Finches and budgies, what is the rest cycle in-between clutches?

What is the rest cycle in-between clutches when breeding with finches and budgies?

How do I stop them getting egg bound, having prolapses, or other medical problems.

The market for exporting birds opened last year for South Africa and there is a shortage of these two birds but I don鈥檛 want to breed them to death.



(Please stop with the personal attacks I am a SHEQ controller at a chemical plant and have no difficulty in buying and looking after my birds, but im also a businessman. And if you rather have the market filled with wild captured African gray鈥檚 rather than breeding them as pets then you should be taken out of your comfort zone and put in a cage)Finches and budgies, what is the rest cycle in-between clutches?
Ideally they should be limited to four clutches a year. Egg production depletes the calcium from the female. This imbalance significantly shortens the life span, increasing the likelihood of binding and prolapse. It goes without saying that she should be on a top quality diet.



I don't allow my babies to breed before six or eight months of age. They will go to nest at three months if allowed to. You did not say which finches and i'm making reference to Zebras.



Fire finches, Strawberry finches, Crimson Cheeked Cordon Bleu,(the only ones I like) Star Finches, Gouldians etc. are not as precocious as the Zebra. Parakeets are nearly as precocious as Zebras.

By allowing the young to develope fully, you can have more breeding pairs without breeding the parents to death.

mr tire