Bird lovers, including budgerigars, strive to ensure that their pets not only live in good conditions, but also give strong healthy offspring. Breeding budgies at home is very troublesome. But, with a desire and some diligence, your feathered friends will be able to give birth to wonderful chicks that will delight you with their presence.
It is necessary
Nest box, sawdust, chamomile flowers
Instructions
Step 1
So, the first and necessary condition is the choice of the future "dad" and "mom". Remember to mate when birds are healthy and mobile. Weak parents can only produce unhealthy offspring. Birds should be well-fed, but not overly fed. The most optimal age, ideal for breeding, is from one to four years.
Step 2
The second and no less important condition is the selection of a pair. Male and female should know each other well, they should have mutual sympathy. Watch your pets. As a rule, a loving couple is constantly together, and the male and the female easily distinguish each other among other parrots. Having chosen a partner for himself, the male actively looks after her, cleans feathers and feeds from the beak, and the "lady" takes courtship. Don't make a pair artificially. If the birds do not accept each other, then you will hardly wait for the offspring.
Step 3
Having spotted a suitable pair and placed it in a separate cage, you need to take care of preparing the conditions for nesting. To do this, you need to make a nest box. It is made of wood, hung outside the cage so as not to take up much space. You can choose the size and shape at your discretion.
Step 4
Parrots do not build nests, so pour a couple of glasses of dried sawdust, preferably birch, into the bottom of the nest box and level with a layer of 3 or 4 cm. Do not use softwood sawdust because it contains resins. To disinfect the nest from parasites, add a spoonful of dried chamomile flowers to the sawdust.
Step 5
During the nesting period, carefully monitor the diet of your pets. They need to be given fresh twigs of linden, greens, mountain ash. Also include boiled egg and carrots in the bird menu. The main feed remains the grain mixture. When nesting, it is important to remember that there should always be chalk and crushed eggshells in the cage. They are needed to replenish calcium in the body of the bird. Remember to change the water regularly.
Step 6
Around the tenth day after mating, the first egg appears. Parrots hatch eggs for 21 or 23 days. After that, naked and blind chicks hatch. Both male and female feed them. After a week, the chicks open their eyes, and after a month they are fully fledged.
Step 7
After hatching, after two weeks, thoroughly clean the nest box. Transfer the chicks to a box or other nest box during cleaning. Be sure to check the chicks. Remove dirt from feathers and feet.
Step 8
Then replace the sawdust in the drawer. This procedure is done once a week. Return chicks and intact eggs to a clean nest box. Do this as quickly as possible, because the female, after touching the chicks and eggs, may not accept them and throw them out of the nest.
