, 2007 9:48:56 GMT
ok thnaks for that karen. i have read many places that female budgies under 1 year normally become egg bound and die as they cant cope with laying.
Also I cant get to stafford so ill have to find another way of getting a breeding pair if I am going to start breeding.
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Post by Admin on Sept 2, 2007 14:17:01 GMT
if you are going to "shop buy" try to get one from each shop, this will decrease the possibility of inbreeding as shops usually only use a maximum of 1 or 2 breeders to get their stock from  |
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Post by matthaismouse on Sept 17, 2007 15:03:19 GMT
hey everyone i now apparently have a male and female. they are both my pet budgies so would they still breed?
booby has a dark brown cere. where as kiki has a pinky blue cere. am i right that bobby is female and kiki is male?
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Post by Berserka on Sept 22, 2007 11:16:55 GMT
Sounds right.
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Post by lilk922 on Sept 2, 2008 23:20:57 GMT
I have two budgies Kevin has a bluish purple cere and Lindsay has a pinkish cere and i want to know if Kevin is a male and Lindsay is a female
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Post by Berserka on Sept 3, 2008 0:45:57 GMT
Sounds like they might both be male. Recessive Pied males cere's will vary between fleshy pink and purplish.
Can you get a picture of their cere's for us?
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Post by lilk922 on Sept 3, 2008 12:49:04 GMT
here is a picture of both of them  |
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Post by laurie on Sept 3, 2008 13:58:33 GMT
 ohhhhh they are just beautiful!!  I fixed your picture so it displays with your message ;D
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Post by Liz on Sept 3, 2008 16:52:26 GMT
They are lovely! That's a neat pose too. I'm pretty sure they are both male actually. Lindsay I'm more sure on. |
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Post by lilk922 on Sept 3, 2008 21:36:54 GMT
ok so both are male and a female should have a brown cere right |
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Post by Berserka on Sept 3, 2008 22:02:41 GMT
Adult females will have a brown cere.
I can't confirm 100% with the blue bird as the baby bars are still visible, the shape of it's skull would suggest female but it still has growing to do so sorry I won't make a judgement yet on your blue baby.
The budgie in my signature - her name is Boris. Up until her adult moult her cere was a similar colour and I was convinced she was a boy.
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