I have two budgerigars, Sky, a pretty blue female that was born to one of my old hens, and Budgie, a male I bought from a breeder. They are both roughly two years old. I have before kept them in a cage without a nesting box, but several days ago we put them in a bigger cage which does include a nesting box. Today, Sky went into the nesting box. The thing that confuses me, though, is that whenever Budgie is continuously harrassing her, and Sky is getting mad, chasing him away. From my previous experience with breeding budgies, the male will often stand outside the box to guard the hen. Budgie, I think, intends to do this, but Sky is getting upset over it. She sticks her head out of the box and pecks him so he flies away, and if he doesn’t jumps out of the box and glares at him. He’s really bothering her. Another thing, if Sky has chicks, I don’t know how good a father Budgie will be; or does it come naturally to all males?And I don’t have any other birds to foster chicks to if too many.
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