ChickensMom
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- Apr 13, 2011
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A week ago I came home and lo and behold there was an egg in my Sun's nest! She didn't act protective and she let us touch it and pick it up, etc. So I threw it away soon after whens she wasn't around....three days later, she had another one! Now she is protective over it and is constantly trying to keep it warm (which, at the least, it keeps her quiet and gives her something to do!). I feel bad because I'm throwing away her "unborn child" and I can only imagine that she laid this second out of sadness or maternal instinct. What do I do? We've considered getting a fake egg that size and getting the scent of real one onto the plastic one by breaking it on the fake one. I've read that constantly throwing away the egg will cause a bird to lay more eggs, but where does it end? I mean, I don't want it to rot in her bed either.
Prior to laying this eggs she tore the heck out of the inside of her bed (obviously now realizing it was for nesting). BEFORE and AFTER the egg instead of cuddling (which she hasn't done in months) she will sit on our shirt collars, arch her back up, and grind her "crotch" against the collar while moving her tail up and down while making these weird noises. That behavior we immediately stop evvverytime she does it. Is this behavior going to go on forever? I mean, she wont even cuddle like she used to. It's annoying that everything leads to sex with her.
HELP me please,
Sarah
Prior to laying this eggs she tore the heck out of the inside of her bed (obviously now realizing it was for nesting). BEFORE and AFTER the egg instead of cuddling (which she hasn't done in months) she will sit on our shirt collars, arch her back up, and grind her "crotch" against the collar while moving her tail up and down while making these weird noises. That behavior we immediately stop evvverytime she does it. Is this behavior going to go on forever? I mean, she wont even cuddle like she used to. It's annoying that everything leads to sex with her.
HELP me please,
Sarah