What should I know about parakeets?

[Ccort]

Got it, will stick to two. Ty!

 

[Poultrybonkers]

Female pairs work if there is no males around otherwise get two males you wont have to deal with egg laying then. A male female pair will do nothing but breed lol I breed them. But I keep my sexes separate.

 

[Poultrybonkers]

This would be the cage.....

Bar spacing might be to wide and they can squeeze through the bars.

 

[Somewhere_In_The_Clouds]

A male female pair will do nothing but breed lol I breed them.

I keep males and females together and haven't had an egg in about 5 years.

 

[Poultrybonkers]

I keep males and females together and haven't had an egg in about 5 years.

It has to do with hours of light otherwise they are known to lay clutch after clutch

 

[Somewhere_In_The_Clouds]

It has to do with hours of light otherwise they are known to lay clutch after clutch

I think there's actually lots of factors that play into it. Mine do not have a "bedtime" like lots of other bird owners have for their birds. They get as many hours of daylight as there is, all year round. I don't cover them or anything either. I've even had pairs bonded enough for mating, still no eggs.

 

[Evadig]

When looking for a cage go for one that's wider not taller, horizontal space is better for them than vertical.

This is opposite what the person at Petsmart said when we were looking for bird cages. Always do your research before buying anything!

 

[Somewhere_In_The_Clouds]

This is opposite what the person at Petsmart said when we were looking for bird cages. Always do your research before buying anything!

Birds fly side to side, not up and down Too tall and you may end up with lots of wasted/unused space.

 

[Ccort]

Bar spacing might be to wide and they can squeeze through the bars.

The spacing is a half inch. Is that not ok?

 

[Ccort]

The spacing is a half inch. Is that not ok?

Also, I had a thought...could they have playtime outside in my chicken run? It's covered with hardware cloth. Any harm to the chickens or parakeets?

One more thing ...I am fostering these babies....would you say that four in that cage is too many?