Introduction Welcome to the exciting world of breeding budgies! As you embark on this fun and addictive hobby, one of the most important skills you’ll need to master is how to determine the sex of a newborn chick. Don’t worry, with a bit of knowledge and practice, you’ll be a pro in no time! In…
Introduction Budgies, or budgerigars, are one of the parakeet species that are native to Australia and can be found naturally in flocks in the open woodlands, grasslands and scrublands down under. Wild budgies are slightly smaller in size when compared to their domesticated relations, and their predominant colour is green while captive birds range from…
What are the best nest box bedding materials Choosing the right nest box bedding material to put in your budgies nesting boxes is more important than you might think. It will create the ideal environment for your mother hen and chicks. And there are many different options for nesting box bedding material, free materials like…
How Do You Know When Your Budgie is Ready to Breed? All babies in the animal kingdom are cute, but once a baby budgie gets its feathers, it is perhaps the most adorable, tiny, bird baby. If you are like most new budgie owners you want to know when your budgie is ready to breed,…
Table of Contents One of the joys of keeping budgies is breeding them. That excitement and anticipation that comes from seeing the varieties (mutations) that produced by different pairings. Based on my own experiences budgies can be temperamental when it comes to pairing, here is my best advice on how to encourage your budgies to…
As a budgie breeder, hobbyist or professional nothing is more exciting than when a new batch of chicks has hatched. If it is the first time you have successfully hatched chicks congratulations! The question now is when do budgie chicks leave the nest. For the first few weeks of a budgie chick’s life, they are…
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