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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2013 10:12:52 GMT
I haven't seen any "action" at all, from any of them. Except Tweedle "entertaining" a branch, he seems to spend a lot of time and energy on that branch, dirty boy.
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Post by nat on May 2, 2013 13:55:54 GMT
Lol go Tweedle! On the incubating thing, people are often surprised when the first 2 chicks hatch within a day of each other rather than the normal 2 days apart. Thats because the hen doesn't usually start incubating the first egg properly until the second is layed :-)
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2013 14:20:31 GMT
Well at the moment I don't know if she has laid another egg or not. She hadn't this morning when I checked but I have seen her twice now, eating the pink mineral block and her tail was bobbing again. Is she eating the block because she is deficient or because she is using her reserves making eggs? I will check again this evening to see if there are 2 eggs.
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Post by BudgiesBuddy on May 2, 2013 16:15:10 GMT
Some of mine start the incubation on sixth day since laying first egg, so nothing to worry about.
They know what their bodies need an they dive for it as soon as it is placed in the breeding cage. That why it is advised to have cuttle-bone and iodine block in the breeding cage.
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Post by nat on May 2, 2013 16:21:17 GMT
My little boy Morph used to go from the iodine block, cuttlebone water then seed religiously before feeding his nesting hen. It was amazing to see him make the choices as to what he knew she needed :-)
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Post by BudgiesBuddy on May 2, 2013 16:24:53 GMT
Morph sounds like a very intelligent and caring cock
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2013 16:53:19 GMT
Egg #2 has been laid. How long before you can see them chalking up? #1 looks whiter than the second one.
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Post by skysmum on May 2, 2013 17:09:37 GMT
Thats brilliant, no stopping her now . Sometimes the colour indicates the fertility, whiter ones are usually fertile.
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2013 17:11:47 GMT
It's changed since yesterday. I know in tortoises the eggs "chalk up" or turn a more opaque white which means they are fertile.
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2013 17:13:37 GMT
I put more wood shavings in because there were none near the eggs but she has shifted them to the other end away from the eggs, so they are just laying on bare wood again.
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2013 18:21:31 GMT
I have so many questions, please forgive my ignorance. Food question. I have been supplying various foods daily from day one with the aviary as with all my birds but do I need to give anything extra now? Yesterday they had egg food with apple and chick weed. Today they had lambs letuce, radichio and grated carrot. They always have mixed seed and a regular supply of white millet and I have some red millet coming tomorrow. They always have cuttle bone and mineral blocks. Tomorrow they are having cous cous with some veg. I gave them some calcium in their water yesterday and always add supplements to their seed once a week. They have a full spectrum light. Am I missing anything?
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Post by nat on May 2, 2013 18:25:03 GMT
The egg will turn white in a couple of days after incubation starts if fertile :-) Keep bunging the shavings in. Some will take it and some won't and keep throwing them out, but once the hen stops laying and starts to sit properly she'll be less busy with the shavings and more concerned about other things ;-).
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Post by Hezz on May 3, 2013 0:30:12 GMT
Can't help with any of your questions, starlingqueen, just good luck with it all.
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Post by BudgiesBuddy on May 3, 2013 7:14:08 GMT
I put more wood shavings in because there were none near the eggs but she has shifted them to the other end away from the eggs, so they are just laying on bare wood again. Is there a concave? Keep putting a little, just don't disturb the eggs.
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Post by BudgiesBuddy on May 3, 2013 7:16:34 GMT
I have so many questions, please forgive my ignorance. Food question. I have been supplying various foods daily from day one with the aviary as with all my birds but do I need to give anything extra now? Yesterday they had egg food with apple and chick weed. Today they had lambs letuce, radichio and grated carrot. They always have mixed seed and a regular supply of white millet and I have some red millet coming tomorrow. They always have cuttle bone and mineral blocks. Tomorrow they are having cous cous with some veg. I gave them some calcium in their water yesterday and always add supplements to their seed once a week. They have a full spectrum light. Am I missing anything? The food seems fine. I just make sure that breeding pairs have at least 3 different foods available to them all the time. I keep replacing one or the other every few hours. They don't eat all but they know what they need and go for it. The most important thing is a good seed mix.
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