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Re: Another Question
Posted by Sarah on 1/25/06

On 1/25/06, jill wrote:
> On 1/25/06, Sarah wrote:
>> On 1/25/06, Sarah wrote:
>>> On 1/24/06, jill wrote:
>>>> On 1/24/06, Sarah wrote:
>>>>> Hey. Another question for you guys. How should I take the
>>>>> eggs out to check them, if my female will wonder where the
>>>>> eggs went? She might reject them. ~Sarah
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>>>> you have to be really careful about this. alot of people
>>>> will tell you to wait till she gets off the eggs. it has
>>>> been my experience that when i checked them without the
>>>> mother present she abandon them. the times i have checked
>>>> them with mom in tow i haven't had this problem. i suppose
>>>> it depends on how much she trusts you, but if your carefull
>>>> and try to do it only once(so you'll want to wait till she
>>>> has finished laying) wait till the last egg laid is at least
>>>> 5 days old. from 5 days you will see either the red viens or
>>>> a dark spot that is the chick. unfertile eggs are usually
>>>> dried out and pretty easy to tell they aren't good. i leave
>>>> my eggs even if they aren't fertile because mom will sit on
>>>> them either way. throwing them out sometimes discourages mom
>>>> from laying again. hope this helps, jill
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>>> So do you mean that i should take them out when she is watching
> me? She trusts
>>> me a pretty fair amount. When I check once a day(sometimes
> less) she is ALWAYS
>>> close by, when i lift up the cover.(I wait until she is eating
> or taking a break until i
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> you can always let her be your guide. if she seems ok with you
> looking in on them and goes right back to them then i would say
> she'd be ok with you checking them. i just wouldn't make a habit
> of it. my females are always present when i check them....at least
> nearby and when i am done i will put her to the entrance so she
> will go in and she can check them out and know they are ok. they
> are usually ok with this....it is important that you let her
> finish laying her eggs before you mess with them because she is
> more likely to abandon 1 or 2 eggs then she would be a full
> clutch. they have such a great drive to raise babies by the time
> they are done laying. hope this helps, jill
Thanks! And also, when i do tak ethem out, would it be okay to put like say a red color
dot on 1 egg, a blue one on another, etc.? To tel them apart

Posts on this thread, including this one

• Another Question, 1/24/06, by Sarah.
• Re: Another Question, 1/24/06, by jill.
• Re: Another Question, 1/25/06, by Sarah.
• Re: Another Question, 1/25/06, by Sarah.
• Re: Another Question, 1/25/06, by Sarah.
• Re: Another Question, 1/25/06, by jill.
• Re: Another Question, 1/25/06, by Sarah.
• Re: Another Question, 1/26/06, by jill.
• Re: Another Question/Thanks!, 1/28/06, by Sarah.