broody budgie on coturnix eggs

[zayd]

Hi, i have 10 budgie and 5 quails and one of female budgie she had only one time become a mother and she had got 5 chicks and she had kill her male and due to today she had never make pairs with another i dont know why!! And till the begining of the year she started to lay infertile eggs and sit on them but i always remove the eggs !!

But i had idea a week ago she had laid 2 eggs and i have remove it and placed 3 coturnix eggs under her and today is day 4 the 3 quail eggs were warm and the baby chicks were growing inside she is a good mother but only dont have a mate and so she come out only when she is hungry and after she go inside and i an waiting the eggs to hatch ..

 

[Majd]

Keep us posted on the progress.... how did she kill her mate that's awful.....
And where are you from by the way

 

[Quail Jailer]

I thought a budgie was a parakeet? how in the world is a parakeet sitting on coturnix eggs?

looks like she could perch on one... somebody straighten me out here....

 

[subhanalah]

I thought a budgie was a parakeet? how in the world is a parakeet sitting on coturnix eggs?

looks like she could perch on one... somebody straighten me out here....

English Budgerigars (spelling) are much bigger than the Australian keets.
They are also better talkers, lol

 

[Quail Jailer]

English Budgerigars (spelling) are much bigger than the Australian keets.
They are also better talkers, lol

Well, there ya go!

Thanks!

 

[subhanalah]

Well, there ya go!

Thanks!

wouldn't it show me what for if they came back and said it was one of the little buggers, lol

 

[Quail Jailer]

I just don't hardly see how...lol

 

[Majd]

Hahahahha!!

 

[salsan20]

http://budgerigarsforum.proboards.com/thread/2389/button-quail-head-injury-advice

Remember seeing this when I was looking for some info on injured heads with Quasi, so this budgie successfully hatched a button quail lol!