'Budgies'

Sams from Petzone (Contact Member) -

My Budgies were ususally giving eggs 4-5 times a year. But since the last year they are giving eggs only once or twice. That too most of the eggs ara not hatchable. What may be the reason?

Comment #1 Nora from Columbus, MS (Contact Member) -

First, are you sure you have a male and female? Do they have a proper nest box available? Are the perches secure so they can mate without the perch shaking around? Does the female sit on the eggs?

It sounds rather likely that you don't have a male/female pair. In most budgies, you can determine the sex by looking at the ceres which is the area over the beak where the nostrils are located. Blue is for boys and a female in breeding condtion will have a deep tan or brown ceres which looks almost crusty.

If you do have a male and female pair, you may not be providing them with the proper diet or enough daylight hours. In the wild, parrots breed when the days are long so they have time to forage for food to the babies as well as themselves. The times when there is plentiful water and lots of seed-bearing plants are also key to their wanting to breed. These are the main factors.

If you want to learn what their diet should consist of, log onto my public website and look under "Videos" and choose "A Platter of Good Foods for Your Parrot".

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