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Re: 6 eggs 7 babies
Posted by Gina on 1/08/09

On 1/02/09, Tim wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi Tim,
>> This happened to me many years ago with a pair of whiteface
>> cockatiels. 3 eggs...4 babies. 2 of the babies were one half
>> the size of the other 2. Both babies were pulled and handfed
>> day 1. One baby died after about a week and the other one
>> survived and caught up to the normal size siblings. Twins
>> are rare and seldom survive but it does happen. Usually
>> there is not enough room for the 2 to develop properly. If
>> they survive the incubating period the embryo on the bottom
>> sometimes cannot get to the air pocket so it dies at hatch.
>> I have also had a double yolk Amazon egg in which 1 yolk was
>> fertile and the other wasn't. In this case the embryo was on
>> the bottom and it survived.
>> Glenda
>
> Thanks Glenda,I know its pretty rare, but was a pleasent
> surprise non-the-less, parents were very good at keeping all
> the babies fed, I was impressed all six hatched, the twins was
> a bonus, In had a senegal pair years ago that produced twins
> but both died before hatching, now if only I can get twins
> with the rosies....

Are you talking about Rosella's Because I have a breeding pair
that I am looking to sell if you are interested. Also, if they
are rosellas they have to be kept somewhere where it is cold if
they are in a heated aviary they will not breed.

Posts on this thread, including this one

• 6 eggs 7 babies, 1/01/09, by Tim.
• Re: 6 eggs 7 babies, 1/02/09, by Glenda.
• Re: 6 eggs 7 babies, 1/02/09, by Tim.
• Re: 6 eggs 7 babies, 1/08/09, by Gina.
• Re: 6 eggs 7 babies...HELLO???GINA ???, 1/10/09, by Amazed.
• Re: 6 eggs 7 babies...HELLO???GINA ???, 1/10/09, by petra.
• Re: 6 eggs 7 babies...HELLO???GINA ???, 1/11/09, by Says you.
• Re: 6 eggs 7 babies, 1/12/09, by Rick.
• Re: 6 eggs 7 babies, 1/12/09, by Tim.
• Re: 6 eggs 7 babies, 1/12/09, by Well La Ti Da.
• Re: 6 eggs 7 babies, 1/13/09, by Rick.
• Re: 6 eggs 7 babies, 1/13/09, by to My Tukkus.
• Re: 6 eggs 7 babies, 2/06/09, by C.J..