i don't know if you can help i have just started keeping budgies and i have got three pairs that have all laid eggs but one of the males has just died and as far as i can see it is not ill what shall i do with the eggs leave the female with them or put them with the others pairs please can you try to give a little advise.
2007-07-01 13:07:53 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Birds
maybe you can inform me how long from when the eggs are laid to them hatching is and how i can tell if the eggs have chicks in them or not an done female laid 4 eggs 12 stopped laying and has now 6 days later laid more is this normal ?
2007-07-02 23:58:21 · update #1
Leave the female with them, even if she is not sitting on them or incubating them.
If you take them out, her body will go into a nervous response and produce more. She could possibly die of exhaustion of laying so many eggs. Leave them in there for 3-4 weeks, then take them out and throw them away. It should be OK for 2, 3 months, and she shouldn't lay any more.
Also, make sure that she has a mineral block or some sort of vitamins. I use drops, that I put into my birds' water that is rich in calcium. Be sure to also buy a cuttlebone, that is also healthy. I have a mineral block, a buttlebone, and the drops.
Birds use alot of vitamins and minerals, and calcium when producing eggs.
2007-07-01 13:15:56 · answer #1 · answered by Phoenix 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had some simarlar the male comes out of the cage and doesn't want to go back to see the female but she looks after the eggs/ chicks very well by herself
I put a small heavy bowl of seed in the nest so she doesn't have to come out of the nest too long.
I had a female die when a chick was 2 weeks old and the male fed and kept him warm. He is 5 weeks old now
2007-07-02 10:13:33 · answer #2 · answered by Silly-Junos 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If she is sitting on them, leave them, but if not transfer them under another female. Take out the Female and put her in a cage with no breeding box, to give her time to adjust.
2007-07-01 20:39:33 · answer #3 · answered by Brodie.91 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have only 1 budgie so I don't know. But I can recommend a yahoo group "budgie place" that I am sure could help you out. They have members that are breeders etc. Hope this helps.
2007-07-01 20:12:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They may be fertile. The female can raise them by herself if necessary. I'd leave them with her and see what happens.
2007-07-01 20:34:30 · answer #5 · answered by KimbeeJ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋