Parakeet Eggs For Sale
The female can spend up to ten days in the nesting box before she produces any eggs. During this time she will emerge to poo and to nibble on her mineral block – an ideal time to check up on the progress and remove any broken eggs or dead chicks. (Always make sure to have clean hands whilst doing this.)
The hen will lay four to eight eggs, with one every two days, and each egg needs incubating for 18 days (sometimes a little longer), after which they will hatch. Sometimes she will only get the hang of full time incubating after the second egg has been laid. Any egg unhatched after 23 days will not hatch. An emerging chick can take several hours to fully emerge from the egg. This is perfectly natural, so don’t try to intervene.
Any egg laid after the sixth one is in danger of having its chick trampled by larger, older siblings. This could damage the younger chick’s fragile body, or prevent it from receiving food. In these circumstances you should give the younger birds to a foster mother, if possible. If this is not an option you can try hand-feeding them (see Feeding Baby Parakeets, below).
A single hen may occasionally lay an infertile egg. This is just a sign that her hormones have gone through the mating season process in the absence of a male. This is nothing to worry about. The hen will not fret or attempt to incubate the talking parrot eggs for sale . Simply remove it and that’s that.
Parakeet eggs
Parakeet Eggs Not Hatching
There can be a few reasons that your bird’s eggs may not hatch.
Females may sometimes lay eggs without a male to fertilize them.
A young pair of birds may not be successful in their mating attempts, but the female may still lay eggs.
Single eggs may fail to hatch due to a chick failing to develop properly inside, or the egg may have somehow just avoided fertilization.
It is not uncommon for young mothers to just neglect their eggs.
The egg may have fallen onto the floor, either from a perch or from over the side of a cramped nest box.
The male bird could simply be infertile
If you happen to have lots of birds in a single cage, overcrowding may be the cause of your problem. A hen may be too stressed to sit on her eggs, or other female birds may muscle in and interpret the incubation or maybe even damage the eggs.
Nutrition is important. If eggs fail to hatch it may be due to soft shells, a sign that the hen didn’t get enough calcium (from cuttlefish bone or a mineral block, for example).






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