my parakeet only laid 2 eggs in her first clutch? I didn’t want her to breed or try to make her breed but she did with one of my boy birds and she only laid two, then I got her a nest box and she cracked them. I read that they do this when they know they won’t live. She is also 10 months old which is too young. Why did she only lay 2 when a full clutch is 4-6 or more? Thanks.
my budgie once again has laid eggs but this time 2 eggs hatched today one about 5 am and the other at around 4pm today. now i have asked a lot of budgie questions bud evrytime there somethign new i find out..i knw its unusual that 2 hatched today? is this bad? she is feeding them both
i was used to her hatching them every w2 days,,,she has laid over 16 in the past. and they hatched in less than 14 days,,,she actually baarley left the eggs.
thank u! i have helped raise 11..time for 5 more. and father stays away cause hes a little crazy.
She is 2 yrs old. The male is a little over a year and they really don’t get along, She first layed 2 eggs then about 4 days later she layed 3, then about a week later she layed 2 more. She is sitting on them all day but I’m concern because she only comes out to eat 2 or 3 times a day and according to the books the male should be feeding her, but he is not. I think he is to young to notice. When she come out to eat he goes into the box to play with the eggs but doesn’t sit on them. Is this normal behavor for the birds? And if they are not going to hatch when should I take the eggs out?
Ellu ppl. ^^ Okay I have 3 parakeets for 5 years now and i recently found out one of them was “pregant” and had 2 eggs but the other female bird broke them. So now I seperated them, but I still need a nest. I did think about buying one but i dont know. But I did put a box with newspaper sheds and some seeds in there. Do you think thats enough? What else could I do to make her comfortable? Im excited but scared at the same time.
my parakeet laid 2 eggs and has been in her nesting box all day(except for eating) . What should the father be doing ( that is if he is the father b/c i didnt actually see them mate)? Is he supposed to be in the nesting box ? b/c he keeps going in there!! does it sound like the eggs are fertile?
Someone please help me, a few days ago my sister and I noticed a mother sparrow has gotten killed due to our neighbor’s cat, ad we noticed that her nest had two eggs in it. We took them in, and we have placed them in a card board box. We have a heating lamp as well, and we have been turning the eggs every now and then. While turning the eggs last night, we noticed that there is some blood (or so we think) in the eggs. And the eggs aren’t cracked or anything, so I was just wondering if there’s any best way to check for signs of life for these precious babies, besides going in a dark room a taking a flash light how else can I be sure if there’s life? PLEASE someone help me, it would be much greatly appreciated thank you!!
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my lovebirds layed 3 eggs in october, they never bothered with them. 23 days after the last egg was removed i took the eggs out of the nesting box. They were not fetilized. they layed another 2 eggs starting jan 5., but not in the nesting box(it was in the cage though). they are not going near them. I saw them mating(atleast thats what it looked like) about a week or 2 before the eggs arrived. whats going on?
i am pretty sure they are male and female. nevermind that i am almost sure i saw them mating, but they do feed each other and “kiss”
i am more curious about this now also because my cockateil has layed 4 eggs over the last week. i know her eggs are not fertilized because she is alone. but yet she sits on them and protects them. (i will remove them once her hormones straighten out)
i was also told by the breeder i bought some of my parrots from that it may take a couple times before the birds figure out what to do. weird that these birds have no interest in their eggs.
