new to the breeding thing

[finefeatherz]

hi,everyone!!
i live on the southeast coast of Queensland and i was wondering if there were some ringnecks pros that could give me a bit more insight on ringnecks.I currently have aqquired 10 beautiful birds and i love them but they all arnt tame which is a shame but the ages go from 3 that are about 12months old,then i have 3 that are 2 then another 2 that are 3 and then another 2 that are 4 hahaha sounds a bit crazy,i was just wondering about when they should start going down? i have 1 pair where i think she is going to lay soon coz she has scratched her nest and pushed out some of the nesting material, the ones i am most worried about are my 2 pastel cinnamon i have had them for about 2 weeks and she hasent even gone into the box and i dont know whats up ,i mean its a proper nice size nester and she just doent go in it where the other females are in theres. i have another pair the cock is blu/cinnamon and the hen is cinnamon/blu and they both always go into the box,im just worried that they arnt going to do there thing.they havent really showed any signs appart from squarking at the others. does any one have any idiea what these things could be a little help would be so greatly appreciated,thank-you to anyone who posts bak ;D ;D ;D

[vankarhi]

If you have only had those birds for 2 weeks then you are doing extremely well for any of them to be showing interest in breeding at the moment.

Just be patient and just let the birds settle in and let nature take its course. I would not be worried about things just yet.

Welcome by the way too ;D

[avinet]

Ringnecks won't normally breed before 2 year old, and reliably at 3 years. Also it can take a while for a pair to bond sufficiently to breed and after 2 weeks a hen is probably more interested in sorting out what has happened to her life than worrying about a nest box. With this being in the breeding season now (my hens have been laying just this month and I am in Mooloolaba) it would not be at all unusual for a hen who is suddenly uprooted into a strange environment not to breed until next season or at least for another month or two this season.

Don't worry, just give them good food, a settled environment and be patient. They will breed when they feel sufficiently relaxed.

I assume you have them housed in a separate flight for each pair? If you have them housed jointly then it is unlikely that breeding will be very successful, and there may well be fighting and injury - they can be quite territorial when breeding.

cheers,

Mike

[meandem]

Mine are just starting to look in the nests - but I don't live in the warm sunny part of the world like Mooloolaba....

I agree that they will take some time to settle, and patience is always a key word.

[Jane]

Welcome ;D
I agree with everyone else give them time to settle in.
Also it would have been better not to provide boxes until they were more settled as you want to make sure you have a bonded pair who is mating not just a hen laying un-fertilised eggs.

[finefeatherz]

hey thanks guys .
yeh all of them have there own flight cage each and most of them have been paired up for a very long time ,as i didnt want to split them up when i bought them and most of them have already bred in previous years.My young ones dont have boxes in there with them because i jknow they are too young ,but they all have toys and get feed a lot of different foods they get parrot mix,sprouted seed fruit n veges , n i have calcium powder so i go shopping all the time for them they spoiled it cost me a lil fortune sometimes but i love them so it doesnt matter ,they eat like kings at my house,lol i live at bribie island to so i think thats a bonus .im just soooooooooo excited about they hole thing , i just cant wait im like a little kid at christmas.i just have another query*i bought them of people that were what i considered knew there stuff but doing a little research on the net with the different mutations i have a pair of pastel cinn lacewings except looking at the eyes and feet the male looks more like a buttercup then the female how do i tell the difference,and i also have a female that is ment to be blu cinnamon and i also have a male blu/cinn and he is way darker the girl looks like the sky when it is very pale blu ,when the breeding seasons over i will take fotos of them to put on here to see what people think?? but for now does anyone have any advise???