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hi all,
is it true that if you breed budgies with cockatiels, the budgies will throw out the cockatiel eggs out and replace them with there own eggs, even if there is a budgie box in there aswell?

thanks alot, michael

I've never tried to breed budgies & cockatiels in the same flight, but I'm sure it would depend on the birds themselves. Some budgies just might throw out cockatiel eggs, but I don't really think they would lay their own in the same nest. If you have more than enough nestboxes they shouldn't fight over the best spots though. You should have at least twice as many as you would need.