Hi all I’m in need for some advice! It’s abit of a long one any advice is really appreciated!
my love birds male and female has mated and my female has now laid a clutch of eggs!
I noticed there hormonal behaviour and stopped it as soon as I could to prevent them mating I tried everything to prevent this but it has happened I noticed that on the 21st of September that my female had laid an egg on the bottom of the cage and she has been sitting on it ever since then on Monday 23rd she laid another egg then Friday 27th now 29th she’s laid another she has 4 all together, I have checked to see if any of them are fertile they all have a yellow yolk but one has a little spot with all red veins coming off so I’m guessing that one maybe fertile she’s constantly sitting on them and takes little breaks to get food or have a drink my male is constantly going to her to feed her, I have now introduced a calcium supplement to make sure that she’s getting what she needs.
My only concern is if the one egg hatches would I be able to give the bird away as I can’t have anymore birds and I definitely don’t want to cause any interbreeding,
how long should I leave the baby with the parents until I take it away?
will my female feed the baby and bring it up to feed on its own?
do I need to separate my male from mother and baby?
I’m just thinking ahead so I can prepare I know there might be a chance that the egg could not be fertile or not even develop but just in case it does develop there is a loving home that the baby would go to so I would like to get all the advice I can to make sure that the baby is as healthy as possible and that the parents get all that they need
my love birds male and female has mated and my female has now laid a clutch of eggs!
I noticed there hormonal behaviour and stopped it as soon as I could to prevent them mating I tried everything to prevent this but it has happened I noticed that on the 21st of September that my female had laid an egg on the bottom of the cage and she has been sitting on it ever since then on Monday 23rd she laid another egg then Friday 27th now 29th she’s laid another she has 4 all together, I have checked to see if any of them are fertile they all have a yellow yolk but one has a little spot with all red veins coming off so I’m guessing that one maybe fertile she’s constantly sitting on them and takes little breaks to get food or have a drink my male is constantly going to her to feed her, I have now introduced a calcium supplement to make sure that she’s getting what she needs.
My only concern is if the one egg hatches would I be able to give the bird away as I can’t have anymore birds and I definitely don’t want to cause any interbreeding,
how long should I leave the baby with the parents until I take it away?
will my female feed the baby and bring it up to feed on its own?
do I need to separate my male from mother and baby?
I’m just thinking ahead so I can prepare I know there might be a chance that the egg could not be fertile or not even develop but just in case it does develop there is a loving home that the baby would go to so I would like to get all the advice I can to make sure that the baby is as healthy as possible and that the parents get all that they need
