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All You Need To Know About Breeding.

 

 

 

 

 

Nestboxes: These should be at least 6" x 6" x 6", and the hole should be 1 1/2". The bottom of the nextbox should be concaved.
Options on the box: the side or top where inspection/cleaning door is, material made from, size of box, perch or no perch on box, litter or no litter inside, etc...
Location of Nestbox: This varies with your setup. The box can be inside a large breeder cage, mounted outside on a smaller breeder cage, or can be placed on some form of off-floor riser.  Boxes can also be placed atop shelves. Options on location: indoor or outdoor cage, aviary, or flight breeding is down to the breeder.
 
Lighting is also needed to help with breeding the birds need atleast 14-16 hours of daylight you can use artificial light for during the night attached to a timer.
Room temprature needs to be kept the same constantly at all times this also plays a large factor in the brreding process.
 
 
Colony, flock, and cage-breeding:
Colony breeders do not have accurate parentage records or goals to acheive a particular color: they simply put a bunch of cocks and a bunch of hens in a cage, let them pick their own mates, and sell the babies when they arrive.
 
Flock-breeding, the method practised here, is a specialized form of pair-breeding, where the pairs of birds are chosen by the human, set up in cages individually to bond for a while, and then released, pair by pair, into a large aviary. This mimics the natural flock structure of budgie colonies in the wild. If done properly, very accurate records and full pedigrees can be kept. Illicit affairs from the males are said to be common.
 
Cage-breeding is the method of choice for Exhibition breeders. This is where the human picks the pairs and locks them individually in tiny cages for the season. There is great success with this method, but...disadvantages are: nervousness of first-time caged pairs, egg binding from lack of flight space, reluctance to breed or infertility from the males.
There is no doubt as to the parentage of cage-bred birds, so the most accurate records can be kept as needed. There is a need to limit the hen to 2 clutches of young a year using
 any of the methods, regardless of diet.
 
 
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