Hi folks. Kiwi and Kazi finally have 2 new babies (with 3 eggs left to hatch-not sure if they will). They are a week old now and the cutest, adorable little things with very loud little voices. She didn't eat her eggs this time. I threatened to give them away if she did it again and she must have heard me-lol. I want the babies to be tame. Should I hand raise them or just handle them often?
Finally baby budgies!
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you dont have to hand feed them just handle them daily and dont forget to wash your hands before handling them
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Congrats !
I'd leave them with her to be fed and raised if all is going well and handle them regularly after them age of 10 days. They turn out to be pretty social butterflys this way.
My Piplup was raised this way till the parents started to kill her clutch mates so she was handraised.
But my other 3 budgies ( Chibi-Chibi , Mimzy and Mumble *RIP* ) were all store bought with no human contact and are just as tame as a hand raised.
I'd leave them with her to be fed and raised if all is going well and handle them regularly after them age of 10 days. They turn out to be pretty social butterflys this way.
My Piplup was raised this way till the parents started to kill her clutch mates so she was handraised.
But my other 3 budgies ( Chibi-Chibi , Mimzy and Mumble *RIP* ) were all store bought with no human contact and are just as tame as a hand raised.
Hi folks. I have been handling the babies a couple of times during the day but only for a few seconds each time. Kiwi seems stressed when I do and she very quickly checks them out when I put them back in the nest.Do you think they'll still be tame by handling them this way? She doesn't mind my hand in the nest with the babies and her though.They're 3 weeks now and the cutest I've ever seen. One is turquoise and the other blue. I always wanted a blue budgie. My 3 year old told me the other day on her birthday that she wanted a blue bird, so she has it. I wanted to wait for Lea(my linnie) to breed and produce a cobalt like her, but the budgie beat her to it. I thought both the male and female had to be pied to produce different colors, Kazi is a pied green/turquoise while Kiwi(female) is a plain green.
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I think they'll still be tame. As they get older and mom feels more comfortable about it, you can handle them more and more :thumbsup: Especially once they come out of the nest box, mom will be less possessive of them and you can do more with them. Just be wary of them flying about 
The first few flights are always a doozy and, if you can safely allow it, it's best to let them get in a few really good flights to build up muscle and some good flight skills before clipping them
The first few flights are always a doozy and, if you can safely allow it, it's best to let them get in a few really good flights to build up muscle and some good flight skills before clipping them
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I don't think so, not if you maintain what you're doing now. Even with momma in the nest (as long as she's ok with it), just acclimating them to your hand being nearby is a great step towards them taming down. Each baby will have a different level of 'tame-ness' just because they will each have their own personality :thumbsup:
Thank you sooo much Jenny for all your encouragement. I'll keep it up. They're so cute, healthy and beautiful. I feed the parents a lot of good things. They're not used to pellets and won't eat it, but they will eat veggies, escarole/dandelion,whole wheat couscous,ground almonds,egg yolk, egg food, sprouts and seeds sprinkled with a little ground flax seed. I also add oatmeal with grouts and flax(I boil this for them and add it to their morning dish).
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Congragulations on your set of babie budgies. I can't wait till my two have some. But, they are still young.
Much to my surprise today, baby number one (budgie) left the nest and was perched next to mommy. I picked him up so I could clean his little feet (poopy feet) and he seemed ok with that. He just sat in my hand-sooo cute! When do you think they will be fully weaned and I can put them in a separate cage? Tiel babies are weaned around 8 weeks old, but I hand feed them.
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Congratulations! I agree with Jenny on the co-parenting thing. I believe it will work best
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