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she laid her 4th 3 days ago. she is sitting on all of them
 
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The eggs didn't hatch yet do I remove them
 

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I am handfeeding a cockatiel from the day he hatched- he is now 15 days old. Incubation for lovebirds is 22-25 days then the eggs will hatch in a few days..I have mated pair of lovebirds I expect to start laying soon! yay!! This site may have alot of info your looking for - https://www.cuteness.com/article/incubate-lovebird-egg..... hope it helps.
 
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Thanks its been around 28 days since she had laid her first egg. She is also getting so mad at kiwi. She is also getting lot more aggressive
 
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It's been like more than a month now and the eggs havent hatched yet :( I'm going to remove it tmrw. Kiko feels sad.
 

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If she is still sitting on them, I would leave them until she isn't even if they are not fertile. If removed too soon in her mind, she may go back to laying again.
 
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We removed them right now. She doesn't seem to notice. She was to deprived on sitting on them. Like getting aggressive. Or like being a extremely good mother. We candle them none were fertile.
 
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The reason we removed them is cuz she looks sad for her eggs not hatching
 
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She didn't even sit on them for the past few days. Also we live in a flat. The air conditioner is p good. But I switch it to 29-31 for them. It's been warm actually. Maybe they didn't hatch cuz it's their first batch
 
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Yep we were not sure what to do with the eggs. They are just in a box filled with rice husks
 
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Guess what. They mated again and we have an egggyt let's gooooooo. I put the air conditioner to heat to make sure they hatch this time
 
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long time no see. heres and update there 2 succesful babies. I thought the parents were not mature enough to take of the babies but we had to travel. so we had given them to our friends. they babies r 3 months old rn. couldnt handfeed the babies. so their scared of hands. but they do get treats from me....! their names are vivi and viko
 

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long time no see. heres and update there 2 succesful babies. I thought the parents were not mature enough to take of the babies but we had to travel. so we had given them to our friends. they babies r 3 months old rn. couldnt handfeed the babies. so their scared of hands. but they do get treats from me....! their names are vivi and viko
Pictures!
 

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Thank you for caring about Kiko. she is doing much better now. she can cuddle/walk/play/ try to fly. Im guessing the amount of food wasn't enough. I gave her 4 ml in the morning and 5 ml afternoon..
Were you only feeding the baby twice a day at 4 weeks? I don't believe it is enough. We have raised and hand-fed 7 baby lovebirds, all from 2 weeks thru to fully weaned. Initially every three to four hours. At 4 weeks we are still doing 4 feeding a day. They take less as they grow and you can start to cut back. Recommend you watch some quality Youtube vids on feeding / raising lovebirds.
 
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Were you only feeding the baby twice a day at 4 weeks? I don't believe it is enough. We have raised and hand-fed 7 baby lovebirds, all from 2 weeks thru to fully weaned. Initially every three to four hours. At 4 weeks we are still doing 4 feeding a day. They take less as they grow and you can start to cut back. Recommend you watch some quality Youtube vids on feeding / raising lovebirds.
Thank you so much for caring. She is so healthy and has 2 two babies now! dwdw
 

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