How to Build a Budgies Nest

The cheeping of budgerigars, or budgies for short, is a common sound in pet bird cages. The exotic birds, ranging in a variety of colors, are the most popular, and one of the smallest, pet parrots. Originally from Australia, they have been kept as pets since the 1700s throughout Britain and its other colonies. Creating a nest for the birds is simple as they do not have the normal nesting material of birds.They only need a box.

Things You'll Need

  • 6-inch by 6-inch by 6-inch wooden box, without top
  • Drill
  • 1 1/2-inch circumference drill bit
  • 6-inch by 6-inch by 3/4-inch thick wooden particle board
  • Wood chisel
  • Small mallet
  • Sandpaper
  • 1/4-inch circumference drill bit
  • 3-inch long 1/4-inch thick wooden dowling
  • 7-inch by 7-inch by 3/4-inch thick wooden particle board
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Instructions

    • 1

      Drill a hole with the large drill bit on one side of the box, in the middle.

    • 2

      Place the thick particle board piece on the work surface. Chisel a shallow hole with gradual edges in the middle, about 1/8-inch deep in the middle.

    • 3

      Sand the hole down until it is completely smooth. This is where the eggs will sit. Insert it into the bottom of the box, with the shallow hole facing upward.

    • 4

      Measure 1/2 down from the hole, in the middle, toward the bottom closed off area of the box. Drill a 1/4-inch hole where the marking is using the drill bit. Feed the doweling through so 1 1/4-inch juts out on both the inside and outside of the box. This will allow the bird to get in and out of the box.

    • 5

      Sand down all sharp edges in the box, such as the entrance hole and the poles jutting out. Place the large piece of thick particle board on top of the box. Set the nesting box in the cage so the top of the box rests against a wire side for support, yet has enough room to be lifted off the top for access to the eggs.