My budgie laid the egg out of its nesting box i.e. in the cage.the shape of the egg is slightly distorted I picked up the egg and placed it in another nesting box.The other bird has accepted it as its egg so is it right or not
Hi,
Hopefully you only have one pair of birds per cage for breeding. You can’t have more than one breeding pair per cage, and you can’t have extra birds in a cage if you have a breeding pair. It’s OK to foster an egg to another pair if they will accept it, but when an egg isn’t formed right, it probably isn’t good. It also indicates a possible issue with the female. Budgies need to be at least 2 years old for breeding. You need to feed a nutritionally balanced diet such as pellets – not a loose seed mix. You should also include leafy greens, veggies, fruit and an egg food. This can be a dry commercial egg food or cook an egg with the shell washed, crushed and cooked with the egg and offer some of this daily. The pair should also have a cuttlebone. Poor nutrition or being too young are the main causes for deformed eggs. You also need to rest your birds – over breeding causes issues with the eggs. The nest box should be removed after every clutch, whether the eggs hatch or not. The pair should be rested for 6 months before returning the nest box.
Thank you for asking Lafeber,
Brenda
