jenny5

Thanks for your responses. I moved her into a different cage yesterday and will be getting the calcium tomorrow. I hope she stops laying, as before I moved her she had laid another 2 eggs and was sitting on all four. She really does need a rest.

Thank you so much. I made a mistake in her age too. Both the budgies are only one and a half years old, not two and a half. I will change her cage straight away and will get her Calcivet. I will try to get onto a vet too. Do you know why this cycle could have started in the first place and why she didn't have any fertilized egg? Would it be from her or him? Thank you again.

First of all I am not a breeder. Two and a half years ago we bought two baby budgies (one male and one female). Last year in June we found an egg at the bottom of the cage. Immediately I went out and bought a nesting box from a pet shop. Straight away the female entered and layed 5 more eggs. She sat on them for over 30 days (I know too long but didn't have the heart to remove them). She only came out to eat (even though the male stayed inside with her a lot too). I finally removed the eggs and the box. A few weeks later again she layed an egg at the bottom of the cage and again I returned the box. Again she layed around 6 eggs and sat and sat with no hatching. This process happened one more time before I decided to remove the male assuming he was the problem and so she wouldn't lay any more eggs unneccessarily. Boy, was I wrong.? She has been laying almost continuously for the last couple of months (with no male in the cage). I kept taking the eggs out. Recently she has laid two and is sitting on them now in the corner of the cage. What am I supposed to do? I know they are not fertile and she is sitting on them. I have read that they can lay eggs like chickens regardless of whether or not they had been bred with. But now that she is laying on the eggs I am really worried. I do feel so sorry for her. Should I get her another male so that perhaps she can breed. Or do you think she is the problem breeder and not our male? I am waiting for some advice as I really feel sorry for her.