trimming / plucking vents

[grimcoll]

Read through some posts about trimming vents before breeding but someone has told me that you have to be carefull so you dont trim of /pluck out the guide feathers .

Now im thinking that maybe my past attempt of breeding them was such a failure because i possibly trimmed of the guide feathers but ive no idea what these guide feathers look like and have been told that both cocks and hens have them , when i was a kid and bred them with my dad he never trimmed them and they bred great but they were smaller budgies and have been told you dont have to trim / pluck the small types .

So could someone please tell me what do the guide feathers look like of anyone got any pics please .

David

[Bird Junky]

Hi David Your budgies vents don't need trimming

unless they are top notch show birds which have

been bred with a super abundance of feather.

which causes mating problems. Yours B.J.

[BudgiesBuddy]

There is nothing like guide feather. It's just a myth.

Trim the vent with scissors and then pluck them down to the skin using your fingers.

[BudgiesBuddy]

BJ is right here that big show budgies with heavy feathers require vent trimming. Normal pet size budgies don't require vent trimming.

[BudgiesBuddy]

Post a picture of your budgie

[ianb]

I always trim with a pair fo sharp scissors,never pluck as the feathers grow back quickly.

[steveo]

when i started i had very little success , mostly unfertile eggs , barrie told me to trim the vent feathers , since i started trimming them my success rate is excellent, my birds are all pet type birds , i would advise any one to trim them,