egg laying

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egg laying; females laying eggs
Topic Started: Jan 28 2007, 04:02 PM (155 Views)
dianeensley	Jan 28 2007, 04:02 PM Post #1
Newbie Posts: 8 Group: Full Members Member #28 Joined: January 28, 2007	I have two female parrolets who are 18 months old. They started laying eggs on Jan 10. They layed a total of ten eggs between then and Jan 22nd. I removed the eggs because they are not fertile. They are still setting in on e of their feed dishes all the time. They have lost a lot of their feathers on the breast and back. How long will it be before they start acting "normal" again?



BUUZBEE	Jan 28 2007, 04:44 PM Post #2
www.conurecrazy.com Posts: 5,348 Group: Full Members Member #7 Joined: October 19, 2006 How many Parrotlets do you have 3 What types Pacifics What colours Blues Other Birds ? 3 Conures, 2 Turq's, 2 Bourks, 35+ Budgies, bourks & turq's I live in Sunny So Cal My name is Anna	Unfortunatly I cant anwer this one. I will let the others have a go at it. I'm new to the parrotlet world too, i've had mine about 5 months



dianeensley	Jan 28 2007, 06:50 PM Post #3
Newbie Posts: 8 Group: Full Members Member #28 Joined: January 28, 2007	After I posted my question this morning I found another egg in the cage. I can't believe how many they have laid now. It has been interesting but I would like them to get back to normal as soon as possible. They do look really cute sitting though. They started laying eggs in the stainless steel bowl I put their pellet food in. They break the pellets up and then sit in the dish.



kevinp	Jan 28 2007, 07:52 PM Post #4
Administrator Posts: 6,047 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: October 7, 2006 How many Parrotlets do you have I have one Parrotlet What types Celestials What colours One green Other Birds ? Budgeries four off I live in a mess of my own making !!! My name is I'll give you a clue	the only advice i could offer, as i dont keep any females is try leaving the eggs in the bowls until they get fed up sitting on them. the problem is that when you take their eggs away they will just lay more. make sure you have cuttle bone and mineral blocks in the cage for them as they will need this as they are using a lot of calcium laying all those eggs.



BUUZBEE	Jan 29 2007, 04:08 PM Post #5
www.conurecrazy.com Posts: 5,348 Group: Full Members Member #7 Joined: October 19, 2006 How many Parrotlets do you have 3 What types Pacifics What colours Blues Other Birds ? 3 Conures, 2 Turq's, 2 Bourks, 35+ Budgies, bourks & turq's I live in Sunny So Cal My name is Anna	I have some budgie hens that keep laying, i replace my eggs with fake ones until she gives up and goes out of condition. but never had this with the parrotlets yet.



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