Can Fertile egg die?

Hello guys,

I would like to know one thing. My Kakariki has laid 8 eggs. She is very good mother. Always sitting on eggs and male kakariki is feeding her.
I have candled her eggs 2 days ago and saw lovely creature and its heart was biting, I also uploaded on youtube please check:

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U5Wp7nLB2k"]My Kakariki's egg is Fertile - YouTube[/ame]

Today I wanted to check again and when I candled the same egg I couldn't see any heart bit red veins are still there but heart bit is stopped or I can't see it anymore.

Does it mean that chick died? or it developed and that is the reason why I can't see the heart bit?

Other 7 eggs are not fertile unfortunately

Yes fertile eggs can die, but the heart is only visible for a few days. After that the rest of the body forms around it and hides it from view. As long as the veins are still red your baby is still alive


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SilverSage said:

Yes fertile eggs can die, but the heart is only visible for a few days. After that the rest of the body forms around it and hides it from view. As long as the veins are still red your baby is still alive


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Thank you very much!
Yes veins are still red hopefully .

One more question, its out of topic but I wanted to ask this to someone as well. When chicks hatch, I am sure that mother will take care of it very well, but do you recommend after some time to separate the chick and try to feed it by myself? I just want chick not to be afraid of me. Kakariki's generally are very independent and they don't communicate with human that much. So I was thinking if its good idea to hand feed little baby

You don't have to hand feed it in order for it to be tame. In fact, please don't since there are many easy ways to kill a baby bird. Instead, when the eyes open (and you should be checking the baby every day so you will notice this), just start taking him out for a few minutes once or twice a day to have a nice sweet chat with him and pet him and touch his wings and feet, etc. as he grows keep him out a bit longer.


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SilverSage said:

You don't have to hand feed it in order for it to be tame. In fact, please don't since there are many easy ways to kill a baby bird. Instead, when the eyes open (and you should be checking the baby every day so you will notice this), just start taking him out for a few minutes once or twice a day to have a nice sweet chat with him and pet him and touch his wings and feet, etc. as he grows keep him out a bit longer.


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Cheers!
Thanks

SilverSage said:

You don't have to hand feed it in order for it to be tame. In fact, please don't since there are many easy ways to kill a baby bird. Instead, when the eyes open (and you should be checking the baby every day so you will notice this), just start taking him out for a few minutes once or twice a day to have a nice sweet chat with him and pet him and touch his wings and feet, etc. as he grows keep him out a bit longer.


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How do the parents tend to react to this?

That depends on the parents but as long as they are used to you getting into the nest to candle the egg, etc, you should be fine. That's one reason why I prefer tame breeders, it makes coparenting easier and. Coparenting is much better for the baby both physically and mentally.


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