I have a few budgies currently and I’m attempting to breed a pair. Myllo is a Violet male and Kyra is a yellow and blue Pied female. They bonded when I first got them, but now they arnt bonded anymore. They stay on opposite ends of the cage, and when they are near one another, they dont clean or feed eachother at all. They just sit there. They have a very nice nest box in the cage and a very large cage when lots of toys and food and water mineral block and everything. There very happy birds other than the fact that they wont bond with one another. Should I buy another female and attempt to bond it Myllo. Or another male and bond it to Kyra? Or should I get a totaly new breeding pair all together?
What can I do to get them to bond again?
Please help, thanks.
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Tagged arent, arnt, birds, bond, bonding, budgies, cage, female, kyra, Myllo, nest box, pair, Pied, toys, Violet
After I got home from school today, I went in my room to say hi to my birds and I noticed there was a egg in one of the food bowls. I’ve noticed Violet (the budgie who laid the egg) has been in the food bowl lately just laying in there. I thought she was just digging out the hulls, but she used it as her nesting place. I removed the egg and put it into a nest box. I put Violet and the nest box in a separate cage because all the other budgies were bugging her, all the females were extremely curious and all the males wanted to mate her. I checked the egg and it looks transparent, its unfertilized right? But I heard that removing eggs makes a female want to lay more and the thing I fear most is her getting egg binding. I read in a book when females lay more eggs it makes their life span shorter? I love my birds very much and I’m worried. The bird that mated with her is her SON! Will that effect the chicks? But too tell you the truth I don’t really want to go through having more baby budgies again. Violet had her first clutch in August 2006, and only 2/4 chicks survived (the dad accidentally cracked one of the eggs, one was infertile, one starved because Violet didn’t feed it, and somehow one broke its leg and died), I cried for both of the baby birds and the cracked egg and missed school. I’m in high school now and I can’t really afford to miss any more days of school. What should I do? I have Violet and her son (which is now her mate) in a separate cage with the nest box with the egg in it. She doesn’t spend much time with her egg, but when I hold the egg in a cup form, she uses my hand as a nesting spot and rolls her egg under her chest and lays on it in my hand. Please what should I do?!
but i thought removing eggs make her lay more?
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Tagged baby, baby birds, baby budgies, box, Budgie, cage, chicks, clutch, cracked egg, dad, egg, egg binding, eggs, females, Food, food bowl, life span, mate, nest, nest box, nesting place, school, son, truth, Violet
i’d like to hear from anyone in Washington Oregon area who is trying to attract these birds to reduce the insects for their horses. Particularly flies and mosquitoes. I saw 8 and 10 room swallow houses for about $100.00.
but the martin houses were $30.00 for only one nest box.
Any cheaper ways??
Posted in Bird Nest Boxes
Tagged anyone, area, birds, flies, horses, insects, Martin, mosquitoes, Oregon, oregon area, purple martin, room, Swallow, Swallows, Violet, washington, washington oregon
I have a few budgies currently and I’m attempting to breed a pair. Myllo is a Violet male and Kyra is a yellow and blue Pied female. They bonded when I first got them, but now they arnt bonded anymore. They stay on opposite ends of the cage, and when they are near one another, they dont clean or feed eachother at all. They just sit there. They have a very nice nest box in the cage and a very large cage when lots of toys and food and water mineral block and everything. There very happy birds other than the fact that they wont bond with one another. Should I buy another female and attempt to bond it Myllo. Or another male and bond it to Kyra? Or should I get a totaly new breeding pair all together?
What can I do to get them to bond again?
Please help, thanks.
Posted in Bird Nest Boxes
Tagged arent, arnt, birds, bond, bonding, budgies, cage, female, kyra, Myllo, nest box, pair, Pied, toys, Violet
After I got home from school today, I went in my room to say hi to my birds and I noticed there was a egg in one of the food bowls. I’ve noticed Violet (the budgie who laid the egg) has been in the food bowl lately just laying in there. I thought she was just digging out the hulls, but she used it as her nesting place. I removed the egg and put it into a nest box. I put Violet and the nest box in a separate cage because all the other budgies were bugging her, all the females were extremely curious and all the males wanted to mate her. I checked the egg and it looks transparent, its unfertilized right? But I heard that removing eggs makes a female want to lay more and the thing I fear most is her getting egg binding. I read in a book when females lay more eggs it makes their life span shorter? I love my birds very much and I’m worried. The bird that mated with her is her SON! Will that effect the chicks? But too tell you the truth I don’t really want to go through having more baby budgies again. Violet had her first clutch in August 2006, and only 2/4 chicks survived (the dad accidentally cracked one of the eggs, one was infertile, one starved because Violet didn’t feed it, and somehow one broke its leg and died), I cried for both of the baby birds and the cracked egg and missed school. I’m in high school now and I can’t really afford to miss any more days of school. What should I do? I have Violet and her son (which is now her mate) in a separate cage with the nest box with the egg in it. She doesn’t spend much time with her egg, but when I hold the egg in a cup form, she uses my hand as a nesting spot and rolls her egg under her chest and lays on it in my hand. Please what should I do?!
but i thought removing eggs make her lay more?
Posted in Bird Nest Boxes
Tagged baby, baby birds, baby budgies, box, Budgie, cage, chicks, clutch, cracked egg, dad, egg, egg binding, eggs, females, Food, food bowl, life span, mate, nest, nest box, nesting place, school, son, truth, Violet
i’d like to hear from anyone in Washington Oregon area who is trying to attract these birds to reduce the insects for their horses. Particularly flies and mosquitoes. I saw 8 and 10 room swallow houses for about $100.00.
but the martin houses were $30.00 for only one nest box.
Any cheaper ways??
Posted in Bird Nest Boxes
Tagged anyone, area, birds, flies, horses, insects, Martin, mosquitoes, Oregon, oregon area, purple martin, room, Swallow, Swallows, Violet, washington, washington oregon
- 100% recycled glass
- Top-feeding design will never drip
- Powder-coated metal will never rust
- Multiple ports allow multiple hummingbirds to feed at one time
- Includes perches for hummingbirds to rest
Product Description
Based on early 1900s perfume bottles, this Bouquet feeder by Par-A-Sol features 3 violet blown-glass hexagonal bottles nestled in a metal basket with individual perches. Each feeding station includes a red handcrafted glass flower feeding tube.
Feeder measures approximately 8″ in diameter. # Capacity is approximately 3 ounces for each bottle.
Bouquet 3 Hummingbird Feeder Violet
