I am very excited to say I have 6 eggs now laid. It is so exciting! This is her 1st clutch and I am a bit concerned about when she will stop laying eggs.( all up there has been 10 eggs laid in aviary) 2 weeks ago I found 3 eggs on the floor, I had 2 pairs in an aviary, one of the hens laid eggs in the food as well so I out in a nest box and put the eggs in there, The next day I came out and the eggs where broken on the floor and one hen in the box. I assumed it was this hen laying. So I removed the other pair and left that pair alone to make their babies!!!! . Sadly the pair I put into the other cage must of also been breeding as hen became egg bound and died a couple of days later, ( I did seek help and follow advice but sadly no luck). So this brings me to now!!! I feel sad for my male left in the cage on his own as im sure he is lonely, But not sure if I should move back to aviary as the other hen has the 6 eggs. should I Just wait untill the babies flesge to move him back in? any advice would be good.Thanks

I am very excited to say I have 6 eggs now laid. It is so exciting! This is her 1st clutch and I am a bit concerned about when she will stop laying eggs. Anywhere between the six she has now and up to 10, but average clutch seems to be 5-6 eggs

 

( all up there has been 10 eggs laid in aviary) 2 weeks ago I found 3 eggs on the floor, I had 2 pairs in an aviary, one of the hens laid eggs in the food as well so I out in a nest box and put the eggs in there, The next day I came out and the eggs where broken on the floor and one hen in the box. It rarely works to take some eggs and put in a nest box and hope the hen will sit and incubate. A new nestbox to a hen must be cleaned out and readied for laying eggs. Even if the eggs were hers, she would not recognise them in a new nest box and she would throw them out as part of getting the nestbox ready for her. It works if you let the hen lay her first new egg in the nest box and then add the other eggs later, assuming incubation had not begun.

 

I assumed it was this hen laying. So I removed the other pair and left that pair alone to make their babies!!!! . Sadly the pair I put into the other cage must of also been breeding as hen became egg bound and died a couple of days later, ( I did seek help and follow advice but sadly no luck). The hen you removed may have been the mother that had begun to lay and removing her upset her cycle...she would have been due to lay another egg. Maybe the stress of the move and her not knowing where to lay the egg might have caused her to become eggbound. But also age of the hen comes into it when they become eggbound

 

So this brings me to now!!! I feel sad for my male left in the cage on his own as im sure he is lonely, But not sure if I should move back to aviary as the other hen has the 6 eggs. should I Just wait until the babies fledge to move him back in? any advice would be good.ThanksI would wait until the aviary breeding and fledging was finished

I am very excited to say I have 6 eggs now laid. It is so exciting! This is her 1st clutch and I am a bit concerned about when she will stop laying eggs. Anywhere between the six she has now and up to 10, but average clutch seems to be 5-6 eggs

 

( all up there has been 10 eggs laid in aviary) 2 weeks ago I found 3 eggs on the floor, I had 2 pairs in an aviary, one of the hens laid eggs in the food as well so I out in a nest box and put the eggs in there, The next day I came out and the eggs where broken on the floor and one hen in the box. It rarely works to take some eggs and put in a nest box and hope the hen will sit and incubate. A new nestbox to a hen must be cleaned out and readied for laying eggs. Even if the eggs were hers, she would not recognise them in a new nest box and she would throw them out as part of getting the nestbox ready for her. It works if you let the hen lay her first new egg in the nest box and then add the other eggs later, assuming incubation had not begun.

 

I assumed it was this hen laying. So I removed the other pair and left that pair alone to make their babies!!!! . Sadly the pair I put into the other cage must of also been breeding as hen became egg bound and died a couple of days later, ( I did seek help and follow advice but sadly no luck). The hen you removed may have been the mother that had begun to lay and removing her upset her cycle...she would have been due to lay another egg. Maybe the stress of the move and her not knowing where to lay the egg might have caused her to become eggbound. But also age of the hen comes into it when they become eggbound

 

So this brings me to now!!! I feel sad for my male left in the cage on his own as im sure he is lonely, But not sure if I should move back to aviary as the other hen has the 6 eggs. should I Just wait until the babies fledge to move him back in? any advice would be good.ThanksI would wait until the aviary breeding and fledging was finished :sad:

Thanks for your advice, All seems to be going well, just waiting!!!!! it seems to be taking forever!