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Re: kicking out eggs
Posted by jill on 3/05/06

On 3/04/06, Mark Wright wrote:
> I have 9 budgies in a flight cage. I have hung nestboxes
> inside the cage. One hen laid 3 eggs and seemed not to be
> attentive. She then kick the three eggs out of the box
> and they broke. Another hen laid 4 eggs and was sitting
> regularly on the eggs. The first hen laid an egg again so
> I put it with the other clutch while the hen was out. The
> next day all her eggs were kick out.
> What do i do?
> I very sucessfully breed lovebirds. I have only one pair
> of lovebirds per breeding cage with a nestbox attached. I
> have had 10-12 clutches over the few yrs.
> The budgies are continuing to nest and mate...
> Help

the unattentive mom may just not be mature enough to deal
with egg laying. as far as the other went. usually(in my
exp) mothers don't throw out eggs unless they have sat on
them for a while and they haven't hatched. it isn't uncommon
at all for first clutches to be non fertile. it is possible
to raise babies in a community cage but seems much less
troublesome in separte cages. good luck, jill

Posts on this thread, including this one

• kicking out eggs, 3/04/06, by Mark Wright.
• Re: kicking out eggs, 3/05/06, by jill.
• Re: kicking out eggs, 4/05/06, by Julie.