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We will see what happened. She laid the eggs at the beginning of April. I think that they both fed the babies so at least it was just one person š They like sleeping in the nest box at night so idk if I should take it out to make them wait to lay eggs. I live in CaliforniaI heard that birds who lose their clutch or chicks try to replace them with another clutch. But I also hear that you should give the parents a nice long break, about six months, between clutches. The hen needs to replenish her calcium stores so her eggs are strong and she doesn't get egg bound. Plus raising chicks is a lot of work for them. I thought hand raising one budgie chick was a lot of work for me- I can't imagine how much work it would be for parent birds to raise a clutch of 3 to six demanding babies!
Do you live in the US?