Breeding budgies is easy, as long as the proper environment and housing are provided. Budgies normally breed best in the spring and early summer. There are two ways to breed your bird: selective cage breeding or colony breeding.
Breeding
budgies is easy, as long as the proper environment and housing are
provided. Budgies normally breed best in the spring and early summer.
There are two ways to breed your bird: selective cage breeding or colony
breeding.
Selective cage breeding involves a single cage with one pair of birds
per cage. This way, the father of the newborns is assured and you can
attempt to pass on specific positive traits. Once the birds are placed
together in a cage, a budgie nest box is attached. These nest boxes are
available in many different styles at pet stores. It is very important
that a nest block is also available. This is a piece of wood with a
concave section carved out, in which the hen can lay her eggs. Without
proper housing and nest boxes, budgie breeding is difficult, if not
impossible.
The other breeding method is colony breeding. This type of breeding is
best done in an aviary. Several pairs of birds are put together and
multiple nest boxes with nest blocks are placed throughout the aviary.
In this situation, the birds are allowed to choose their own partner and
the father of the babies is not easy to determine. This type of breeding
is closer to natural breeding but requires a significant devotion to the
breed. An aviary can take a lot of time and effort and much thought and
preparation should be done prior to establishing an aviary in your home.
Regardless of the method used, clutch size is normally about five eggs
that hatch about 18 days from the time the hen starts sitting on the
eggs. The female incubates the eggs and handles most of the feeding of
newborns until they are weaned.
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