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What do I do with bird egg I found?

Posted on February 3, 2012 by admin| 8 Comments

So I went outside today and I saw two little blue brown-speckled eggs cracked open on the grass. One was just a shell the other had yolk pouring out. Then I found one that seems in tact. I put some grass in a box and put the egg in. The I put that under a lamp. What do I do now? I did some research saying it could be dead already and that I have to keep turning the egg so the embryo doesn’t stick to the egg. I saw a nest it must have fallen out of but it’s too high up for me to reach and theres wasps in there so I’m not going near it.

Anyone know how to care for bird eggs? What do I do if it hatches?

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How do I heat my small aviary bird box?

Posted on June 27, 2011 by admin| 2 Comments

I am building a small outside aviary for two pairs of celestial parrotlets that i hope to breed. I will be putting a 2ft x 1ft box in each aviary made from medium ply wood to house a budgie nesting box. Do I need to use a heat lamp aswell ? if so what wattage and is the box large enough so as not to over heat them.

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How do I heat my small aviary bird box?

Posted on June 27, 2011 by admin| Leave a comment

I am building a small outside aviary for two pairs of celestial parrotlets that i hope to breed. I will be putting a 2ft x 1ft box in each aviary made from medium ply wood to house a budgie nesting box. Do I need to use a heat lamp aswell ? if so what wattage and is the box large enough so as not to over heat them.

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chicks????

Posted on April 28, 2011 by admin| Leave a comment

i have 2 chicks. one is a rhode island red and the other is an ericana. they are 29 days old. theyre living out in our aviary with a box and a heat lamp that they can easily get to. theyre starting 2 get their feathers. im building them each a nesting box. my 2 q.s are 1) when do they start laying eggs? and 2) the store we bought them from said that theyre not sure they are all hens. at 29 days old, how do you tell if its a rooster or not? please give answers fast. (im more of a rodent person so i dont know much about birds)

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chicks????

Posted on April 28, 2011 by admin| 9 Comments

i have 2 chicks. one is a rhode island red and the other is an ericana. they are 29 days old. theyre living out in our aviary with a box and a heat lamp that they can easily get to. theyre starting 2 get their feathers. im building them each a nesting box. my 2 q.s are 1) when do they start laying eggs? and 2) the store we bought them from said that theyre not sure they are all hens. at 29 days old, how do you tell if its a rooster or not? please give answers fast. (im more of a rodent person so i dont know much about birds)

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my broody hen is sitting eggs in the coup ive moved the other birds but will she be ok in the nest box?

Posted on November 15, 2010 by admin| 1 Comment

do i need to try and move her and chicks to ground level after the hatch and will i need a heat lamp with a broody?

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My parakeet just laid an egg!?

Posted on October 5, 2010 by admin| 5 Comments

I found out today that my parakeet had an egg. I came home and there was an egg that was cracked, but just an hour ago she laid another! We took it out of the cage because she wasn’t laying on it and placed it under a lamp. I have two birds, we orginally thought that we had two females, guess not! We checked the egg and it appears to be fertilized. I have a few questions. What temperature should I keep the egg at? What foods should I be feeding to my parakeet? What type of nesting box should I get for my parakeet? Is there any way I can get my parakeets to go into the nesting box? Where should I place the nesting box? Thank you! :)

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