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junetta

30-01-2007 00:54

Budgies

Does anyone know anything about the breeding of budgies? Apart from the obvious that is.

My two have never been near their nesting box in the couple of years I've had them but during the last week or so they've moved in. I'm having a quiet panic now as I know nothing about the process.

Do I feed them special food? What do they need in the box for nesting?

HELP!!

panther

30-01-2007 19:49

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try this site :D ............. http://www.budgerigars.co.uk/breeding/dos.html

slinky

30-01-2007 20:03

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Originally Posted by junetta (Post 376550)

Hahaha that brought back memories. My dad used to breed budgies (( I don't know all the in's and out's of it though)) He used to be as proud as punch when he got a baby!! I think he was more proud of them than us lol.

WillowTheWhisp

30-01-2007 20:04

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Oooh good luck with them Junetta. I hope they are succesful.

junetta

30-01-2007 21:02

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Thanks Panther and thanks to Jen for her pm. I've checked the budgie sites and even joined a forum but it all seems a little bit clinical. I was hoping for someone like Slinky's Dad, who could give me proper advice.

No eggs yet, so I have a bit of time. I'm dead excited though!!

Keep you up to date xx

slinky

30-01-2007 21:28

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Originally Posted by junetta (Post 377034)

well no chance of my dad giving you any handy tips......you're dead excited and he's just DEAD sooooo hey ho... :o

WillowTheWhisp

30-01-2007 22:04

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I once went out with a lad in Clitheroe who bred budgies and canaries - but that was several decades ago.

junetta

31-01-2007 23:08

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I keep putting my big foot into it lately.

Sorry Slinky xx

garinda

31-01-2007 23:15

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You have sexed them?

The male has a lighter beak.;)

junetta

31-01-2007 23:23

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Thanks Rindy. I'm sure that they are male and female and I reckon that it's a matter of time.

I'm just impatient as I'm so looking forward to it.

garinda

31-01-2007 23:26

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Originally Posted by junetta (Post 377745)

Thanks Rindy. I'm sure that they are male and female and I reckon that it's a matter of time.

I'm just impatient as I'm so looking forward to it.

Show them this then.

It might help them get in the 'mood'.:D

Dan Casanova

31-01-2007 23:29

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How do budgies have sex anyway?
I have a budgie.
It pecks me.
I do not like it very much.
It's rubbish.

garinda

31-01-2007 23:31

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If there isn't room to join the mile high club, there is always the old missionary position.;)

Tinkerbelle

31-01-2007 23:31

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LOL Rind!

As already mentioned June, he can't but given half the chance our dad would have taken great pleasure in giving you the low down on breeding budgies. He also bred finches,

I can't remember him doing anything different, changing their food etc. I think he just left them to get on with it.

Good luck hope you've got some eggs very soon :)

Dan Casanova

31-01-2007 23:32

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Originally Posted by junetta (Post 376550)

Oh yeah, here's my tip!...

Always use protection. :)

garinda

31-01-2007 23:33

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Originally Posted by Dan Casanova (Post 377748)

How do budgies have sex anyway?
I have a budgie.
It pecks me.
I do not like it very much.
It's rubbish.

I think the Govenor of Kirkham prison is very kind letting you have any pets at all.:D

Dan Casanova

31-01-2007 23:36

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Aw, no I love him really. I also have to guinea pigs which I love to bits. And there's this black kitten owned by a lady across the road, who leaves it out at night and in the rain etc. Nasty lady!

It likes me - I want it :(

armani

05-02-2007 11:15

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are you breeding guinea pigs by any chance im after a couple:Banane59:

jambutty

06-02-2007 12:10

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Originally Posted by junetta (Post 377745)

Thanks Rindy. I'm sure that they are male and female and I reckon that it's a matter of time.

I'm just impatient as I'm so looking forward to it.

Gay budgies? That has to be a first!

garinda

06-02-2007 14:30

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Originally Posted by jambutty (Post 379843)

Gay budgies? That has to be a first!

I take it you are a townie, and have never lived on a farm?

It happens quite a lot in nature, and throughout the animal kingdom. It is a bit upsetting when you've forked out a small fortune for a prize bull, only for it to be more interested in 'playing' horsey, or bully I suppose, with other bulls.:D

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_...exual_behavior

jambutty

06-02-2007 16:27

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Yup! I’m a townie if that’s what you want to call it.

The nearest I’ve got to a farm is my aunty’s farm, which was more of an orchard than a ‘real’ farm. And my granny kept chickens, ducks and geese in a rather large back yard, plus a vegetable and fruit garden that was even larger.

garinda

06-02-2007 22:32

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Originally Posted by jambutty (Post 379911)

Give, give, give that's me.

If I had a spare $125. I'd buy you this book, to further educate you in the ways of the world.;)

http://www.cambridge.org/us/catalogu...sbn=0521864461

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