I have canaries, and they have started to breed. They laid their first egg sometime this week (It was on the bottom of the cage and I noticed it yesterday). I have not seen another egg yet. They had a nest build, so I put the egg in there in hopes that she incubates it and does not keep laying. Theres two girls in there, and they are both sitting on the egg, but I think its the female of the breeding pair. (Shes on the egg more often, buts she still is only on it when she want to be on it).
So the problem is... The breeding pair is half siblings and I don't have enough room to separate them.(Working on it thought) Is there anything I can do to reduce breeding (I don't want to remove the nest, I'm afraid of egg binding) and what can I do to stop the egg from hatching.(I don't have dummy eggs and she won't sit on marbles. I just don't want her to lay to many eggs. She laid 6 last year in a single batch...)
So the problem is... The breeding pair is half siblings and I don't have enough room to separate them.(Working on it thought) Is there anything I can do to reduce breeding (I don't want to remove the nest, I'm afraid of egg binding) and what can I do to stop the egg from hatching.(I don't have dummy eggs and she won't sit on marbles. I just don't want her to lay to many eggs. She laid 6 last year in a single batch...)