Why can't the eggs of my African Lovebirds successfully hatch?

Question

The reason why I ask is because my lovebirds have been laying eggs (several times), yet not one has hatched successfully. Any advice on what to do or what may help would be great. Thanks!

Answer 1

Maybe there not fertile.

Answer 2

With lovebirds it can be a lot of things.
Are you absolutely positive you have a male and female (had them DNA sexed? probably being the biggest question here, you can not tell the sex of a lovebird by look or feel) How old are they? What are they eating? What kind of cage/nestbox set up do they have? How warm is the room they're in? What's the humidity level like?
There are cases when Male/Female pairs are just not fertile, it can happen, or they just never seem to get the mating down right and can't fertilize the eggs. Until there are a few more details there, are way too many variables to take into account as to why the eggs might not be hatching.

Answer 3

Have you ever opened them up after they sat on them to see if they were fertile?

I hatch out birds every year, and with chicken eggs, I candle them at about 7 days into the incubation period. To candle an egg, take the egg at night in a dark room. Shine a flashlight into the egg. If it is fertile, you will see a dark spot, and also blood vessels just inside the inside of the egg. These will look like spider webs.

If the eggs are infertile, then you might not have a pair of birds. Sometimes something is missing in their diet, and will prevent the eggs from developing correctly.

Could the female be getting off of her eggs too soon and not giving them enough time to hatch out? Is there a cat that bothers her at night when you are sleeping?

Go to your petshop, or find someone who is selling birds in the paper. These people really know their stuff and can give you pointers.

Answer 4

are u positive u have a male and a female if u dont know take it to an avian vet and have it surgectly sexed it wont hurt your birds unless you are very experienced bird breeder u cant tell and even we get it wrong sometimes.most types of lovebirds have to have the above done or be dna tested either of those methods will tell you for sure dont go by the one bird is mounting the other as females do this sometimes

Answer 5

1. not bonded
2. not male/female
3. age
4. diet
5. low grade infection
6. environment
7. anxiety
8. infertility
9. human interference
10. improper cage/nestbox/nesting materials

These are a few reasons...there are many more...join us at www dot lovebirdsplus dot com slash community.

Answer 6

perhaps you have two females?

for whatever reason, maybe the eggs are not being fertilized?

Answer 7

if there is no male then no fertilization