Sorry, but the cockatiels and budgies have all been separated. There were 17 cockatiels in a 36"X 18"X 52" cage, it was overcrowded and there were quite a number of birds who had been mutilated. I did it to protect the birds from further harm.
The smaller ones are the wild type of budgies (even if they have been bred to have all different color mutations) and are called either just budgies or Australian budgies, the ones you breed are the domesticated variety, called English or Show budgie. And, yes, you are correct, almost all the ones you see in CL are 'regular' budgies.
You are correct. Eggs have a lot of protein and they do bring them into condition PLUS these birds had, most likely, a seed diet so they certainly do not need any extra protein, be it in the form of eggs or gelatin, what they need is vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients.
That is easy to remedy, all I need to do when I make up their fruit and veggie mix is not add the eggs. I do add Soluvite D to their diet as well as we live in the Pacific Northwest and have limited sunshine during the winter.
Eggs are one of those foods I get puzzled why people recommend feeding so much especially in non-breeding birds. There are many suitable plant based proteins to feed too if you do need more protein in the diet as I don't like giving my birds animal based proteins/foods anyway.
They can become underconditioned this way.
Sorry, I don't know what you are talking about. So far I have only ever removed one male from the cage and that was because he was kicking all the eggs around like little footballs, addled every single egg.If you take the males out, who is feeding the females while they're sitting on eggs?
When the female sits on eggs, the male feeds her. If you remove the male, the female will sit on the eggs but not go for food and get thin and possibly dehydrated. If she goes for food and water, the eggs will not be kept warm and will die.
Every hen is different and you were not there, so you don't have all the details. She managed just fine without him.
Well you said the birds were in bad shape. She can't do both - keep the eggs warm AND feed herself. So your priority is either to get the birds back in shape or have the eggs hatch. Seems like the latter was more important.
Would you PLEASE stop making assumptions and trying to put me down, and look bad! You have no idea what you you are talking about! The hen that I am talking is one of my own and this happened before I got all the other birds! Quite frankly I feel you owe me an apology for falsely accusing me.
