Breeding like rabbits

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Aug 23, 2013 15:47:04 GMT skysmum said:

This could be an interesting one, great idea, i feel a surrogate mum coming on . Think they would have to go by a special courier though.

If they are packed well and marked as live eggs I think they will be OK in normal first class post. Chicken eggs are sent all the time via royal mail.

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Just looked on the royal mail website and it's fine as long as you package them well and mark the box ‘URGENT – LIVING CREATURES - HANDLE WITH CARE’

[skysmum]

Sounds all good then, come to think of it i remember a friend taking in a package for her neighbour, it had live package or something written on it. It wasn't until a bit later that she heard the singing . They were live crickets for his lizard .

[moonkira *Julie *]

I also have lizards , a leapord gecko, a berber skink, a rankins dragon whichmis a miniture version of a bearded dragon and I have an occelated Uromastyx or Uro for short which is a little lizard like a tortoise without a shell he's called Oscar.

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I have a bearded dragon and 2 ibera tortoises.

[skysmum]

My daughter has a chameleon called Lenny, he is lovely. He has been in today to have a large growth removed, he's doing well .

[Hezz]

At the stage that you would have to post them, you wouldn't even know if they were fertile or not!

As a hypothetical, do any breeders want to add anything? BudgiesBuddy? @corie?

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True Hezz, Budgies are easy to breed especially pet type so there is no need to even try this.

[BudgiesBuddy]

There are a few things to consider here.

As Corie said, they are very easy to breed. It's the matter of finding the right combination and setup.
A very small percentage, but I have lost a few eggs which didn't hatch despite being fertile, after shifting from hen to another.
If the eggs are collected or posted immediately after laying, it will have a better chance of making it safely, but it will not be clear if they are fertile or not.
Fertile eggs which are incubated for a few days, will become cold during traveling.

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I understand all of that but we have nothing to lose. I have a hen sitting on infertile eggs for the second time this year and Julie has fertile eggs she is throwing away. If she sends them to me and they don't hatch then there is nothing lost, if they do hatch we have saved some budgies and I don't have to disappoint my son again, who is waiting for his own hand tame budgie. I will only breed once and am having a lot of trouble getting my male to breed, the hen is doing everything right and the cock is feeding her but he just can't seem to get the mating right. I only have 2 other possible cocks to put with the hen and they are new birds to my aviary so haven't yet met the hen as she is sitting on eggs.

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Go for it then, possible chance of chicks is 0% due to the distance and not understanding cycle of breeding, it could be done if these things were reversed.


Sorry but true.

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Aug 24, 2013 11:42:39 GMT @corie said:

Go for it then, possible chance of chicks is 0% due to the distance and not understanding cycle of breeding, it could be done if these things were reversed.


Sorry but true.

Not sure what you mean by "not understanding the cycle of breeding" I understand it very well.

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Explain how you would achieve this, it's not just a matter of removing infertile eggs and replacing with fertile you need to know the cycle the hen is in.

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She has 4 infertile eggs, last one would have hatched on the 2nd September had they been fertile.

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Aug 24, 2013 12:27:17 GMT @corie said:

Explain how you would achieve this, it's not just a matter of removing infertile eggs and replacing with fertile you need to know the cycle the hen is in.

I would appreciate it if you would give us some constructive advice.