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Post by Pammy on Nov 1, 2013 2:58:26 GMT
Some of hers are very obviously both blue and green and are very beautiful. I think one is named Banjo.
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Post by Emily on Nov 1, 2013 4:39:24 GMT
I need one. What if Whisper becomes a gorgeously bright budgie?!?
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Post by Sarah on Nov 1, 2013 5:55:59 GMT
We will just have to wait and see!
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Post by Pammy on Nov 1, 2013 19:59:48 GMT
I think Whisper is gorgeous just the way she is. I love her gentle coloring.
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Post by Sarah on Nov 1, 2013 20:24:24 GMT
If she does get super vibrant like Grunty, you might have to change her name to 'Shout' XD
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Post by Emily on Nov 1, 2013 21:31:49 GMT
Oh gosh lol that would be kind of funny having a very vibrant budgie named Whisper--although she is pretty quiet, she was definitely named after her subtle colors. I kinda hope she doesn't change either because I haven't seen a budgie like her anywhere else (besides online).
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Post by luvsanimals2 on Nov 2, 2013 0:21:55 GMT
just wow  beautiful |
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Post by lisamarie on Nov 2, 2013 0:32:44 GMT
Wow BB. I want one now too! Those are beautiful
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Post by luvsanimals2 on Nov 6, 2013 14:40:49 GMT
so teeki hasnt (that i noticed) been going in the nest box. is she suppose to? she keeps presenting to tweets and he does mount her, until today he started wiggling his tail. so hes gettin there. i am concerned that teeki hasnt chcked out the nest box
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Post by Sarah on Nov 6, 2013 17:17:18 GMT
The mating process actually stimulates her body to create eggs - at the moment there probably aren't any to fertilize. You should see her looking in the nest box soon: the first egg will generally not be laid until ten days after mating begins to occur regularly. If, in about a week, you aren't seeing her go in then I would try a different nest box or moving the location of the box if that is an option. You should try to have it as high as possible relative to the cage.
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Post by lisamarie on Nov 6, 2013 18:28:19 GMT
Sarah it should be towards the top of the cage? I thought that presented problems like if the babies fell out and got hurt? Just want to know for the future. I already have my nest box, but not breeding yet  |
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Post by Sarah on Nov 6, 2013 21:15:15 GMT
No, babies should not fall out of the nest box under normal circumstances, but it is always a good idea to put a towel under the box if you can.
You see, in nature when hens have to worry about predators, the higher in the tree they can get, the better. Given a choice, a hen will choose higher and higher nestboxes. In a colony situation or in the wild, only the strongest and most alpha birds get the top nests.
Because of this instinct, a hen is more likely to settle into a nestbox in a breeder cage and feel happy and comfortable if it is as high as you can hang it.
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Post by Pammy on Nov 6, 2013 21:22:41 GMT
I have a question. My budgies (and a lot of others that I read about) take their sweet, long time to accept any new item I have the audacity to place in their cage. They blatantly ignored their birdie bath for 6 weeks. They pretend new toys and kabobs aren't there. Why would we think a nesting couple will want anything to do with a nest box that has newly shown up in their little world? Isn't it absolutely in character that they avoid it for weeks and weeks? Or is the nesting/mating instinct so strong as to be able to overshadow that funny little trait of being offended by new things?
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Post by lisamarie on Nov 6, 2013 21:24:33 GMT
Good question Pammy That's why in wondering when to introduce my box (not until at least spring since B & C are too young!) |
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Post by Pammy on Nov 6, 2013 21:34:19 GMT
I guess when the time is right and they are old enough, you put it in and just work on that thing called "patience" some more, if it happens to take them a super long time to even look at the box. I would just be afraid that they would ignore the new box and end up laying their eggs someplace else, like in a food bowl or on the floor of the cage.
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beautiful
