Only one egg
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Only one egg
Hi,
Could you please tell me if it is normal for my pair to only lay one egg. This is there first time breeding, and i was told that they only incubate after the 3rd egg. Does this mean that she wont incubete it. She is turning it and sitting on it. When i checked the egg it was warm so i know that she has been sitting on it.
thanks in advance
Could you please tell me if it is normal for my pair to only lay one egg. This is there first time breeding, and i was told that they only incubate after the 3rd egg. Does this mean that she wont incubete it. She is turning it and sitting on it. When i checked the egg it was warm so i know that she has been sitting on it.
thanks in advance
Breeding is not alawys set in stone and no two breeding pairs are alike. Since this is their first year breeding this egg may just be a fluke and it may turn out to be infertile. When was the first egg laid? If she is a young breeder you may only get 1 or 2 eggs the first time. Also don't be checking the box to much you may be disturbing her and making her to nervous to lay.
Donna
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you can candle the eggs about 7 to 10 days after the last egg. You can use a flsh light in a dark room and holding the egg up to the light you want to see red vains running through the egg, this means it is fertile. you also want to keep the humidity at about 60 to 70% while the chick is developing inside the egg.
Donna
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Pringle Bird wrote:How do u check the humidity, I was told you dont have to worry about it.
While a high humidity is supposed to be conducive to breeding, it is really tough to manipulate it in outside aviaries. Hence, I don't even worry about it and neither should you since most winter/spring humidities in Australia is over 70% anyway.
The winter/spring humidities in my locale range from 50% to 90% and my breeders do just fine under these conditions.
Hope that helps.
Jay
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