One of my hens that had chicks last season was sitting on 6 eggs again until 2 days ago. In the morning she was fine, but by 4 o'clock in the afternoon all the eggs were thrown out of the breeding box (with half-developed chicks in them) and the shells were partly smashed. Do you think the birds did this, or is it more likely to be mice? Also, if the birds did it, how do I stop them doing it again?

Not enough information Bennyboy.......................

 

Breeding cabinets or colony breeding ?

 

How many budgies in the cage where the nestbox is ?

 

Photo of your set up ?

 

Cage or aviary breeding ?

 

Location of cage ?

 

We arent mindreaders....so the best answers you can get have to be based on FULL INFORMATION supplied

 

kaz benny breeds in separate cabinets

he is very dedicated too his birds his mum n dad are very supportive of him

and as you said pics would be good or at least a detail description of the area birds are in

is their signs of mice benny

are the birds in a room

out in open

whats the weather been like

have they all got the calcium and iodine blocks ect ect

we do need more info mate hen could of been just out condition layed but came back in so kicked em out to re nest

more info would be helpful

okay..............cabinet breeding. Can still be being accessed by mice. Other than that an egg eating parent. Some parents will do this when severely stressed.

 

More info needed Benny

Thanks for your help. The budgies are in cabinets which are in an outdoor (undercover) flight aviary. There are only the 2 parents in the nestbox.

There are mice getting into the flight aviary but we are slowly and surely killing them off. The weather has been about 15 degrees during the week the eggs were thrown out of the nesting box. They have got calcium and iodine blocks, mineral horse block, egg and biscuit, seaweed, pink vitamin powder.

We haven't worked out how to put photos on the forum yet.

Hopefully that's enough info that you need.

Thanks again from Benny