Mar 23, 2013 11:01:12 GMT
roryo
Brand New Budgie
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Post by roryo on Mar 26, 2013 10:49:47 GMT
That is the question, and it actually goes on in the Shakesperian play to ask "for what is a man if thout shalt not colony breed?" But let's look at the facts; You have an aviary full of birds, heaps of nest boxes covering more than what is needed, slightly more males than females and there you have it! Utopia on a stick, right? Well maybe, there are pros and cons, in the colony the chick is vulnerable to a rogue female, jealous of her rivals (just like the workplace), that don't happen in the individual breeding cage, but in there, there is a higher chance of the mother killing her young, or of the father doing so, which never happens in the colony, so yes, there ARE PROS AND THERE ARE CONS, weigh it up folks and remember the song by Meatloaf; "I would do anything for love, but I won't cage breed, no no I won't cage breed, coz I'm a colony breeder, yeah I'm a man, a colony breeder, yeah yeah" and so on.
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Post by mizloco on Mar 26, 2013 17:38:26 GMT
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Nov 16, 2024 5:45:25 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2013 20:50:29 GMT
Did I miss the mushroom tea? Sent from my HTC One X using proboards If you did, so did I. |
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Nov 16, 2024 5:45:25 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2013 21:52:36 GMT
Ask any expect what to do and they will tell you it's a no brainer, that cage breeding is the only way.
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Post by BudgiesBuddy on Mar 27, 2013 3:40:38 GMT
Cage breeding for me too. Colony breeding has too many complications.
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Post by nat on Mar 27, 2013 7:36:56 GMT
Colony breeding is just plain scary! Apart from the possible bloodshed, if you have related birds in there you could be closely inbreeding.
Also a cock might run 2 or 3 hens at a time and favour feeding only one of the hens, giving the other poor hens a hell of a job bringing up their chicks on their own.
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Jan 12, 2012 22:54:32 GMT
Nicola
Senior Spangle
Poppi, Digger, Daisy, Mawson, Cleo, Casper, Romeo, Georgia, Melmen, Rosalie, Willow, Alice and Finn
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Post by Nicola on Mar 27, 2013 9:40:11 GMT
Please. Don't colony breed! I tried it once and never will again. In 2009, I started breeding budgies for the first time. I colony bred. We had 4 budgies so 2 pairs. The first pair laid an egg, but didn't sit on it, so we fostered it to the other pair. When the chick hatched I was so happy. He was my first bred budgie. Sadly though, his real mum went into the other pairs nest box when the chick was about 2 weeks old and killed him. I will never make the mistake of colony breeding again.
Nicola
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Post by darrenc271 on Dec 7, 2013 16:43:26 GMT
Cage breeding for me Av had about 30 chicks this year
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Post by moonkira *Julie * on Dec 7, 2013 17:50:15 GMT
I tried it and would never colony breed again although I was lucky and never lost any i,t was just so difficult and worrying especially when the chicks started coming out. of the nest box. Then I did have trouble with a hen from a previous clutch going in the nest box and throwing out the hens eggs. So cage breeding is the best and safest way to breed Imo.
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