I thought exactly same but wasn’t sure if I was seeing things
Mizzely , are you the one to ask about things like Quakers breeding? I have been looking for some advice about this topic. My female (4 months after I adopted her from harmful situation until she got her first CLUTCH) I am outta my league here. Avian vets have been arguing over coming up for reasons for something like this to happen; Cornell refuses to acknowledge the existence of a‘problem’ but both you and I know that having a clutch four months after an emergency evacuation is not a likely thing for a Quaker, no matter how mentally unstable she present, to occur. The fact that she is lacking sleep makes more sense than throwing down two back to back 3 then 4 then six ((?) those could be dummies at this point - clutches!) I can only assume the longer sleep cycles will help and finding a friend who will knock her up is the most likely way to stop these eggs.
Are you just starting out or are you hoping they will come to be intimate soon, say within the month? I have a similar problem but it doesn’t seem as though I have found a solution for it yet. My Quaker is unwed, but even so she seems eager to reproduce by the amount of the eggs in her first and second clutches in rapid succession.
I do not breed birds, so not really. It is pretty common though for birds to be hormonal after getting into a better life position. The body is triggered by a few things, and one of those things is "abundance". It wants to make sure the bird is going to be able to feed a clutch of babies, so ample food, including proteins and fats, after a period of neglect could do that. Combined with a new sense of safety, being in a place that feels safe for them to raise young... Seems pretty plausible to me. It's got nothing to do with wanting to see little begging faces. It's all a biological response that the bird doesn't have any control over. So no, I personally don't think that raising young will necessarily interrupt the cycle.
