Posted January 17, 200718 yr Do budgies mate for each fertile egg, or does the one mating session fertilize many embryo's at once which then form into eggs??
January 17, 200718 yr okay here is an article I found it is about artificial insemination in budgies the point of me posting the article is for the question above. Once the hen has laid the first egg, you need to AI her that night if you wish the second egg to be fertile. If you wait until the next day you will have missed the second egg, but will fertilise the third. The hen has cells that are called "sperm storage" cells, where she holds the sperm for up to 16 days. When the egg is being fertilized there is only a 15 minute window before the white of the egg is wrapped around the yolk and the egg can no longer be fertilized. That is why it is so important for the hen's sperm storage cells to be working correctly. go to the article for more http://www.budgerigars.co.uk/breeding/ai.html
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