Expert: Riley - 2/19/2007

Question
i have male and female budgie from 1 year  ,and i have realise that the female is doing a weard behavior  from 1 day ,,by moving here nick backward and forward and at sametime here mouth is opening and closing like shes swollowing somthing and notice that shesmoving here toungewith the slivia with mouth opening and closing andthe feather is up like shes in cold and shes seems not happy this behavior is happening continueslly  ,,,,,,is it illness or its a behavior that hens do when they bring egg?                     thankssss         omar  

Answer
This is just normal behavior for budgies. My female does it too. Now that you have given me this information, it may actually be possible that shes may have chicks. Because when they motion their head like that, she's usually trying to get the male to regurgitate food for her cause when she's sitting on her eggs, she can't leave them, so that's how she gets her food. Gross, eh? As for her feathers, that's usually how they look after shaking their head or when they're sleeping. If you do want chicks this year, please let me know and I can give you some advice.

Riley