CATDOLL : CATDOLL: Breeding of Fish Dace Budgies?

1. Timely pairing. Budgies develop into adults 5 to 8 months after hatching. The sign of transformation from a young bird to an adult is the wax film on the bridge of the nose, which is blue-green for male birds and dark red for female birds. From the changes in the horizontal lines on the forehead, the young bird has fine black horizontal lines on its head. When the black fine lines disappear, it becomes an adult bird and can be paired for breeding. Budgies have strong reproductive capacity. Under artificial breeding conditions, they can reproduce in all seasons, with spring, summer and autumn as the peak seasons.

2. Prevent inbreeding. The paired birds should not only be healthy, but also have a distant blood relationship. Once inbreeding occurs, the offspring will be smaller, and dead eggs or chicks will be produced during egg laying and hatching.

3. Hanging nest boxes. Hang more artificial nest boxes in the birdhouse to prepare for egg laying and hatching. When hanging nest boxes, in order to reduce interference between birds, it is best not to hang them one by one in a straight line, but to use a high and low wave style, and let the female bird choose freely.

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4. Help the bird lay eggs. After the female and male birds mate, the female bird enters the nest box and begins to lay eggs. She will not leave the nest and will be fed entirely by the male bird. Generally, the female bird lays one egg every other day, or one egg per day, and 3 to 8 eggs per nest. When laying eggs, not all female birds occupy one nest box alone. Some nest boxes may have 2 to 3 birds at the same time. When the female bird is laying eggs, if you find that the female bird is quivering and shivering, it is mostly a difficult birth. At this time, you can gently adjust the position of the egg in the rectum with your hands to ensure that the egg is laid smoothly.

5. Hatching chicks. The incubation period of budgies is 16 to 20 days, and the female bird is responsible for hatching the eggs. During the incubation period, the male bird is responsible for feeding the eggs. At this time, the staple food should be fed, and the estrus feed should be stopped. The female bird starts to incubate the eggs from the moment it lays the first egg, and then hatches them while laying eggs. The female bird lays her abdomen on the eggs to incubate them. The eggs are turned over several times a day, and the incubation direction is changed. During the incubation, the female bird can select unfertilized eggs or eggs whose embryos have developed but died midway and put them aside without incubating them. These eggs are commonly known as "abandoned eggs." It is the instinct of many birds to select "abandoned eggs" during incubation. Budgie eggs can also be incubated in an electric incubator. At an incubation temperature of 38°C, chicks can be hatched in 18 days.

6. Feeding chicks. Budgies are late-maturing birds. They cannot live independently within 25 days after hatching and rely entirely on adult birds for feeding. When the chicks are hatched, the female bird guards the chicks all day long, and the male bird feeds the female bird with picky food. Then the female bird enters the nest to feed the chicks. As the chicks grow up, the female bird gradually leaves the nest and watches outside the nest. Later, she gradually leaves the nest for a period of time and flies back soon. When the chicks have basically grown all their feathers or can poke their heads out of the nest, some female birds no longer pay attention to the chicks except for feeding them, while others begin to mate and look for new nests to prepare for the next nest of reproduction. When the chicks poke their heads out of the nest, the male parent bird also feeds the chicks. When the chicks grow 25 to 30 days, they can live independently in separate nests, and they can lay eggs and reproduce after 5 months of feeding. In addition to feeding special feeds to the chicks, millet and green vegetables should also be added, and water should not be interrupted. The chicks start to grow feathers 8 to 9 days after hatching, open their eyes on 10 to 11 days, have all their feathers grown on 20 days, and leave the nest on 20 days.