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Post by BudgiesBuddy on Jan 18, 2014 10:17:56 GMT
Such hens are called egg eaters.
I am sorry, but once an egg eater, is always an egg eater.
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Post by ravivadla on Jan 18, 2014 10:43:59 GMT
Such hens are called egg eaters. I am sorry, but once an egg eater, is always an egg eater. ohhh... in that case, may I remove the eggs and keep it separately... but, without hen how can I raise them.. what to do.. pls advise |
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Post by ravivadla on Jan 18, 2014 11:26:18 GMT
Such hens are called egg eaters. I am sorry, but once an egg eater, is always an egg eater. researched in internet..... found that if we can place fake eggs, hen will try to break them, if it fails, it will stop trying to break even on the real eggs.... we may use golf ball or table tennis ball (ping pong) in the place of fake eggs. this may not work as the size of a golf / ping pong ball is much bigger than a budgie egg.. .that was used for chicken... but still... I'm gonna give it a try... nothing to lose as this will not harm the hen also...  |
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Post by ravivadla on Jan 18, 2014 11:55:20 GMT
thank god... hen is just a "egg eater".. this is 1000 times better than "egg binding" which is life threatening to hen.. atleast egg is come out of her
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Post by ravivadla on Jan 18, 2014 12:22:01 GMT
sorry for flooding with my messages... just want to bounce on every idea i'm getting and looking for suggestions.... I also have fishes at home and just now realized that I have few white marbel stones which are almost same size and color of a budgie egg..... I put couple of them in the breeding cage... as expected, Jill came immediately and started poking with her beak... as she failed, she went back.. At least first half of the plan worked... now I want her to repeat this few more times with the stone and then once she lay the next egg, she must avoid breaking that.. figures crossed inspite of the fact that probability of success is very less... |
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Post by BudgiesBuddy on Jan 18, 2014 12:46:31 GMT
This will not work. There have been many in your shoes and everything have been tried  When a hen produces good egg, which breeders need for some reason, they make a hole in the concave. So once the egg is laid, it drops down on something soft which was placed there. The eggs are then shifted to other hens for incubating. This is the only thing which works against egg eating hens. |
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Post by ravivadla on Jan 18, 2014 12:52:12 GMT
This will not work. There have been many in your shoes and everything have been tried When a hen produces good egg, which breeders need for some reason, they make a hole in the concave. So once the egg is laid, it drops down on something soft which was placed there. The eggs are then shifted to other hens for incubating. This is the only thing which works against egg eating hens. ohh... ok.. I have other hens but they are too young. I bet they will play and break the eggs.. I don't have incubator and I understand that its almost impossible to incubate them and also take care of them myself once they hatch... Let me give couple of more days and see if she lays more eggs and see what she is up to with them... Thanks BB... |
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Post by Hezz on Jan 19, 2014 1:01:56 GMT
Sorry to read about your troubles, ravivadla. Looks like Jill is not destined for motherhood.  |
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Post by BudgiesBuddy on Jan 19, 2014 2:54:14 GMT
This will not work. There have been many in your shoes and everything have been tried When a hen produces good egg, which breeders need for some reason, they make a hole in the concave. So once the egg is laid, it drops down on something soft which was placed there. The eggs are then shifted to other hens for incubating. This is the only thing which works against egg eating hens. ohh... ok.. I have other hens but they are too young. I bet they will play and break the eggs.. I don't have incubator and I understand that its almost impossible to incubate them and also take care of them myself once they hatch... Let me give couple of more days and see if she lays more eggs and see what she is up to with them... Thanks BB... You're welcome By other hen, I meant the hens which are breeding at the same time as egg eating hen, and not any random hen from the flight. So it's not possible in your case. Yes, feeding the newly hatched chick is very tricky. You can try another nest box, just to see if it is the nest box she doesn't like and lays outside it. There is a very slim chance that it may work. |
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Post by BudgiesBuddy on Jan 19, 2014 3:10:31 GMT
 Better to have it this way. |
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Post by BudgiesBuddy on Jan 19, 2014 3:10:59 GMT
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Post by ravivadla on Jan 21, 2014 16:52:57 GMT
Yeah.. my next box is same as the pic you had shared... She laid 2nd egg y'day... she completely ignored the egg until this morning and suddenly broke and ate it... 2 out of 2 are gone...  Is it possible to incubate eggs without incubator.. any suggestions will be appreciated.. |
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Post by BudgiesBuddy on Jan 22, 2014 10:50:25 GMT
It's not possible to have constant temperature without incubator, egg rotation as well in some cases. You also don't know if the eggs are fertile.
Separate the pair, and later after sometime, introduce the cock to another hen.
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Post by ravivadla on Jan 22, 2014 15:43:33 GMT
It's not possible to have constant temperature without incubator, egg rotation as well in some cases. You also don't know if the eggs are fertile. Separate the pair, and later after sometime, introduce the cock to another hen. ok.. she laid 3rd egg today on the floor of the cage.. I didn't disturb and it also didn't come closer.... will check once i'm back to home Tell me this... assuming that she lays couple of more eggs on the floor of the cage itself... do you think there is a possibility of she incubating and eggs getting hatched? (with an assumption that she wont break those or eat her eggs) |
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Post by phoebe on Jan 23, 2014 22:20:32 GMT
If she lays eggs on the floor, maybe you could put the lid of a shoe box there. I wonder if you have her a boiled egg if she would not eat it and prefer it. You could try this. My birds like a boiled egg cut in two. I leave it in the cage for two hours then remove it.
Sorry you are having these troubles. My Allie ate one egg that was broken. She didn't eat the good eggs.
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