Jen144 0 Posted May 26, 2009 Member ID: 4,580 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 136 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 707 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 4,920 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 14/08/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 30, 2015 Birthday: 14/04/1995 Share Posted May 26, 2009 For what reasons would a hen throw a 1 day old egg out of the nest? (not in a colony situation of course) I know there can be a lot of reasons but I'd like a list if someone can do that please? I've just had that happen to me, and I've had it happen (rarely) before, so I'd like to know why. What I could be doing wrong, mainly. Thanks. Link to comment
mattdog2 0 Posted May 26, 2009 Member ID: 5,243 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 28 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 649 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 3,690 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 25/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 18, 2010 Birthday: 13/08/1992 Share Posted May 26, 2009 i have a similar problem, when my hens layed for the first time, they ended up laying 2 then kicking them out of the nest, and a few weeks later they went back to the nest and layed a full clutch and are now sitting them, i think u will find most first time hen's will do this Link to comment
Jen144 0 Posted May 26, 2009 Member ID: 4,580 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 136 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 707 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 4,920 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 14/08/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 30, 2015 Birthday: 14/04/1995 Author Share Posted May 26, 2009 True. Though the hen that just did this, this is her 4th clutch altogether (2 last year, 2 this year) so what reasons would she have? Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted May 26, 2009 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.28 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Share Posted May 26, 2009 (edited) Most first time hens will NOT do this. Its rare. Silly immature young hens may, and new mums may but it isnt common practice. Sometimes it turns out to be the Dads that have done it. When I have had issues like this I stop the breeding of that pair and give them a break and try agian further down the track. In my experience its the birds way of saying they dont want to be doing this right now or arent ready. Edited May 26, 2009 by KAZ Link to comment
mattdog2 0 Posted May 26, 2009 Member ID: 5,243 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 28 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 649 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 3,690 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 25/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 18, 2010 Birthday: 13/08/1992 Share Posted May 26, 2009 well thats a possibility, the father may have done it Link to comment
splat 0 Posted May 26, 2009 Member ID: 3,340 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 202 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 4,891 Content Per Day: 0.25 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 27,770 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 17/04/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 19, 2014 Birthday: 13/05/1958 Share Posted May 26, 2009 I agree with Kaz as i have had it twice this year so far and from experience hens so I am guessing they are saying nah not ready yet, one hen through 4 eggs out which I manged to save 2 of them and then she went on to lay 5 more eggs after about a weeks break and all up she has hatched 6 healthy babies, they are the parents of my violets. Link to comment
Jen144 0 Posted May 26, 2009 Member ID: 4,580 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 136 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 707 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 4,920 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 14/08/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 30, 2015 Birthday: 14/04/1995 Author Share Posted May 26, 2009 Ah okay. With this girl though, she seems to lay the egg too early for her..like she's getting it out of the way so she can further improve her nest..because with her other clutches, 2 of them she threw out the first egg, but laid the rest and raised the resulting chicks fine. Reasons she might do this though..I know for certain it was her, she doesn't even allow her mate inside the nest..and also, I put the egg back in, came back a little while later and watched her chuck it out of the nest herself. So really I'm wondering why she did this, and why any other pairs would..(if they did, I want to know reasons so I can fix it if it happens) Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted May 26, 2009 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.28 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Share Posted May 26, 2009 (edited) Budgies are just like people.......... There are some very smart ones and there are some very dumb ones Edited May 26, 2009 by KAZ Link to comment
Jen144 0 Posted May 26, 2009 Member ID: 4,580 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 136 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 707 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 4,920 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 14/08/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 30, 2015 Birthday: 14/04/1995 Author Share Posted May 26, 2009 Haha yeah that I know..I seriously think she laid it, looked at it a little while, then thought, "What the heck is this doing here? Hah this egg is so not mine...goodbye!" *chucks it out of the nest* Once she'd done that she was happy, sitting in the nest again and ready to lay her second egg. Here's hoping she doesn't do that again, but so far it's only been the first egg..It is strange. Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted May 26, 2009 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.28 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Share Posted May 26, 2009 What colour " hair " does she have Link to comment
tg1 0 Posted May 26, 2009 Member ID: 4,378 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 4 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 18 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 135 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 25/05/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 12, 2010 Birthday: 27/08/1964 Share Posted May 26, 2009 i has this prob a couple years ago , so i made new nestboxs but a little larger and deeper this fixed the prob as well and the chicks also stays in the boxs for a little long as the mother had to feed then for that extra week i found that i did not loose any chicks as that are thay bit bigger and thay will live better and bigger Link to comment
mattdog2 0 Posted May 26, 2009 Member ID: 5,243 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 28 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 649 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 3,690 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 25/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 18, 2010 Birthday: 13/08/1992 Share Posted May 26, 2009 What colour " hair " does she have LOL! kaz! too bad the hen isn't a Lutino, it would all come into prospect nicely Link to comment
LILBABYBUDGIES 0 Posted May 26, 2009 Member ID: 4,745 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 38 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 618 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 3,920 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 15/10/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 14, 2010 Birthday: 06/11/1994 Share Posted May 26, 2009 HAHAH lol Link to comment
daniela 0 Posted May 26, 2009 Member ID: 5,298 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 26 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 518 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 2,950 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 17/05/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 30, 2013 Birthday: 10/03/1978 Share Posted May 26, 2009 its been in my family tradition :rofl: that budgies can taste the yolk, which they like ( i doubt it a little because apparently they have a poor sense of taste) and they wont stop. I had a Lutino you kicked out her eggs, but she didnt really have a partner because she was being a rebel and going with any cock but her second clutch, she has now got four babies and doing a great joob at raising and feeding them Link to comment
Guest DrNat Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 What colour " hair " does she have Budgies don't have hair. Except maybe eyelashes. Link to comment
Dave_McMinn 0 Posted May 27, 2009 Member ID: 3,092 Group: Global Moderators Followers: 0 Topic Count: 103 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 3,831 Content Per Day: 0.19 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 21,560 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 13/01/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2018 Birthday: 23/05/1975 Share Posted May 27, 2009 (edited) What colour " hair " does she have Budgies don't have hair. Except maybe eyelashes. Really? No hair? And all this time I thought that a full crested budgie used gel and a half crested budgie was really a comb-over Edited May 27, 2009 by Dave_McMinn Link to comment
SJW 0 Posted May 27, 2009 Member ID: 3,791 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 11 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 143 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 840 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 31/10/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 13, 2014 Birthday: 24/08/1976 Share Posted May 27, 2009 What colour " hair " does she have Budgies don't have hair. Except maybe eyelashes. Really? No hair? And all this time I thought that a full crested budgie used gel and a half crested budgie was really a comb-over Good one!!!! Link to comment
Cindy Colborne 0 Posted September 8, 2019 Member ID: 8,910 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 0 Topics Per Day: 0 Content Count: 1 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 5 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/09/19 Status: Offline Last Seen: September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 I have a male and a female budgie, they have a nesting box but the female has pushed up to 9 eggs at once out of her nest, prior to this she pushed out two eggs. The male goes into the nesting box from time to time and they stay in the box together, he will come out for a feed and return to the nest. After pushing out the nine eggs she is back in the nest and been sitting but I can’t see her, she is sitting very low in the nest. Is there anything I can do? I wondered whether she is throwing them out because they maybe unfertilized eggs. Can you please help me cos I’m pretty keen to see some babies!! Link to comment
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