A. When budgies can breed

Generally speaking, the life span of wild-grown budgerigars is about 7 years, while the life span of artificially bred budgerigars can be as long as 12 years, and some can even be more than 20 years! Budgies are sexually mature early, most budgies are sexually mature at about 4~5 months of age and reach breeding conditions, but it is best to wait for a few months for budgies to become sexually mature before letting them breed, and it is not advisable to let budgies breed too early. The peak breeding period for budgies is usually 3-4 years, after which the breeding rate of budgies will gradually decrease! In order to maintain the overall quality of the breeding flock, owners need to keep updating their breeding birds.

Two, budgerigar breeding methods

1, mature budgerigars can breed throughout the year, each nest can usually lay 4 to 10 white eggs; usually every day or every other day to produce an egg, and in the third egg will begin to sit in the nest incubation, the female to take charge of the main incubation task, and the eggs of the egg incubation period is usually about 18 days. The female is the main incubator, and the incubation period of the eggs is usually about 18 days. The female is the main incubator, and the incubation period is usually about 18 days. Both the male and female parent birds*** raise the chicks together, and the chick rearing period is about 30 days. It is worth noting that the female bird is very sensitive to external disturbances during the incubation period, and owners need to try to keep the feeding environment as quiet as possible during this period, so as not to frighten the female bird and thus abandon the nest, which will affect the incubation and rearing of the chicks.

2, in the winter, if there are budgies breeding, you need to try to keep the temperature of the breeding environment above 20 ℃, keep the relative humidity at 45% ~ 50%, and ensure that the indoor air circulation.

Generally, for budgies in heat, with a nesting box, the female parrot in heat will first visit and come in and out of the nesting box frequently, and after determining the breeding area, the female parrot will mate with the male parrot. While the parrots are breeding, the male will peck the female's beak; the female will slightly raise her tail while the male steps on the female's back and copulates. Generally, first-time females will spend more time on this part of the nest visit. Seven days after the parrots mate, the females begin laying eggs. During the period between initial mating and egg-laying, females will continue to enter and exit the nest frequently and will mate with males after exiting the nest,, and will then sleep outside the nest box at night. The female usually lays one egg per day or every other day, and the chicks hatch from the third egg onwards.

The above is the introduction of Dr. Paw Paw's knowledge about budgerigar reproduction, I hope this sharing can deepen your understanding of budgerigars.