TessaG
Meeting neighbors
- Joined
- 10/24/21
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Hey guys! So my 14-month old lovebird laid 4 eggs for the first time, candled them, all infertile. Second clutch, every one of the five eggs fertile! Sad news, one hatched and I didn't catch it, was the last to hatch, and I found the wee thing dead tonight. Mom and Dad are doing an excellent job. Problem is, of the remaining 4, one is TINY, probably the second-last to hatch - still has down. I see some food in its crop, but it keeps ending up at the bottom of the pile. Wondered what your thoughts were - leave it be and hope for the best, or buy an incubator (if so what kind? any way to improvise a small incubator for one)? I don't want to check the nest every day and disturb them. I've never had two tinies like these in a clutch of big boys.