At what age can a budgerigar fly?
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A budgerigar can fly at about 30 days after hatching. As an altricial bird, it grows feathers on day 8, opens eyes at 10 to 11, and has full feathers by day 20.
Until then adults feed it; as feathers fill in it tries flying and leaves the nest around day 30.