My instinct was to say move the cocks, but I see you already have that advice. I can only say again, good luck.
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Post by starlingqueen on Mar 21, 2017 12:51:31 GMT
We have our third egg and Citrine seems as well as ever. Incubating them from the first egg. Basil/Larry has been in the nest box with her too. he is doing all the right things. Gorging the mineral block, cuttlebone, salt block, oyster shell and eating up all the egg and veg I put in. Citrine is also making visits to the various supplements too, and she is leaving the nest box to deposit her huge poos as far away from the box as she can get. If these eggs are fertile we may be in luck and get some healthy babies.
On the downside of things the bachelor pad is too small for the 2 boys but they seem happy enough. The piano 6 looks so empty with just one bird visible. At least it's only temporary and the bachelors will be back in soon.
Post by Marianne Marlow on Mar 21, 2017 16:06:22 GMT
How Exciting.. Lets hope they are fertile eggs, sounds like Citrine and Basil will make great parents.
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Post by starlingqueen on Mar 21, 2017 17:42:10 GMT
I'm a bit concerned that she seems to be moulting quite profusely. Not sure if that's normal or just the time of year or even that she's pulling them out to line the nest. She's getting all the calcium she needs, hopefully and I am adding feather up to the veg.
Not sure what else you can do then; seems like you have everything covered. Do you have any shavings or the like in the nest box? I know a lot of hens kick them out, but I have seen advice that says just keep replacing them. If she is pulling her feathers, maybe some shavings will stop her from pulling too many???
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Not sure what else you can do then; seems like you have everything covered. Do you have any shavings or the like in the nest box? I know a lot of hens kick them out, but I have seen advice that says just keep replacing them. If she is pulling her feathers, maybe some shavings will stop her from pulling too many???
I have been putting some shavings in but like you say she just throws them out again and she does tell me off when I open the box up, she's a feisty one. I can pick her up though, and she doesn't bite, she's all talk. She got used to being handled when I was tending to her bottom. I did a video of her today but photo bucket is playing silly buggers again so having trouble loading it. Save
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Geez! I see what you mean ...... there are a lot of missing feathers there. I suppose her bum feathers hadn't replaced themselves before the egg-laying all kicked off?
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Post by starlingqueen on Mar 22, 2017 20:31:21 GMT
Not all of them, only the few long ones that you can see. It could be a heavy moult because it is warmer in the conservatory than it was in the utility room, plus being in that box probably makes it warmer. Well I hope so anyway.
SQ, I found this in my travels; it is not dedicated to budgies, but pet birds in general, even chickens, so you probably are already aware ...... Most hens pull small body feathers from their breast to line their nest and to thin their coat of feathers on their brood patch. Their own body heat will then contact the eggs better during incubation. Small feathers in the nest, therefore, should not be confused with a molt. And a female bird with a bald area on her abdomen is not suffering from any abnormal condition. She is preparing her brood patch.
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Post by starlingqueen on Mar 23, 2017 10:25:16 GMT
Thank you Hezz. I was vaguely aware of that but it was one of those memories that I wasn't sure if I had made it up to appease my worry gland. Thank you for finding it for me. My worry gland can now rest.
I did remember, when I read it, that I had known that, once, as well. I had forgotten that I had forgotten it.
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Post by starlingqueen on Mar 24, 2017 10:53:29 GMT
We have egg number 4. There was a day between 3 and 4 unlike the first 3 that were on consecutive days. I thought they laid every other day so was surprised we had 3 in a row. If fertile the first one should hatch on the 6th of April. I thought we might lose the eggs yesterday as the buds had a night fright. I could hear something and realised it was Citrine shouting, doing her Ch Ch Ch noise. I went into the conservatory and all the buds were flapping around their cages. They settled when I turned on a light but I thought it would have unsettled Citrine and she would abandon her eggs but she is a determined mum and is staying put.