Breeding Has Started :D

[zena]

Hi everyone,
Breeding has (properly) started with my birds. I have Red Rumps, Budgies, Diamond Doves (actually startedd a while before), Canaries, Quails and Zebra Finches.

I moved the Red Rumps into the now made up avairy (its been a week now, I would have put photos but the camera doesn't want to share its photos ), and yesterday I saw the male red rump feeding the female, and lately she has been investigating the nestbox. Originally I was goign to breed them through September to December (depending on the birds- clutches, ect) She has been going in the nestbox- mainly she stays near the top (entrance) but she has been going further/down in it. Also They have proper names. Everyone was just calling them 'The Parrot' or 'This Parrot' and the female was named 'Charcoal' but that has been changed! Thay are now Olive (Female Opaline) and Azure (Male Normal)

Te budgies have been moved into their breeding cage (a large one, it was in the post a while ago with Storm about 1m x 90cm x 1m, I think) The hen (Smoke -from her colour) has been emptying her nestbox, and the male (Indigo) has been feeding her

The Diamond Doves are sitting on eggs (we sold a few of them- now we only have 4 doves)

My first pair of Canaries (Red Factor) had babies but they died she has started making a nest in annother place now, and my other pair: a yellow Border canary hen, and a Roller canary cross have 3 babies (I'm still waiting for the other 4 to pair up- they've been giving hints to prospective mates)

The Zebra Finches have started making thier nest again (the other one they made got a bit ruined as the budgie hen was sitting on their eggs)

And the Quails, well two are sharing egg sitting. The cinnamon and a normal hen laid eggs together and both sit on them (I also remember this normal hen helped with the cinnamons chicks last time too) so far they have 7 eggs (4 cinnamon, 3 normal)

Its all going good so far

[avinet]

Sound slike you are heading into a good breeding season,

cheers

Mike

[zena]

I hope so, as last time I bred the Budgies disaster struck when mice got in the aviary (she had hatched one baby and another eggs was supposed to hatch that day...) no mice anymore though (they were digging in the pots but we removed them and put large 10L containers in...
Also the budgies have 2 eggs (last time she laid a total of 4), and the Red Rump hen has been spending most of the days in her nestbox (she does come out in the afternoon for about 10-20 minutes (no eggs yet though)

[zena]

Update*
The Red Rumps- well Olive wants babies, and her mate is unsure of what he's supposed to do. She was doing the 'leaning' thing, and Azure wasn't sure how he was supposed to go about it- he just ended up putting his foot on her head, and getting embarassed/shy and sitting at the far end of the branch...

I had thought the budgies onluy had one egg but it turns out she had four I would have probably known diferent but even when she doesn't have eggs she will not move from the place she is sitting (when I check)

The Diamond Doves ha dbeen sitting on eggs- but then there were finch eggs in there, and they ended up abandoning that nest and choosing another...

The Red Factro (pair) have made a new nest with the hen sitting in it alot, the other pair still have three babies (unlike the other one who sometimes have babies disappearing), and I have a two new pairs! They are the only son of my red factor pair that I kept, and annother yellow Border Canary (I have three Border hens. Identification is pretty easy- one is pale yellow, the other is a dark yellow with a lighter triangle over her shoulders, and then theres the full dark yellow- which is in this new pair)the other pair is the variageted male (one of my first Canaries) and the pale yellow hen. the first pair of these two mentioned are building a nest.

Zebra Finches are still buildign their nest

The Quails- there is the first two who are sharing sitting with 7 eggs, and annother hen is sitting on eggs as well, there are 5 Cinnamon and 4 normal (The Cinnamon seems to lay eggs in everyone nest...)

[avinet]

Sept 11, 2013 11:16:04 GMT 10 zena said:

Update*
The Red Rumps- well Olive wants babies, and her mate is unsure of what he's supposed to do. She was doing the 'leaning' thing, and Azure wasn't sure how he was supposed to go about it- he just ended up putting his foot on her head, and getting embarassed/shy and sitting at the far end of the branch...

Just to cheer you up, I had a pair of young Red Rumps where they mated with the female on top of the male - and it continued for 9 months like that from 15 to 24 months old!  Needless to say they didn't have fertile eggs but eventually they sorted it out and bred very successfully. 

There - doe sthat make you feel better

cheers,

Mike

[Laraine]

That is really funny Mike. I'm glad they finally got their act together. I have a pair of gay show budgies, they spend all day
kissing and feeding each other but they are both males.

[zena]

[/quote]Just to cheer you up, I had a pair of young Red Rumps where they mated with the female on top of the male - and it continued for 9 months like that from 15 to 24 months old!  Needless to say they didn't have fertile eggs but eventually they sorted it out and bred very successfully. 

There - doe sthat make you feel better

cheers,

Mike

[/quote]

Yes, an odd way to try I found it kind of funny- seeing as after this every time (the same day) she tried to moved closer to him he would take another step away from her
Since then i think he has figured out the 'right' way to do it

[zena]

I haven't had any luck with the budgies- they are staying in the breeding cage for a while longer- just in case (my red rumps are breeding) and the cage is big enough for two birds and flying room. My red rumps have two new eggs (the others were infertile and she abandoned them after a while), one silver king quail hen is sittong one 6 eggs, and my canary pair (yellow and yellow variegated) have 4 chicks