Budgie Breeding

May 29, 2014
My budgies (Lucky and Sparkle) are breeding. Lucky (male) is a green opaline budgie and Sparkle (female) is a dilute budgie. The first egg was laid on the 12/4/14 and the eggs are laid every other day. A total of five eggs were laid. The first egg hatched on the 30/4/14. The second egg hatched on the 5/5/14. The third egg hatched on the 7/5/14. The other two eggs did not hatch because they are infertile. The hatching interval is staggered because budgies incubate after the first egg is laid so that means the eggs hatch on different days. On average, it is about three weeks between the date of an egg being laid and that egg hatching. Once the eggs hatch, you would notice that the budgie is not that well developed. Budgies are altricial birds. This means that they are born blind, naked, can't walk and helpless, so they need the help of the parents. The birds get bigger very quickly. After two weeks, they will have functioning eyes and will have some down feathers. You will soon see what colours the young will be. After about six weeks, the budgies should fledge the nestbox, but they will still need another ten days with their parents outside the nestbox. The young will have completely black eyes and there would be barring on their crown and forehead. There cere (the bit above the beak) will be a pink or white colour. Pink will probably be a male, whilst white will probably be a female. After about twelve weeks, the cere will change colour. A blue cere would show that it is a male, whilst a brown cere would show that it is a female. This means they are now mature adult birds. I will have more updates on my budgies soon. Below, is some pictures of the young in the nestbox and the two parents.

 

What is aviculture?

May 11, 2014

Aviculture is the keeping and breeding of birds in captivity. We might do it for a hobby, for conservation purposes or to reasearch a certain bird species. Birds that are usually kept in aviculture are parrots, poultry and finches.

Budgerigars are the most domesticated birds in the world.


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I love bird watching in the UK and looking after budgies and cockatiels

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