Thinking about breeding budgies?
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Many budgie owners will develop an interest in breeding their pet parakeets. With some time and effort this can be a rewarding hobbie. There are a few guidlines to follow to make the experience easier and avoid disapointment.
Budgies are only between 3 to 4 months old when they reach sexual maturity, which is fairly young, but it is not a good idea to start breeding them at this delicate young age. It could cause your budgie to have fertility difficultys in later life. It is a good idea to allow your budgies to reach atleast one year old before you even attempt to breed them.You could choose to buy a couple of budgies that are older and have already paired up as a couple, this will probably speed up the mating process.
It is impotant to take into account the time of year when breeding your budgies as they are not fertile all year round.
If you live in the USA your budgies will probably only breed from October till March. During these months you will notice your budgies behavior change.
The budgies might start feeding each other and ripping up their newspaper or other medium that is availble to your birds. Other tell tale signs are tapping their beeks on the perch and the male will very likely begin to click his beek towards his female mate.
Budgies need the right enough of light to breed, which is one of the reasons that they are seasonal breeders. You should provide your birds with atleast 13 hours of ideally natural lighting during the day. You need to avoid suddenly 
overwhelming your budgies with that much light, it needs to be a very gradual process. You should gradually increase how many hours of light the birds are exposed to gradually over several weeks. On the other hand your budgies still need a routine of 12 hours of darkness each night. While experiencing long daylight hours, you can cover the cage to give the impression of darkness for 12 hours over night.
This is only a few basic starting tips on breeding your budgies. It is very important to do more research on the subject, and equally as important to learn how to care for your budgies health and that of the baby parakeets.
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