I have a cocaktiel that lays an egg every other day and the eggs keep breaking? Can some one please help?

Question

i have the male in with her to fertilize the eggs

The male will not let her in the breeder box after she lays the egg. the male goes in and rolls egg around. I think that is what is making them break maybe?

Answer 1

Try crushing up some egg shells into their food for added calcium. A mineral block or cuttle bone would help too. More calcium should make the eggs stronger.

good luck

Answer 2

There are many options to line the box. I use aspen shavings about an inch deep with a depression in the middle. The female lays one egg then another one about 48 to 60 hours later and another and another until her clutch is complete. After the first four are laid (about 8 to 9 days in) she will begin staying in the nest and brooding the eggs. She and the male will take turns sitting and turning the eggs. About 19 days after the first egg was laid,the first egg will hatch, then the others in order they were laid, about two days apart, if they were fertile. I suggest you get a book. I found "The Cockatiel Handbook" to be very helpful, and still refer to it for many things.
As a bird lover, I sincerely, and humbly suggest that you put off breeding until you are more informed.

Answer 3

What do you have in the nest box for bedding, rocks?? Leave the eggs alone and stop taking the eggs!! You are going to kill your hen if you keep taking the eggs.

Feed water and leave them alone!! Stop interfering with what the birds need to do, you'll soon have an egg eating bird if you don't allow them to do what is natures way of taking care of business. You are depleting the hen of calcium.

Answer 4

If you're not trying to breed the cockatiels, then I wouldn't worry about it.

If breeding them is your goal, your bird needs a calcium and mineral supplement. You can buy special pelleted cockatiel food that is designed for breeding birds and has what they need in it.

You can also purchase at many pet stores vitamin/mineral supplements you can give as drops or on their regular food or in their water.

Also, offering a cuttle bone for them to chew helps with this.

And last, make sure that you give them an appropriate place to nest- most cockatiels prefer a nest box. It can be as simple as a cardboard box, ranging in size from12"x12"x12" to 12"x12"x16". The opening should be about 4" wide. Hang it in their enclosure, if you hang it outside a door, they could chew through it and escape.

Answer 5

You said "A" bird, meaning one. The eggs she lays are infertile, why worry about them breaking, they won't hatch, unless you have a male cockatiel also.

Answer 6

the shells arnt strong enough, they need lots of specail diets, chickens for instance will eat stones, it helpapparently to make the shells stronger, try a new special food that is for it, if you cant decide, speak to a worker in a pet store for assistance