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Re: Lovies hatched an egg
Posted by Denise on 5/04/06

On 4/30/06, KarenH wrote:
> On 4/21/06, Denise wrote:
>> My lovebird pair laid an egg about a month ago. They sat
>> on the egg and refused to come out of their cage. Which is
>> very unusual they love to fly around the house,and visit
>> my other set of birds. The other day I looked in there and
>> the female lovebird was feeding a baby. Thats all she had
>> was one baby this is her first time is that normal.
>>
>> Thanks Denise
>
> They aren't going to want to fly around when they have an
egg.
> It's instinctual to them to care for their egg.
> I have had a few lay only 1 egg but none were fertile. But
> there really is no set number of eggs. Usually they lay
around
> 4 but I had one pair who laid 7 eggs and they all hatched.
>
> Good luck with your little guy.
>
> Karen
Thanks for the response. I pulled the baby and started
handfeeding the little one. I named him (not sure if its a boy
or girl yet) JOJO. Hes a normal Green Masked Lovie His momma
is green and his daddy is Blue, as soon as I get pics I will
post them for all to see.
Thanks

Posts on this thread, including this one

• Lovies hatched an egg, 4/21/06, by Denise.
• Re: Lovies hatched an egg, 4/30/06, by KarenH.
• Re: Lovies hatched an egg, 5/04/06, by Denise.