advice on budgies?

Question

i have 2 budgies in an avairy and breading boxes and everything in there...but i am confused as one month one of my budgies will look as if its a female and then the next a male so wondering what to do cause i really them to breed..and ive been waiting for like 6 months now....thanks for any advuce :D

Answer 1

Please! Remove the nest boxes in the aviary until you do your research.

Go to the book store and purchase a book on how to raise and breed budgies.

Go to the vet and learn how to properly handfeed, just in case they toss or abandon the chicks.

Find buyers for any and all chicks that hatch, before you let them breed. There are LOTS of birds out there due to overbreeding that are in need of homes.

Why do you want to breed? Is it to better the species, or because you think they need to? Do you know the background of both birds? Did their parents have any problems? Are your birds on a good breeding diet? Do they have enough calcium to prevent eggbinding? Do they have fresh foods offered daily?

If you cannot answer all of those questions, then I would not breed. If they are not on a good breeding diet, pellets, fresh foods, and very little seed, you may loose one of your birds during the breeding, or have chicks that are sickly.

Answer 2

Many parakeets ceres change and for the most part with sexual maturity comes their true sexual identity. Brown cere for female and blue for male. I would know for sure at about the age of 1 year. Good luck and may you succeed. Have a tweet year.