I. How often do budgies breed?

The budgerigar's ability to reproduce is relatively strong, can breed 3-4 times a year, can be in heat all year round, but because of the weather temperature, it is generally recommended that you can choose to pair the parrots in the spring, fall or winter. Because the temperature is higher in summer, parrots breeding in this period will be easy to get sick, which is not conducive to the growth and development of young birds. In addition, winter breeding budgies should pay attention to keep warm, do not put the parrots in the outdoor temperature difference, to avoid parrots catching cold and flu.

Parrots are sexually mature enough to breed when they are 4 months old. At the age of 3-4 years, which is the peak breeding time for parrots, they can lay 4-7 eggs per breeding, and as the parrots gradually grow older, the amount of eggs laid by parrots will gradually decline.

2. What are the symptoms of budgies before they breed?

Before the budgies breed, they will pluck their chest feathers and put them into the nest to make the nest softer, the female will frequently come in and out of the only nest, and they will show symptoms of restlessness and cocking their tails before laying eggs.

Three, budgerigar breeding period of attention

The female bird can usually lay about five eggs in a nest, usually one a day or every other day, during the parrot laying eggs, owners should try to keep the environment quiet, to avoid the mother bird was scared, the mother parrot scared may be far away from their own nests, abandon the eggs, the eggs will need to be artificially incubated.

In addition, the female bird in the incubation period, the amount of food will be reduced, usually all rely on the male bird to feed, this period the owner should pay attention to the female bird to supplement nutrition, in addition to the staple food, you can give the parrot to eat a little bit of tender corn, cuttlefish bones, apples, vegetables, carrots, and a small amount of oilseeds, more moisture in the vegetable category is recommended once every three days. If prepared at home, you can give parrots a little vitamins and electrolytes to give female parrots energy.

The above is the budgerigar breeding period, although the budgerigar's ability to reproduce is relatively strong, but it does not mean that the survival rate of the small parrots is necessarily high, so when the parrots breeding period, you should also pay some attention to ensure that the small parrots' survival rate.