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how to breed parakeets2007-11-24 17:21:43

i have 2 parakeets i i want to no how to breed them and what do i need to get.

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Budgies (Budgerigar) are native to Australia and are one of the most commonly kept and popular pet birds in every country of the world. In the United States they are often referred to as parakeets (or keets), although due to the large number of various parakeets available, the rest of the world just calls these amazing little birds budgies.

In the wild, budgies are colony nesters, meaning that groups of birds will nest very close together, each having their own private place. They do not build a nest by bringing material to it, instead choosing to hollow out a small area & lay eggs directly onto a hard surface. This nest could be in a hole in a tree 鈥?or in a crevice of a rock (or under the rock) or even in a hole in the ground.

Due to the fact that budgies are colony breeders, the results of breeding them may be better if you have more than one pair, so they can all see each other. This can be done with cages being near each other, or by putting the nest boxes up into the flight where they are normally kept. I used to keep my birds in a large flight and just take out 3 pairs at a time to put into a smaller flight, with 4 nest boxes hung. They would have plenty of room to fly and each pair would have a choice of nest box, so I found that this method worked best for me.

I would often put a handful of wood shavings into each box and watch the pair of birds busily remove each one. The act of making their own nesting spot this way would sometimes stimulate the pair into breeding.