She's done it again...

So, cleaning cages once again, I found an egg. This is the second one in a couple weeks. She's only like 11 months old, is this normal??? Could anything in her cage be influencing this?

I don't want her to become a chronic layer and become ill. I'm really worried.

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I'm no expert regarding Tiels, but 11 months old seem very young for her to be laying eggs. Is it possible that she is much older? Unless you are an expert with Tiels, it is possible that someone pushed an older Hen on you.

Since she is laying, assure that her diet will support the demands that it places on her body! That will help with keeping her from weakening and /or becoming egg bound.

One of the Tiel folks should be along to provide some advise regarding reducing her laying eggs. I believe that one of the tricks is to leave the egg in the cage and get a replace (non-real egg) to replace it with. I understand that will help slow her egg laying.

That's the limit of my understanding!

SailBoat said:

I'm no expert regarding Tiels, but 11 months old seem very young for her to be laying eggs. Is it possible that she is much older? Unless you are an expert with Tiels, it is possible that someone pushed an older Hen on you.

Since she is laying, assure that her diet will support the demands that it places on her body! That will help with keeping her from weakening and /or becoming egg bound.

One of the Tiel folks should be along to provide so advise regarding reducing her laying eggs. I believe that one of the tricks to leave the egg and get a replace (non-real egg) to replace it with. I understand that will help slow her egg laying.

That's the limit of my understanding!

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That's kind of what I thought. No though, I know her exact hatch date, and I was handfeeding her when I brought her home. She was still a scraggly little baby.

I feed her zupreem pellets, as well as millet, and some seed with dried fruit mixed in on the regular. I also put a vitamin solution into her water. Do you think that's enough? I was considering buying a calcium supplement just in case.

I've heard of that as well, for now I'm just letting her keep the egg. She has absolutely no interest in it though. She hasn't looked at it or sat on it once. Thanks for your input!!

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Ziel said:

SailBoat said:

I'm no expert regarding Tiels, but 11 months old seem very young for her to be laying eggs. Is it possible that she is much older? Unless you are an expert with Tiels, it is possible that someone pushed an older Hen on you.

Since she is laying, assure that her diet will support the demands that it places on her body! That will help with keeping her from weakening and /or becoming egg bound.

One of the Tiel folks should be along to provide so advise regarding reducing her laying eggs. I believe that one of the tricks to leave the egg and get a replace (non-real egg) to replace it with. I understand that will help slow her egg laying.

That's the limit of my understanding!

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That's kind of what I thought. No though, I know her exact hatch date, and I was handfeeding her when I brought her home. She was still a scraggly little baby.

I feed her zupreem pellets, as well as millet, and some seed with dried fruit mixed in on the regular. I also put a vitamin solution into her water. Do you think that's enough? I was considering buying a calcium supplement just in case.

I've heard of that as well, for now I'm just letting her keep the egg. She has absolutely no interest in it though. She hasn't looked at it or sat on it once. Thanks for your input!!

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Well that locks in her age!

The calcium supplement is a great idea. We use non-colored Tums tablets using a compounding tool (crushes the tablet into powder) and place it in with the dry foods.

Hi,

My cockatiel is about the same age and she laid 3 eggs and hasn't shown any interest in them either.

I think it's just the season. I wouldn't worry too much about it

Sora said:

Hi,

My cockatiel is about the same age and she laid 3 eggs and hasn't shown any interest in them either.

I think it's just the season. I wouldn't worry too much about it

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That's reassuring, thank you. Best of luck to you and your birdie!!

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This is generally what I recommend for egg-laying hens. (X-post)

1. Remove Eggs
   • Rearrange the cage
   • Move the cage to a new location
   • Use a cage grate
   • Get a new cage/Use a different cage
   • 12-14 hours of complete darkness (may require as much as 16 hrs for 2 weeks - or try providing the opposite, as little as 8 hrs of sleep)
   • Full Spectrum Lighting/Better Lighting
   • Lower the indoor temperature
   • Decrease calcium and protein within the diet (if she is on a high calcium & protein diet prior to laying eggs)
   • Remove anything that could be taken as a nest
   • Remove anything that could be used as nesting material
   • Don't allow her in any dark place or enclosed area
   • IMPORTANT: save the eggs in the fridge
   • If she lays more than 3-4 eggs, put them back in the cage
2. Leave the Eggs
   • Leave the eggs alone in the cage
   • [Optional] Replace with fake eggs (prevent eggs from breaking)
   • Increase calcium
   • Let hen sit on eggs for 3-4 weeks or until she gets bored of them
   • Once done sitting, toss

Generally speaking, there are triggers to hens laying eggs, and if you can remove the triggers, you may be able to stop the egg laying. Triggers can include toys that she can lay in, a plastic base to a cage, nesting material (i.e. cage bedding), a diet high in protein and fat, too much or not enough light, quality of light, etc. All things that should be considered. Removing the triggers to egg laying should be considered *FIRST* before any drastic measures should be taken. You never know, it could be something simple!

MonicaMc said:

This is generally what I recommend for egg-laying hens. (X-post)

1. Remove Eggs
   • Rearrange the cage
   • Move the cage to a new location
   • Use a cage grate
   • Get a new cage/Use a different cage
   • 12-14 hours of complete darkness (may require as much as 16 hrs for 2 weeks - or try providing the opposite, as little as 8 hrs of sleep)
   • Full Spectrum Lighting/Better Lighting
   • Lower the indoor temperature
   • Decrease calcium and protein within the diet (if she is on a high calcium & protein diet prior to laying eggs)
   • Remove anything that could be taken as a nest
   • Remove anything that could be used as nesting material
   • Don't allow her in any dark place or enclosed area
   • IMPORTANT: save the eggs in the fridge
   • If she lays more than 3-4 eggs, put them back in the cage
2. Leave the Eggs
   • Leave the eggs alone in the cage
   • [Optional] Replace with fake eggs (prevent eggs from breaking)
   • Increase calcium
   • Let hen sit on eggs for 3-4 weeks or until she gets bored of them
   • Once done sitting, toss

Generally speaking, there are triggers to hens laying eggs, and if you can remove the triggers, you may be able to stop the egg laying. Triggers can include toys that she can lay in, a plastic base to a cage, nesting material (i.e. cage bedding), a diet high in protein and fat, too much or not enough light, quality of light, etc. All things that should be considered. Removing the triggers to egg laying should be considered *FIRST* before any drastic measures should be taken. You never know, it could be something simple!

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Thank you so much, this is a wonderful list. I'll get to trying things!

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