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Post by animallover79 on Apr 27, 2008 2:33:28 GMT
I'm new here. Looking for some advice. I just put a nesting box in with my four peach face lovebirds & one pair have been spending a lot of time in there. I put straw on the bottom of the cage for nesting material. Can anybody offer any other suggestions on how to breed lovebirds. Any special things I might have to do or offer them. The other pair have been paying a lot of attention to the nesting box as well. So I might have to put another one in there for them to nest in. I don't want this pair to lay eggs and have the other hen come in and kill the young so she can take over the nest for herself. I'm not sure if lovebirds are like budgies and will kill for the same nesting box that another hen has claimed.
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Post by telmadee on Apr 27, 2008 8:42:44 GMT
Hiya I would definately put up another nest box, not too close to the origianl one though, its not worth the risk of the other hen trying to take over the nest and kill the chicks.
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Post by animallover79 on Apr 27, 2008 12:58:23 GMT
Thankyou for the good advice. I plan to put another nesting box in asap. Have been trying to breed lovebirds for months now so I would hate the pair in question to have chicks only to find the other hen has murdered them.
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Post by telmadee on Apr 28, 2008 6:26:02 GMT
you are very welcome. Never bred lovebirds myself but have bred budgies, and know how vicious some of the hens can be if they get clucky and jealous over the other boxes.
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Post by mueb on Apr 28, 2008 11:23:10 GMT
We used to breed lovebirds. You need to separate your two pairs unless you have a huge aviary for them as the territorial thing comes into it when breeding them and they WILL fight!. They need humidity within their nestbox so we use natural peat (from garden centres) in the bottom with coarse shavings on top. They also need willow twigs and branches in their cage/aviary so they can strip off the bark to make their own bit of nest in the box as well. You will see the female with bark strips tucked in her rump as she takes them into her nest - lovely to watch. Also they need extra calcium/vits etc at this time and introduction to eggfood (which they will feed their babies with).
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