What is that...shaking?!

pityu · Oct 20, 2010

Like some of you know, my lovebirds have 5 eggs. The 1st egg is on the 22d day now and i noticed a strange behavior from the female.
She is regulary (like 3 times per minute) shaking herself and in my theory her eggs. What is this? some kind of "come out now my babies" signal??!

Quick help please.

greycloud · Oct 20, 2010

Some birds do this to help build heat. No worries, unless she is not eating and appears fluffed all the time, especially when off the eggs.

pityu · Oct 21, 2010

No, she is eating good and she is not fluffy. How long days can eggs delay to hatch. They are on day 23 today and i dont see any signs on that the babies r coming today.

greycloud · Oct 21, 2010

23 days is normal hatch time. But you have to give a few days here and there. Just be patient and check once a day.

pityu · Oct 25, 2010

The eggs seems to be...nothing

I'm sad now, when I know that the eggs didn't bring anything

Cause she would be worth that after all nesting materials she have been carying and all the curious sorting, placing and warming on the eggs. So much time she was doing nothing but warming the eggs... atleast she could get a child

As an example of a Good mother, she is still sitting there all day long, hoping for a miracle...
Today its the 29th day...she should have been leaving the eggs around the 25th.
Atleast.She is not mad on HIM anymore. HE have been behaving exemplary good...
I just feel so sad that the eggs don't seem to be anything...

Sry for posting twice

pityu · Oct 25, 2010

IS it normal to sit so long on the eggs? I mean, tomorrow its the 30th Day!

Pheonix Rising · Oct 25, 2010

Can you get close enough to the eggs to take one or two out and hold them up close to a light
if you can see thru them then they are no good
if you can't then you should be able to see the baby and watching carefully see if it's moving
perhaps you just got your days wrong
Check the eggs if they look viable I'd give her another week
if not remove them and perhaps you have better luck next time

Bobby34231 · Oct 25, 2010

I know I'm not the greatest at math, but on the 20th you said it was day 22, and today, the 25th you say its day 29, I'm no Einstein but it seems it should only be day 27 :11:

pityu · Oct 26, 2010

Sry, i think i made a minor math mistake :/
I'm going to try to get one egg when she is out to eat (got to be patient

I will comeback here with what I saw.

pityu · Oct 26, 2010

Sry, i think i made a minor math mistake :/
So I quickly took the eggs and held the lighted them. I don't know if its good what I saw but:
4/5 eggs where kind of light, should they be that? They had something red in one end of the egg, it was not moving though, not even on tilting.
BUT one of the eggs had something red centered in the egg. And when I tilt the egg it moves with gravity. I did not check for any movements cause I was in a hurry.
So, is the red spot the child or is it like to late, or what?

Pheonix Rising · Oct 26, 2010

If you could see thru the eggs then they are no good !
At this late in the game the chick should be taking up the whole egg and you should not be able to see thru it

Give her another few days just incase but I don't think you will have any luck this time sorry

pityu · Oct 27, 2010

No, the nest was bad...to flat surface for 5 eggs, wich made atleast 1 outside her all the time. So i think they died of Coldness

But now i atleast know what to do next time... Fix a better nest and more nesting materials ( and say to the house cleaner to NOT remove the nesting materials in the nest!!!)
Though thats atleast a half-year away... :/
Thanks for the help.

greycloud · Oct 27, 2010

If the eggs are definitely 20 days or more and you can still see through them, they are infertile. Viable eggs at about 10 days have actual red veins you can see. As the egg develops the actual white of the shell turns from opaque to a solid white that you can no longer see through.
Bedding in the nest box should be kept at about 2-3 inches thick. Momma will adjust it some. Go ahead and remove the eggs now. She may actually go to nest again. If she does let it be the last time before giving her a rest for several months.

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