Reply #9: oy [View All]

[mopinko]

well, as a breeder of parakeets, i can only say oy vey. there is a lot to know about raising happy healthy budgies. after they are laying is not the time. they really need to be on a proper diet for a few months before hand to make sure your hen does not end up with deficiencies. just like human, nutrients not provided in her diet will be taken from her body. and getting them to actually eat said diet can be a lot more complicated than just putting it in the dish. please don't tell me they only get seed.
here is a link to a pretty good chatboard. they had to wipe out the archive a while back, but there sre still a lot of posts that you can go back through and read up. the search engine kinda sucks, but you should be able to go back and look for breeding and diet. you have to kinda slog your way back to find the whole threads. the search only brings up single posts.
http://chats.upatsix.com/chats.php?board=budgie

you can pm me with questions. i can't promise not to be just a little testy. but i will try.