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A problem in egg numbers

I am having an opaline budgie pair for 5 months and this is their first clutch. and they breeded and four days ago hen laid her first egg.I thought she would continue it but still now she didnot lay her second egg, and even though i am proving it with all nutritives daily. please help me out of this problem

Hi,

Clutch numbers are just averages, and sometimes a hen might only lay one or two eggs. Especially if this is the first time. Watch her for signs of egg binding which would be fluffed up, straining with her tail pumping up and down.

Thank you for asking Lafeber,

Brenda