Two egg laying budgies.

[DonnaBudgie]

I'm happy to hear this. Breeding budgies is a lot of trouble.

 

[clark_conure]

Everyone is back together; at first the conures were a bit like new toys! then they realized who everyone was and there is harmony in the house again. No birds injured today while I was gone to work like I was worried about before. Without the hormones raging everyone is back to normal.

 

[Macawdamia Nut]

This saga stressed me out! We need to educate our birds about responsible mating. It’s like having feral teens. No can do!

 

[clark_conure]

I still have one more infertile egg from the quaker to steal but I need the right opportunity. I know it's infertile because I only have one quaker. It's been a day or two since the second to last egg, so next disturbance should be ok to hatch the plan.

 

[DonnaBudgie]

Those darn hotmone are such a problem! I have an issue right now with hormonal budgies. I have a group of 10 budgies that have out of cage privileges from 8am until 8pm, 5 boys and 5 girls. Three of my beautiful girls are very hormonal and so are three of my boys. The boys are chasing the girls around the room trying to mount them without even trying to court them and form a bond! I have to let them out to fly separately or my girls will either get raped or someone will get bitten! Of course the boys are not happy getting locked up while the girls fly free. I do not want any breeding!

 

[clark_conure]

I can imagine......Oh by the way I just got the last quaker egg. The conures and half the budgies flew off in a ruckus...No one hurt but a lot of chirps and the quaker was on the other side of the cage island and I sneaked it. She's not in her box anymore and looking around for the guilty......which is of course me but doesn't seem to know. So I think I have a clean heist.

 

[Macawdamia Nut]

Those darn hotmone are such a problem! I have an issue right now with hormonal budgies. I have a group of 10 budgies that have out of cage privileges from 8am until 8pm, 5 boys and 5 girls. Three of my beautiful girls are very hormonal and so are three of my boys. The boys are chasing the girls around the room trying to mount them without even trying to court them and form a bond! I have to let them out to fly separately or my girls will either get raped or someone will get bitten! Of course the boys are not happy getting locked up while the girls fly free. I do not want any breeding!

I cannot imagine! The stress would do me in. I have a one parrot household and luckily he has never exhibited hormonal rage in the 50 years I have owned him. He had one hormonal episode in 2009 (so rare I remember the year!) which took place 3 times over a one month period (again, so rare it is seared in my memory!). My bird was boning his bone toy and making quite the racket of weird noises. Never heard it before and once my husband laughed at the bird and shamed him, he never did it again.

Maybe you need to laugh at and mock your horn dog budgies to shame them into polite behavior!

 

[rheashard2]

I am similar to above. My one parrot is female. This year has been rough for me(her). Since she likes TV, I've been having some luck w B/W TV shows, movies as supplementary distraction therapy. She never cared for them in past!

 

[DonnaBudgie]

I cannot imagine! The stress would do me in. I have a one parrot household and luckily he has never exhibited hormonal rage in the 50 years I have owned him. He had one hormonal episode in 2009 (so rare I remember the year!) which took place 3 times over a one month period (again, so rare it is seared in my memory!). My bird was boning his bone toy and making quite the racket of weird noises. Never heard it before and once my husband laughed at the bird and shamed him, he never did it again.

Maybe you need to laugh at and mock your horn dog budgies to shame them into polite behavior!

You should have seen me chasing Tiki (boy) who was chasing Elan (my beautiful Lutino female) all around the room trying to get him to stop but he just couldn't control himself. Elan ended up hiding on a window shelf half hidden behind the drape. I couldn't catch him so I put a cloth over Elan and put her back in the large cage and closed the door to keep the horn dogs out. Both boys desperately tried to find a way into the cage. It's very stressful for me and the girls. Damn hormones!

 

[rheashard2]

You should have seen me chasing Tiki (boy) who was chasing Elan (my beautiful Lutino female) all around the room trying to get him to stop but he just couldn't control himself. Elan ended up hiding on a window shelf half hidden behind the drape. I couldn't catch him so I put a cloth over Elan and put her back in the large cage and closed the door to keep the horn dogs out. Both boys desperately tried to find a way into the cage. It's very stressful for me and the girls. Damn hormones!

Can 'horn dogs' w feathers scent their quarry? Or is it only sight? I feel for the girls more. My male CAG used to mimic wrens (type unknown). I had one poor girl coming to patio, building a nest in an ornamental tree. She'd thrill and thrill. She'd eventually leave. Then lo and behold a pair showed up. It was fun watching them. I expected aggressive behavior but got none. Granted I stayed as far away as I could to water my plants. I wondered if my CAG pictured himself a lover. He liked mimicking birds. He got me interested in observing wild birds. There was a variety that came to patio watch him and leave.

 

[clark_conure]

The budgies laid the eggs about the exact same time the Quaker did so I'm leaning on the side there was a smelled hormonal component that put them all into heat at the same time. I mean the male budgie clark Jr. was always trying to mate but this was the first time the females decided to go the houses and lay. I think they were triggered by the quaker.