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Post by natenla on Jan 28, 2006 18:55:21 GMT 11
I am new to breeding red rumps and not sure of the breeding season and what to use for a nest box. I have heard that some will breed in nesting boxes as small as budgie boxes is this correct or would cockatiel boxes be more suitable??
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Post by John on Jan 28, 2006 19:43:16 GMT 11
I use Cockatiel boxes and find them very satisfactory I wouldn't use Budgie boxes I reckon they would be too small. I also have three L shaped boxes that I put in last season and they used them no trouble, there is heaps of room inside and they don't get the tails all bent up.
John
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Post by oaklee on Jan 28, 2006 19:48:36 GMT 11
they will breed in any box if they really want to natenla. mine have bred in a l shaped box as well as a z shaped princess box. these days i breed mine in cockatiel boxes as i find they are cheap to but from a local produce produce place where i get my seed. i don`t like to give them to small a box because i have had nest of six , seven and eight babies before and it gets pretty crowded in there and it is just to hot for them if they are all on top of each other. at least with a bigger box they can spread out a bit. i simply use wood chips or wood shavings and peat moss in my boxes. i make it about an inch thick. don`t worry if it looks like there is to much in there as the hens will throw out what they don`t want anyway. if you introduce the boxes at the middle of july you shouldn`t be far of the mark. a good indecation will be to watch the cock birds as they will start to feed the hen birds. if they want to nest earlier the hen will start nesting or digging in the seed dish or on the ground, that is a indercation to give that pair a box. the problem with putting the boxes in to early is if the hen is ready but the cock bird hasn`t done his job yet the hen will go ahead and lay a clutch of infertile eggs. then you run the risk of her not relaying again after you have taken her eggs away from her. so i find it is best to prolong it as long as you can. well i hope this helps you, and remember the only way to learn these things is by trial and error, ie experience. no doubt alot of the other forum members have different views than mine, but it works for me as there methods work for them. so even try them with 2 or 3 different boxes.
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Post by sniggs74 on Feb 6, 2006 18:52:54 GMT 11
We had a pair of redrumps in one of our avairies who we didn't want to breed so we never put any boxes in with them, soon after we had what we thought was a mouse hole appear. Each day we filled the hole in and each night it was dug up again. It wasn't until about 2 weeks later that we realised our hen was gone. We thought mice had gotten her. It wasnt until we saw the male head off down the hole that we realised that they had made their own arrangements with nesting. A few more weeks later and the hen came out followed by 4 chicks!!!
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