jazzcam77 0 Posted November 26, 2012 Member ID: 7,245 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 9 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 33 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 255 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/04/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 (edited) Okay dam hen ate the eggs. I checked 1 week ago and 3 were fertile at least. This was her 2nd round. 1st round didn't hatch either. What would you do? Edited December 6, 2012 by Finnie punctuation Link to comment
hilly 0 Posted November 26, 2012 Member ID: 5,144 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 9 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 267 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 1,440 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 17/03/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 20, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2012 Hi it is hard to say for certain if it will just keep happening and you also don't know if the male is the cause of your problems. Make sure there is nothing disturbing them during the night like mice or rats. Give them both another chance but maybe with different partners then you may find who the trouble maker is. Cheers Jenny Link to comment
Bird Junky 0 Posted November 26, 2012 Member ID: 7,065 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 20 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 391 Content Per Day: 0.10 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 2,185 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/01/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 13, 2013 Birthday: 02/05/1936 Share Posted November 26, 2012 Hi . Also check their diet with advice in this forum Diet & Nutrition....B.J. Link to comment
PJI 0 Posted November 27, 2012 Member ID: 5,641 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 27 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 205 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 1,295 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/10/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 17, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2012 Unless the hen was a cracker i wouldn't bother keeping or working with an egg eater.But i have in the past done the following & it works > assuming you have a concave in your nest box, take it out and place a nail in all corners of the concave so it is elevated then make a hole in the centre of the concave slightly larger than the size of a typical budgerigar egg then replace the concave in the nest box.After you have done that place some shavings below the concave to act as a cushion,then every couple of days simply remove the egg & place it under another pair. Link to comment
Finnie 0 Posted December 6, 2012 Member ID: 5,135 Group: Global Moderators Followers: 0 Topic Count: 69 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2,545 Content Per Day: 0.52 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 14,055 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/03/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 18, 2020 Birthday: 06/08/1965 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Did she eat the eggs in the first round, too, or was there some other reason they didn't hatch? Link to comment
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