breeding parakeets?

Question

I have two parakeets (a male and a female) and I was wondering what the conditions were to breed them....like should i get a nest stuff like that

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.
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