Hi, i just wanna ask that my bird laid an egg and we took the egg in incubator . i have asked my friend so he just told me that i have just disturbed their breeding process. so what can i do like it was their second clutch. kindly help me and guide me what to do like are they gonna sit in their 3rd clutch or what?.. kindly guide me
regards
Hi,
I need to know what kind of birds you have in order to be able to help you. What I can tell you that applies to any species is that after each clutch, you should remove the nest box and rest the pair for 6 months before letting them nest and lay eggs again. It is very hard on a hen’s health for her to form and lay each egg. If they had their first clutch and didn’t sit on them, that’s very normal. They need to learn, and usually they do better the second time. Instead of taking the egg away, you should have let then lay the entire clutch and see if they sit on them. Some hens do not begin sitting until she has laid all of her eggs. By taking the egg, she might not lay anymore, or she might keep laying eggs to get a clutch if you keep taking them away. If the first clutch was not very long ago, she can end up dying from laying too many eggs. If she lays more now, then let her keep them and learn how to care for them unless this is some very rare species. If you keep taking the eggs, she will never learn and most of the time, if these are small birds, chicks hatched in an incubator die within a week of hatching because it’s hard to keep one alive if you hand feed from day 1. If she does not lay more eggs right now, remove the nest box and rest the pair for 6 months before letting them try again. You should only let them have 2 clutches per year, with a 6 month rest in between.
Thank you for asking Lafeber,
Brenda
