Re: update on male sitting on eggs AND CHICKS![]()
Posted by jill on 3/25/06
I'M THROWING OUT THE BOOK I HAVE ON BUDGIES!!!!! THINGS JUST
TOOK A REALLY WIERD TURN. THE CLUTCH IS DOING VERY WELL. FIRST
BRAVE LITTLE SOUL IS ATTEMPTING TO LEAVE THE NEST. BOTH PARENTS
ARE STILL TAKING VERY GOOD CARE OF THEM. ANYWAY, TO THE WIERD
PART.....MOM AND DAD ARE MATING AGAIN...NOT SO WIERD RIGHT? HOW
ABOUT IF MOM GETS ON DADS BACK? THEN DAD GETS ON MOMS BACK AND
THIS REPEATS SEVERAL TIMES.... I KNOW THEY HAVE FIGUARD OUT WHAT
TO DO BEFORE BUT ISN'T THIS STRANGE? I COULDN'T BELIEVE MY EYES
WHEN THE MALE TOOK THE MATING STANCE OF THE FEMALE....JILL