Bird Behavior

Between 8 inches and 24 inches from the floor of the coop is normal. The higher the box from the floor the easier is is for the egg collection. The hens will nest wherever they are placed as long as they have easy access.

Yes-I've just lost the majority of my crop from one tree to hungry birds. At first I wasn't sure where they had disappearred to but the remaining olives had quite a few peck marks in them and I saw the birds in the tree.

Some hen breeds can produce over 300 eggs per year, with 'the highest authenticated rate of egg laying being 371 eggs in 364 days'[26]". Therefore for an average hen it would be from 250 to 300.

Right, basically, I was out and I saw this bird brav waddling about and it didnt have any wings but instead it had a sorta leaves attached, what type of bird is it, even if it is a bird! Must be rare brav #getsyouthinking

Did you know they have a laying season? This is dependent on the length of the daylight hours. In the north when days are shorter in the late fall, winter and early spring, the hens take a rest and build up their reserves. You can get them to start laying earlier, by purchasing an electrical timer and attach it to the lights in the hen house. Set the timer to give fourteen hours of light a day. But do give the hens a deserved rest in there sometime!

The hens will lay seasonally (fullest production starts in the spring) for about 18 months before their first molt when they shed their tattered and worn feathers for a new coat of feathers. It is important to feed them a laying pellet formula that is high in protein at this time since the feathers are made of protein. While molting they do not usually lay. You may get the odd egg here and there but not regularly. Then when the molting session is over, they lay again for another season.

They will continue to lay for 3 to six years depending on feed and breed of hen. It is good to get new chicks to replace the older chickens before their production tapers off.

Do not put the baby chicks in directly with the older hens. Without their own mama to protect them the older hens will try to establish the "pecking order" and will kill them. Wait until the new chicks are fully feathered with the mature feathers, not the fluffy down, before you try gradual introduction.

A cockatiel has feathers on its head that it can move around.

Cuckoos don't raise their own young. Instead, a female cuckoo lays her eggs in another bird's nest. The cuckoo chick tends to be bigger and grow faster than the host bird's young, outcompeting them for food, and usually ends up killing them.

Some species do seem to realize when a cuckoo egg is laid in their nest and will destroy it or build a new nest on top of the old one and the eggs in it. However, many species seem clueless, even if the cuckoo chick ends up growing much larger than they are.

A few other species are parasitic breeders, including cowbirds.

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Asmany times as they like, as some Sikhs are not as strict to their religon than others.

but manly 5 times a day.

It depends; if you want to hand train them or keep them hand trained, you should get one, since they bond much easier if they are not distracted by another parakeet. If you want them to be happy and don't care about bonding with them, get two.

It wants attention or he/she is sick. Most likely tough he wants attention from you.

You could, I suppose, but not in large amounts. Birds lack the enzymes needed to digest dairy products, so dairy products go through their system generally untouched. Don't feed your bird large amounts of dairy products, in this case, cheese.

1.First get a new cage for the new parakeet, then put them next to each other to let them get used to it.

2.After that, if they are both friendly to each other then let them out at the same time. 3.If they are still being nice then let them explore each others cage.

4.Put the NEWEST budgie in your original budgies cage but only leave them in for about 30mins then take the other budgie out.

5.Slowly increase the time until they are in the same cage all the time

Remember to cancel the whole operation if they start to fight and keep the other cage incase you need to separate them. DO NOT put a male and a female in the same cage unless you know how to look after the chicks properly. Do not put two females in the same cage unless they get along. Remember, do it slowly because how would you like it if you came home to find a stranger eating your food and watching your TV?

Also, put two of everything in the cage. Two cuttle bones 2 food dishes 2 water dishes ect.

If you want to do it with more of them then you need to put MORE cages next to each other, have MORE of everthing and stuff like that so for the moment i would just add one and take it from there

Also, quarenteen your new bird to make sure its not ill and if it shows any signs of illness take it to the vets and do not add it to your other bird unless your vet says yes

Here are some good budgie sites:

www.budgieplace.com

www.parrotparrot.com

Good luck!

give the food to them once a week or daily.soon they will get used to them. or you can put the veggies in their food dish and bury it in side. soon your parakeet will dig it up, think that he found something awesome and slowly peck at it.

If they do, they will cuddle up next to each other with their wings touching as they perch. If they don't, they will fight with each other and keep their distance.Also if they like each other they will feed each other.

Well, it depends on what size bird you want. Obviously, parakeets are larger and seem to be louder. Lovebirds have a softer, more high pitched voice. Lovebirds do a loud, even higher-pitched voice when they want to get attention. Lovebirds are affectionate, so you'd better get two to keep each other company. Parakeets are larger and are the birds you can train to talk.

You have to buy a breeding box, when u get home take out your parakeet and place the breeding box inside with the egg. Leave the box open, and when parakeet sits inside close the box or its door. If this doesn't work, I'm sorry.

Of course you can! In fact an all seed diet is very unhealthy for your bird. It can decrease there life span by half. They espescially like lettuce or oranges.

VARY YOUR PARAKEETS DIET!

Any Parakeet can talk. You just have to train them. Talk around them alot like a parrot.

males generally are more apt to speak than females. not all parakeets talk if youre referring to the broader category of 'keets which include budgies, quakers, rosellas, ringnecks etc. hand tamed birds are more likely to talk than parent raised.

I have been reading so much about parakeets lately and I read that it may be because of lack of exercise. So try to take your parakeets out of their cage once in a while. You can also try putting some new toys in their cage and introducing new toys once they get tierd of the old one.

up in the trees, migrate and bathe and drink together, too. very social birds.

They can do. However please bear in mind that different species of birds have different beaks.

Birds with short beaks are fed small grain-size foods which they can break open. Whilst birds with large beaks are fed larger food which they won't accidentally swallow and choke on.
Parakeets can eat finch food, but they should ideally have food produced specifically for parakeets due to their beak differences.


There is some great information on the internet, such as this article (click here), about feeding birds.