8 Steps to Successful Lovebird Breeding

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Currently, the Lovebird is favoured by bird lovers from all over Indonesia. Many things can be "enjoyed" by keeping the Lovebird.

Starting from his typical Singing voice to the beauty of the colourful feathers.

No wonder the price of these birds is stable in high enough numbers.

Not very expensive indeed. But it's also arguably not cheap. The price can be very high, especially when his voice geek Lovebird has a length.

So now it's started a lot of people who try to cattle Lovebird, Lovebird is currently considering many bird lovers ".

Are you also one who wants to try your luck with raising a Lovebird? If Yes, then there is no harm. Because this Lovebird breeding can be done at large or smaller parties.

Regardless of the number of cattle you want, Lovebird doesn't matter. But, this Lovebird livestock is easy-easily distressed. Easy if you are know-how.

But it's easier if you are random inbreeding.

Through this article, Wikicau.com wants to help you learn about breeding Lovebirds. Suitable for you who want to try or are indeed serious about breeding.

Considering the price of a stable Lovebird, breeding a Lovebird can bring in a hefty profit. Lovebirds could produce 4 to 6 eggs once the time of egg-laying.

If the hatch is all. That's just one pair. Imagine if you keep the 3, 5, or 10 teams. Steady anyway? There are a few things to note before breeding a Lovebird.

Starting from preparing the enclosure to a pair of lovebirds who want to be mated. The following is a complete description:

Steps to Successful Lovebird Breeding

Table of Contents

1. Prepare an appropriate and comfortable cage

  The enclosure is the first thing you must prepare before starting livestock Lovebird. Forget the first to buy a Lovebird.

Because although you've bought a pair of Lovebirds, there have been no home games, the same boong. Want to put it where it's Lovebird? Therefore, buy it for a cage or cage used as a residence Lovebird.

Enclosure for livestock Lovebird-sized enclosure is 60 cm x 40 cm x 40 cm. The size of the enclosure is enough to breed 1 pair of lovebirds. After that, you can add a nest box or nest box within.


2. Buy a pair of Lovebirds already ready for production

If the enclosure with the criteria above you have, the next is a very important phase, purchasing a pair of Lovebirds.

When breeding Lovebird, buy a healthy bird ready for production (mating and egg-laying). Prospective parental Lovebirds will affect healthy offspring.

If the parent is healthy, then his children will also be beneficial. Buy a parental Lovebird with feathers. You are visible; you can certainly tell the difference, especially if you often deal with a Lovebird.

Also, make sure you purchase a Lovebird male older than the females. Do not reverse. So when the marriage occurred, the male parent could dominate the female.

3. install lamp full spectrum on enclosure Lovebird

The third step is installing a Lovebird cattle light in cages. The most suitable light for livestock Lovebird is a full spectrum of light. Why should the lamp be full-spectrum?

Because of the type of lamp, this tool has a spectrum similar to sunlight. So it is very useful for the health of the birds.

Full-spectrum bulb's average colour temperature is 5500 Kelvin. With so, Lovebird feels in the wild.
Granting full-spectrum lights is very important, especially if you put a cage Lovebird inside the room.

So this lamp can replace much-needed sunshine, Lovebird. But you don't have to constantly turn on the lights for 24 hours. Turn off at night of the day. When the time Lovebird sleep.


4. place the nest box in the position of the fitting

A Lovebird lies in a happy hollow cavity or hole tree in the wild. Well, to replace it, we can use the nest box.

The nest boxes could quickly get you in bird feed stores, usually for 20 thousand to 30 thousand.

Make sure that you buy the nest box specifically for the bird Lovebird. Because there are several nest boxes devoted to Parakeets of smaller sizes.

The wood thickness that is most suitable for cattle Lovebird is 2.5 cm. With such warmth, the nest box could be ideal for birds.


When purchasing the nest box, usually already provide wood shavings inside. But now occupied by birds. Usually, a Lovebird will adjust its own amount of wood shavings as they want.

Lovebirds will throw some wood shavings, so the number is appropriate and convenient for their spawn. So you need not be surprised if a Lovebird throws some wood shavings in the nestbox.

5. combine with another Lovebird pair.

 If you have a large enough cage, you can try this number 5 tip. The results can be more satisfying.

Mixing more than 1 pair of Lovebirds in one enclosure could be fishing the other partner for an immediate mate and laying eggs.

Prepare 2 nest boxes (or more, depending on the number of pairs) in a single enclosure. Then let them all mate and lay eggs.

When one of the pairs mates and lays eggs, the other partner will join the same thing. So could speed up the production process.

6. give a special feed to increase lust Lovebird

If you really want a quick laying and Lovebird lay, then tip number 6 is obliged to do. Give a special feed to increase lust, Lovebird. With parents, lovebirds will quickly mate and lay eggs.

Some types of food that can increase the hormone Lovebird, among others, are:

-Water spinach
-Bean sprouts
-Sunflower seeds

The foods above are very good for a Lovebird wanted in livestock. Especially to females, because it could stimulate the birds to lay eggs soon.

7. Provide supplements to mate and lay eggs fast, Lovebird.

In addition to the increase in feed use, Lovebird lust point number 6 could also be working on it by providing supplements for Lovebird.

Although this method is not obliged to do, you can still try. Because these supplements can improve both the lust of males and females, they are perfect. The possibility of laying can be faster. But again, this is not mandatory.

You can buy supplements for Lovebird birds in stores or through the online store on the internet. There have been many who sell it.

8. replace drinking water with Lovebird periodically.

Water is one of the most important components of any bird-keeping, including when you want to breed a Lovebird.

If water intake is impaired, a Lovebird can affect their health and mood. Therefore, do not the problem of water.

Provide enough water and replace it periodically. It's good anyway, 1 day once. So keep it clean. Lovebird ever stays healthy and ready for production.

Conclusion
It's her 8 tips that you can do if you want to succeed in breeding a Lovebird. I would like to try, especially for you who are just learning the cattle Lovebird.

Good luck.
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