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Dealing with Eggs

How to Deal with the Eggs

Find out if your bird is a deterministic egg layer. 

Following are some suggestions, however, if your bird lays an egg, you should consult your avian vet to find out whether your bird (species) is a determinate or indeterminate layer. Identifying which type your bird is will probably dictate how you want to handle the situation.

If she has already laid one or more eggs, allow her to lay a full clutch of 3-5 eggs and sit on them for 3 weeks or until she abandons them. This usually reduces the total number laid in a give time period. Removing the egg immediately will stimulate her to lay another within a few days.

If your bird lays eggs, place them in an open container, such as a small cardboard box within her cage. Line the box with pine shavings to prevent the eggs from breaking. Do not give her a nest box, as this will encourage her to continue laying eggs. Do not remove the eggs right away, as she will simply lay more to replace them. Instead, wait until she has stopped sitting on the eggs, then remove both the eggs and the container.

This will allow the bird to try to go through her normal behaviours after laying the eggs. If she is actively sitting on a clutch of eggs, she is less likely to continue laying. If her eggs keep being taken away, she may continue to lay eggs until she has what would be a full clutch of eggs for her species. If the bird has absolutely no interest in the eggs, they can be taken away. If your bird is sitting on the eggs at the bottom of the cage, make sure her food and water are easily accessible and monitor her carefully to ensure that she is eating and drinking sufficiently. Dummy eggs are available for purchase online and can sometimes be used in place of real eggs if the real eggs are getting broken


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