Parakeet Breeding

I have about 40 parakeets, outside in a 4x4 upright cage I made that is 8ft high. It is inside the corner of my greenhouse. Temp. Range from say 15deg.in winter that is usually the first just a few times a season to 105 in summer. I use fans in summer and electric heater near there cage in winter. In spring I place breeding boxes inside hungup about 6ft high. In spring when the freezing weather is gone and starts go warm.When I started with a pair, male having blue on the cere or right above the beak. Female is just brown. A female alone may lay eggs but to be fertile and hatch it takes a make to make the female fertile. After laying usually a clutch of eggs 2-4 but could be as many as eight.Takes about 21days for eggs to hatch. posted to Parakeet Breeding. at Mon Oct 12 18:54:17 -0400 2009 by mi1ke2003.