Personally, I'm done discussing this. I won't be posting here anymore. So say what you like.

Dayna, no one here is "bashing" (according to you) a co-administrator from your board - btw, is her name Andreya or Andrea (?)

I have had over 75 pairs of Tiels in my time, so I think I do have more experience than some. Tiels do sometimes lay eggs on the bottom of a flight or cage and thus I believe any pair of birds (regardless of species) is capable of doing same? That just makes sense to me ... Btw, I have had other species of birds also do the same, once in a blue-moon.

I also have bred Red Rumps many yrs. ago and they were easy to breed for me. I can't remember if they ever laid an egg on the bottom but I see no logical reason why that would not ever be possible? Even if you find another Red Rump breeder with lots of experience breeding that species (who also never had one of his/her R.R.s lay an egg on the bottom of its cage/flight), I still don't think it fair to say it can never happen.

Btw, Andreya and I spoke a lil while ago in PMs and I think we now have an understanding on certain points she chose to not be clear on openly but was clear on with me privately. If she chooses to post those PMs she had with me, I have no problem with that - since I am stating so openly.

I do agree with you that keeping a tame pair of same species birds together in a cage will not necessarily cause them to not be friendly with their keeper anymore, although it can and does happen.

I will take that back. I didn't come here for drama but to ask questions and share with people my birds. My original question was whether or not my male would become aggressive and I appreciate the answers I received to that. That is something I am willing to continue discussing. I am not breeding them and have no intentions to breed any birds any time in the near or probably distant future.

For those interested I have new cages on order that would allow me a free cage if I need to separate them.

Folks, let's discuss the topic only, not people or personalities. Thank you.

Andreya's question is; My original question was whether or not my male would become aggressive.

what cuties! i have never seen that type of bird before. i love the bathing action shots hehehe! thanks for sharing your birdies with us!

They are really pretty little guys.
Really enjoyed the bathing pics here too. I can't help it cause i've never had little birds but I kinda link them all to lovies which I hope is wrong. I have yet to meet a lovie that was lovie.Thanks for shareing the pics we enjoyed them very much.

Thanks ya'll.

I had a lovie once and can tell you that at least from the Lovebirds I've seen they are not at all similar in personality. My "Lovebird" was more of a "hatebird" and bit the crap out of me any chance she got. She was handfed too. lol

My RR's are very affectionate and just basically love being loved.

that really made me giggle.

I raise Mulga parrots--which are close relatives to Red Rumps. The parrots are not going to breed unless they are encouraged to do so, with a nest box and the right environment. Many people keep related birds together without breeding them--as is the case here. However, many breeders do breed related birds purposely to set certain characteristics. Many of the traits of domestic animals--parakeets for example, in terms of their immense domestic color varieties--come from a mixture of purposeful inbreeding and out-breeding.

Mulgas and Red Rumps are wonderful birds--in an aviary or as pets. They are small but aggressive enough to hold their own in most circumstances and full of personality. They are beautiful fliers--as a lot of their colors show when they open their wings. The Mulga male is one of the most colorful parrots in the world and deserves his name "Many Colors Parakeet." A picture on the web doesn't do them justice; you have to see one up close in person. Like with the Red Rump, the Mulga female is distinctively different from the male. She is sort of one color from the middle up and another from the middle down. Actually, she is quite pretty. I am surprised these birds are not more often kept as pets.

Thanks jgee... What a wonderful explaination... Thanks for your help & knowledge... I am sure Andea will appreciate it!