Important question

[njournel101]

Hey guys.
New poster here!
I have an important question. I purchased 2 indian ringnecks last summer. Both are females but they are very attached and are always together in my aviary. I had a nestbox in their aviary which looking back now might not have been a good idea... One of them has gone in the nestbox and will not leave it! I don't think she has laid eggs yet but I think she is going too. Since they are both females aren't the eggs just going to be infertile? What should I do? I have a friend who wanted the birds from me and I was hoping to give them to him this weekend as a suprise since I do not have as much time as I would like to spend with them. Is it okay if I just remove the nestbox from the aviary?
Oh also one is green and the other lutino and neither has a black or red ring around the neck so I am 100% sure they are females.

Any advice would be great!

[SCB -SA]

best to remove the box, as yes the eggs will be infertile, and laying eggs takes alot of calcium and minerals, vitamins etc from the bird.

[Recio]

Hi;

I had a young male 2 years old without the ring coupled to a female laying fertile eggs ... so I think that if they are together and one of them (I bet the lutino) is working the nest ... maybe you have a bonded pair ready to reproduce.
How do you know that they both are females? Just because they do not display the ring or did you a feather test for sexing?

Recio

[njournel101]

Thanks for the reply.
Well they are both 4 years old from my understanding and neither has a ring.
So they have to be females right?