Parakeets?

Question

I have two parakeets that I got from a friend that raised them as young birds.. She gave me a Female and a male.. So I was just wondering if it's possible for them to have Babies, or is it different with birds that they don't breed As easily?

Answer 1

If you really want to breed, wait at least 1 1/2 years. These birds sound like they are still babies, and that is not medically a safe time to let them attempt to breed. They will need to mature, be put on a good BREEDING diet, not seeds that is birdie junk food. Also, make sure that they are not related!!! If you breed birds that are related the chicks will either be severly damaged genetically or will not survive at all.

YOU will need to do LOTS of work and research.
If your birds abandon the chicks or refuse to feed, you will have to step in and feed the chicks. This is AROUND THE CLOCK. They would then need to be in a brooder so they could digest their food properly, otherwise they will die. If they are handfed incorrectly, they can die a very slow, painful death from crop burn, slow crop, pneumonia, or infection.

I'll go into a short list of things that you as a responsible person will need to do before allowing your birds to breed.

First, do not put the nest box in the cage 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. They can also help you out if your hen becomes eggbound. This can be and is usually fatal if not treated immediently.

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, most are cockatiels and budgies (parakeets) due to the ease of breeding these birds.

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.

Here is another good resource for breeding birds.
http://www.budgieplace.com/breeding.html

Answer 2

In my adventure, parakeets do extra ideal in even numbers with an equivalent male to woman ratio so as that they might style pairs. in case you already know your parakeets gender, attempt purely getting between the different gender. objective for comparable length and age if in any respect possible. And confident, in case you probably did no longer improve the cage, the unique parakeet would sense that his area is being intruded upon. Get a sparkling, extra desirable cage, and introduce the hot and unique parakeet to it on an identical time. there may well be some bickering in the commencing up, yet except there is truthfully harm being carried out, enable them to establish themselves earlier you do something. although, if every person is being somewhat aggressive and harming the different, separate them on the instant.

Answer 3

Well if you got them from the same person, at the same time then there probably bro and sis. You should NOT breed siblings together! but if there not siblings then go to a search engine and type in breeding parakeets.

Answer 4

If you have a male and a female' it is possible they will lay eggs and have chicks.

You will have to provide them with a nestbox.

Answer 5

they need a breeding box and supplimentary feeding. dont breed them if they are related because the babies wont be healthy..