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Re: My lovies laid 8 eggs, but nothing has happened?
Posted by Jamie on 2/05/08

On 2/03/08, Mrs. Ortiz wrote:
> Our lovebirds have a nest box, this is the first clutch,
> they laid 8 eggs more than 40 days ago and nothing has
> happened, I candled the eggs and 2 out of the eight seem
> to be darker where as the other 6 are transparent, what do
> we do? Is this normal; are the 1st clutches normally dudds?
> Please help??????

Are you sure they are male and female? They can lay up to 8
eggs. They have a 23 days incubation time. Sometimes their
first clutch can be infertile.

Posts on this thread, including this one

• My lovies laid 8 eggs, but nothing has happened?, 2/03/08, by Mrs. Ortiz.
• Re: My lovies laid 8 eggs, but nothing has happened?, 2/05/08, by Jamie.