I have a puppy dog and keeps coming to the birds though and I wanted to change the location of the cage will this cause them to stop laying eggs and do they mate after laying eggs I mean mine layed one egg and now will they mate again to lay more eggs to lay in that cluctch and when I move them to a different location will they stop mating or laying eggs or break the egg or drop it outside

 

 

ANd how big should the egg be

Edited April 7, 200718 yr by Kaz

My budgie has layed one small egg and started to incubate the egg does this mean she won't lay anymore eggs or will all budgies lay more than one egg

Hi Lankan, from what i understand (and someone please tell me if i'm wrong) ...

 

budgies will lay an egg every other day, there will be mating (maybe more than once?) between egg laying to fertilise the next egg to be laid

 

budgie eggs are only small, about this long ................. and this wide ............

 

sorry i just can't think of something to compare the egg size to ... i'm sure someone else in here will have a better explanation!

okay so this is another "please correct me if i'm wrong" answer

 

budgies, especially if its their first clutch, may only lay one or two eggs ... i think average is 4 - 6... they only lay every second day

 

its 18 days approx from incubation until hatching, and the way that budgies lay every other day means a hatching every other day so the chicks have a bit of time to grow stronger before they are fighting another small baby for food

 

if she is sitting on the egg ALL the time (except for very occasional emergences for food and to toilet) then she would be incubating it already, but it is common for them not to start incubating until the second egg is laid

 

- this is all stuff as i understand it, so don't take it as gospel, i just hope i'm learning as much as i think i am!

Very Good Ains. I can't add anything more to what you have stated.

anywhere from 1-10,6 ia the average, mine had 6 but only 3 of them hatched and grew up.

To add if you go to the FAQ there are some great questions there too http://forums.budgiebreeders.asn.au/faqs/i...tion=show&cat=7 AND I believe many people will mark the eggs if you are not afraid to pick them up and mark them with I have seen pencil or a non-toxic marker so you know the order they will hatch.

okay so this is another "please correct me if i'm wrong" answer

 

budgies, especially if its their first clutch, may only lay one or two eggs ... i think average is 4 - 6... they only lay every second day

 

its 18 days approx from incubation until hatching, and the way that budgies lay every other day means a hatching every other day so the chicks have a bit of time to grow stronger before they are fighting another small baby for food

 

if she is sitting on the egg ALL the time (except for very occasional emergences for food and to toilet) then she would be incubating it already, but it is common for them not to start incubating until the second egg is laid

 

- this is all stuff as i understand it, so don't take it as gospel, i just hope i'm learning as much as i think i am!

 

 

This is the hens second clutch though

So Ains you are saying that they will mate before the egg is layed to get fertalizzed so if they don't it won't be, but will they stop mating if you change the location of the cage and also can budgies lay 2 eggs in one day or lay one today and another 3 days after another egg or is it all ways 2 nd day. Thanks for trying Ains

In answer to your other question about moving the birds, if you move the cage with little disruption and fuss, they should be fine. Its when you move or change their actual nestbox that things can change and egglaying and so on will be disturbed.