Oct 1, 2012 20:07:53 GMT
bluetone1008
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Post by bluetone1008 on Dec 16, 2012 12:00:52 GMT
i went into my avairy this morning to do the normal morning check. my budgie who has been sitting on her eggs for about 10 days now seems to have thrown one of her eggs out of her nest box. is this normal? the remains were mainly yellow with a little bit of red. does this suggest the egg was fertile or infertile?
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Post by BudgiesBuddy on Dec 16, 2012 21:09:17 GMT
I have never seen yellow eggs.
Sometimes an egg gets broken and it sticks to hen's body and when she comes out of nest box, brings the egg also. The yolk from the broken egg can make the other eggs look like yellow.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2012 1:18:27 GMT
i went into my avairy this morning to do the normal morning check. my budgie who has been sitting on her eggs for about 10 days now seems to have thrown one of her eggs out of her nest box. is this normal? the remains were mainly yellow with a little bit of red. does this suggest the egg was fertile or infertile? thanks some times hens do throw eggs out for reasons only known to them selves ...  . and yes i would say the yellow and the red in the egg would suggest to me it was fertile... some times they throw eggs out because they no theres some thing wrong with it ...or they have been disturbed ... i had a hen throw all her eggs out just because i opened up the nest box to look at them ..  . all hens are different .... i hope this helps answer your Question .... regards mick...  . |
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Oct 1, 2012 20:07:53 GMT
bluetone1008
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Post by bluetone1008 on Dec 17, 2012 9:24:08 GMT
thats great advise thanks
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Post by BudgiesBuddy on Dec 17, 2012 11:27:44 GMT
I see, you were talking about the inside of the egg when you said yellow and red  |
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Oct 1, 2012 20:07:53 GMT
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Post by bluetone1008 on Dec 17, 2012 12:33:58 GMT
yeah thats right
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Post by BudgiesBuddy on Dec 17, 2012 13:02:27 GMT
Mick got it right then  |
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Oct 1, 2012 20:07:53 GMT
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Post by bluetone1008 on Dec 17, 2012 13:07:57 GMT
brilliant thanks
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Apr 21, 2012 20:15:21 GMT
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Post by marleen4 on Dec 22, 2012 3:06:00 GMT
With colony breeding there is the risk of another hen entering a nest as she is broody herself. She may throw out the eggs to create space for herself. This may happen even though there are plenty of other nest boxes, especially inexperienced mothers seem to take a shine to a box already occupied.
A bird at times gets too exhausted, stressed, underfed (e.g. if the male does not feed her) or realises that the eggs are infertile and throws them out herself. She may need some time to build new strength / body mass again before having more eggs.
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Oct 1, 2012 20:07:53 GMT
bluetone1008
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Post by bluetone1008 on Dec 22, 2012 22:06:38 GMT
yes i think this is what has happened. i looked this morning and she has destroyed her last 2 eggs. there was a very small embreyo inside them. its a shame but from what i can tell she's gradularly lost interest as time has gone on. she a young hen so i'm not too suprised or dissapointed. i'm quite new to this too so i'm learning all the time.
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