??? Do I clean them out

[serz]

Do any of you clean the nest boxes out when the eggs are In there at all as all my females have threw the shavings out onto the floor so the nest boxes are empty apart from the eggs and obv it's better to have a layer of shavings I'n when they hatch?

[gerwynmr2]

hi hezz i wait until the last egg hatches then give the nest box a quick clean and add a layer of shavings the hen normally leave them alone then,but some still empty the nest box

[brian1]

Jan 5, 2012 20:55:56 GMT serz said:

Do any of you clean the nest boxes out when the eggs are In there at all as all my females have threw the shavings out onto the floor so the nest boxes are empty apart from the eggs and obv it's better to have a layer of shavings I'n when they hatch?

Best to do it now,pop the eggs in some cotton wool and put shavings in not saw dust, put your eggs back.......

[BudgiesBuddy]

I wait until all eggs hatch. My most hens are very clean anyway.

[barrieshutt]

Sorry Brian but i would never clean a nest box until there were chicks at approx 7 days old, hens might abandon the nest, eggs may become contaminated, just add a pinch of bedding each day.

[barrieshutt]

Serz , this is not me having a go at you but a little bit of advice is offered and something i have found valuable;

I do notice you may ask the same questions several times and you are not alone, copy and paste the question and answers and file them on word in my ducuments, you will then create an additional book of budgie knowledge.

[serz]

Thanks for the advice everyone and Barrie yeah you are prob right I have a very bad memory and then when I search for some never seem to find it or end up with conflicting advice. I will do what you have suggested its a brilliant idea
Thanks

[brian1]

Jan 6, 2012 8:14:51 GMT barrieshutt said:

Sorry Brian but i would never clean a nest box until there were chicks at approx 7 days old, hens might abandon the nest, eggs may become contaminated, just add a pinch of bedding each day.

I can only work on advice given,or searched,and that was,..... You can lift the eggs out in to cotton wool,clean the nest box and replace, so I am rather confused now.........as you say, adding a little each day may be the best way to go

[barrieshutt]

Jan 6, 2012 15:29:34 GMT brian1 said:

Jan 6, 2012 8:14:51 GMT barrieshutt said:

Sorry Brian but i would never clean a nest box until there were chicks at approx 7 days old, hens might abandon the nest, eggs may become contaminated, just add a pinch of bedding each day.

I can only work on advice given,or searched,and that was,..... You can lift the eggs out in to cotton wool,clean the nest box and replace, so I am rather confused now.........as you say, adding a little each day may be the best way to go

there is nothing wrong with advice Brian , we all have our own little ways. I do wonder when these eggs are removed if the owners put them back in the same position that the hen had rotated them too, i doubt it and it increases the chance of addeled eggs

[gerwynmr2]

barrie your a gem with that last post ,i now know where i went wrong ,first round i had a nest of 4 addled eggs ,i am only going to check them at 10 days and leave well alone from now on ,brilliant post

[brian1]

Jan 6, 2012 17:36:19 GMT gerwynmr2 said:

barrie your a gem with that last post ,i now know where i went wrong ,first round i had a nest of 4 addled eggs ,i am only going to check them at 10 days and leave well alone from now on ,brilliant post

Good point Gerwyn, but what does the hen do when you go and check the eggs, you tap the nest box and 9 times out of 10 she kicks or disturbs the eggs about, is she going to put them back exactly as they were........no