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| keetlady |
I've been breeding budgies on a colony system for five years, I don't know
the parentage of all the young I have bred. I only keep half a dozen
youngsters a year, when would it be advisable to bring in fresh blood? I
have twenty two pairs and about thirty young, how many new birds would I
need to prevent inbreeding?
keetlady
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| Myrrrh |
Keetlady,
The only way to stop inbreeding is to use seperate breeding cages. This
way the the genelogy of breeding pairs and their offspring is kept
straight. You need to have accurate records on each pair and subsequent
offspring. Photgraphs on each pair and babies is also vital. This is the
system we use. We have 22 birds in a indoor aivary, breed only three
pairs at a time. At this point we have 3 little babies feathered out and
spending time in the large breeding cage and two newborns from a nother
pair.
Thirty young means thirty five new birds.Always have more males than
females, cuts down of female aggression.
This however, depends on how many young you want to keep as breeding
stock. If you only keep six, bring in ten and start acurate breeding
records with this generation.
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