Is there any birdkeepers out there?

Question

What birds have you got? Any favourites? Do you breed any kind?
I want to be an experienced birdkeeper i want to breed budgies.
Any Info?

Answer 1

So you want to be a budgie breeder, huh.... here's some info that'll get you started.

In the wild, budgies are colony nesters, meaning that groups of birds will nest very close together, each having their own private place. They do not build a nest by bringing material to it, instead choosing to hollow out a small area & lay eggs directly onto a hard surface. This nest could be in a hole in a tree – or in a crevice of a rock (or under the rock) or even in a hole in the ground.

Due to the fact that budgies are colony breeders, the results of breeding them may be better if you have more than one pair, so they can all see each other. This can be done with cages being near each other, or by putting the nest boxes up into the flight where they are normally kept. I used to keep my birds in a large flight and just take out 3 pairs at a time to put into a smaller flight, with 4 nest boxes hung. They would have plenty of room to fly and each pair would have a choice of nest box.

each of my babies were hand tamed and banded before they were 6 weeks old - the sooner the better. Solid Ring Banding was mandatory in California. From a petstore, there really is no difference. one has the split bands which can be removed. if you went to a serious breeder, they might band their birds which means they are show birds. If they are show birds and from a breeder, they would cost much more than petstore bird and perhaps of better breeding stock.

Answer 2

I have 3 cockatiels. I was going to breed them but then I got a puppy. I still like the birds, it's just that dogs have so much more personality as a pet. Budgies are cool because they can come in so many cool colors. I saw these pastel pink, yellow, and blue ones at a bird show. Try getting a cockatiel before getting more budgies. They are much more friendly and easier to train to talk. My male says a whole bunch of things and he whistles the prettiest tunes! There's this magazine called Bird Talk that you should get as a bird lover. They list upcoming shows in your area which is an excellent place to buy birds (much, much cheaper than pet stores). Good luck with whatever you do.

Answer 3

I have a pair of goffins cockatoos. Unintentionally, Boo is a boy and Swift is a girl.

They are noisy, destructive, and emotionally draining (luckily I usually find them chewing my stuff up extremely cute). I love them to death.

I am NOT going to intentionally breed them. Too big of a responsibility and I don't think I could let go of any potential babies considering all the cockatoo-abuse horror stories out there.

Budgies actually got me interested in parrots when I was about 12 :) I wanted to breed mine. I had a book which included a really precise and detailed chapter on genetics. It was really interesting about all the color variations and what breedings produce what.

I really like english budgies. The one I had was a far superior pet, and much more calm and easily trained than any smaller "american" budgie.

Good luck to you!

Answer 4

I have 20 cockatiels and counting, 2 quakers, 3 lovebirds, 4 english budgies and 6 parakeets. I have 4 aviaries out in my back yard and 2 bird rooms in my house, 1 of which is my cockatiel nursery.

Answer 5

ITYM 'are' there any bird keepers :0)
I keep several species of amazon parrot, green cheeked, maroon bellied, patagonian, red masked and mitred conures, quaker parrots, meyers, african greys, timnehs, ducorps and umbrella cockatoos, jardines,cockatiels,canaries and finches. I also keep and show poultry and have one of the largest colour selections of Dutch bantams in the UK.
I've kept birds for over 30 years.

Answer 6

i have got finches a pair sitting on eggs five kakariki's which are really sweet i would recommended them to anyone'a breeding pair of lovebirds who hae got four chicks and a nanday conure and i am getting some celestials next year

Answer 7

i used to raise birds, i started with cockatiels (1 pair) and slowly added to my flock, traded with other breeders to get new bloodlines and eventually ended up with about 50 pairs of breeders, build some nice large cages, find a shop that will
sell your babies for you, learn all you can about the birds
get some books, and go for it

Answer 8

I keep raptors. And I breed falcons and Golden eagles. We are currently working and hunting with gos hawks as well as the falcons and eagles.

Answer 9

hi i breed exhibit and judge budgerigars specialising in pieds,blues and spangles.
you want to buy some?
i keep about 200-300 at any one time

Answer 10

Chickens, doves & finches http://animal-world.com/encyclo/birds/finches/FinchProfile.htm