Advice on breeding please :)

[banjo]

Hi,
i have my first eggs, the hen had laid two a good three to four days ago and now ive checked and there are three.
She has dutifully emptied the box of all the shavings i put in so the eggs are sitting in the concave.
Should i attempt to add some more shavings ? As these are my first budgie eggs im very wary about disturbing her too much and causing her to leave them etc. Would my 'scent' being on the eggs cause any probs if i did pick them up to add the shavings?

[Donna Lee]

Can't you just put the shavings in without touching the eggs, banjo?

[banjo]

then id be covering the eggs i would of thought, my main concern is her leaving the nest etc

[BudgiesBuddy]

The hen cannot remove all the wood shavings at one time. So the trick is to add a few every few hours to replace the ones she removed. Thus she will stop removing it sooner or later.

Now that she had completely removed all the wood shavings, adding again can disturb her. Wait until all the eggs hatch and then add it. Hopefully she won't be bothered much as she will be busy feeding chicks.

[Hezz]

I am moving this to the breeding section.

[BudgiesBuddy]

I though I did last night but something went wrong, I guess

[banjo]

i should of put it in the right section to begin with.
Still three eggs

[banjo]

I checked the box yesterday and now have four eggs, i worked out when the second egg came that the expected hatch dat should be this weekend.
But there had been quite a few days between each egg being laid.

[Donna Lee]

How strange, Banjo. I wonder why that is.

[BudgiesBuddy]

Oct 9, 2012 6:19:07 GMT banjo said:

I checked the box yesterday and now have four eggs, i worked out when the second egg came that the expected hatch dat should be this weekend.
But there had been quite a few days between each egg being laid.

If the eggs don't hatch, remove them when the last one is 21 days old.