I don't want my budgie to raise a second clutch, but she's already laid one egg and another is due tomorrow...should I take out the nestbox and remaining eggs now, or will she get eggbound because I took out the nest and she'll have nowhere to lay?

Edited November 22, 200816 yr by Jen144

If you want her to stop laying, take out her box and throw away the eggs.

She may lay an egg or two off the perch, but they are fine doing that.

 

Does she have babies at the moment ????

and the remaining eggs, how old are they ?

If you want her to stop laying, take out her box and throw away the eggs.

She may lay an egg or two off the perch, but they are fine doing that.

 

Does she have babies at the moment ????

and the remaining eggs, how old are they ?

 

 

No she has no babies at the moment, and the one egg she has is only one day old as of today.

It's fine to remove the egg and the box :bluebudgie:

The egg even if firtile would not be developed in any way so there is nothing to hurt by tossing it away

It's fine to remove the egg and the box

The egg even if firtile would not be developed in any way so there is nothing to hurt by tossing it away

 

 

Okay good. I heard though that if you do remove the nest while they are still in the process of finishing laying a clutch they'll get eggbound because there is nowhere to lay.. :bluebudgie:

no that doesn't normally happen. Any hen can get egg bound, but they wont hold them in. Most hens will just lay 1 or 2 eggs of the perch and then thats done with until they are given a box again.

So, I assume this is not Storm and Cinder, who you have asked about in another post?

 

Liv has giving great advice. I had a hen who was smashing her eggs and/or throwing them out of her nest box. I removed it. She laid a few off the perch and then stopped. Just make sure you offer her plenty of calcium... maybe in the water and as cuttlefish? Good luck and please keep us updated on how she goes :bluebudgie:

Agree with everything that has been said