July 15, 2019
Hiding her eggs
My female cockatiel has laid five eggs and has had four of them and is only laying on one, the other ones are now cold! What should I do
Question:
Answer:
Hi Amanda,
Does your bird have a mate? Does she have a nest box? If yes to both of these, then she is probably just inexperienced. They can make a lot of mistakes with the first clutches. All you can do is hope she does better next time. After a couple of tries, whether she has chicks or not, you should rest the pair – take the box away and try again in a few months. If she is a single bird, throw away the cold eggs, and when she is tired of the single egg, she will abandon it, too.
Thank you for asking Lafeber,
Brenda
