Comments on: So Your Parrot Laid An Egg! http://www.birdtricks.com/blog/so-your-parrot-laid-an-egg/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:49:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Pete B http://www.birdtricks.com/blog/so-your-parrot-laid-an-egg/comment-page-2/#comment-21452 Pete B Thu, 21 Apr 2011 05:50:12 +0000 http://www.birdtricks.com/blog/?p=5121#comment-21452 For nearly two years, I've had custody of a beautiful white umbrella cockatoo. A friend of mine bought the bird in 2008 from an ad on Craigslist, but wasn't able to keep it, and I willingly adopted the bird the following year. I'm happy to say that "Snowball" and I hit it off very well right from the start, and we've had none of the issues that I see addressed so often on the site (biting, noisiness, etc.). Being retired, I spend most of my waking hours by the cage, and the bird seems quite happy with the arrangement. All of us (including the former owner) took it for granted that the bird was a male, so imagine my surprise when I came downstairs yesterday morning and found that, during the night, "he" had laid an egg! So my beautiful boy is actually my beautiful gal! What I can't understand is, how can a bird lay an egg if she's had no contact with any other birds for at least the last few years? She's been spending much of her time since then incubating her egg, but I don't see how it could possibly hatch. If it does, I haven't a clue as to how to make sure the baby is properly fed. Is this situation in any way normal, or is something wrong? Before Snowball, I'd never been called on to take care of a bird, so I really have no idea. Any advice you can give me would be deeply appreciated. Thank you for your attention! Take care! For nearly two years, I’ve had custody of a beautiful white umbrella cockatoo. A friend of mine bought the bird in 2008 from an ad on Craigslist, but wasn’t able to keep it, and I willingly adopted the bird the following year. I’m happy to say that “Snowball” and I hit it off very well right from the start, and we’ve had none of the issues that I see addressed so often on the site (biting, noisiness, etc.). Being retired, I spend most of my waking hours by the cage, and the bird seems quite happy with the arrangement.

All of us (including the former owner) took it for granted that the bird was a male, so imagine my surprise when I came downstairs yesterday morning and found that, during the night, “he” had laid an egg! So my beautiful boy is actually my beautiful gal! What I can’t understand is, how can a bird lay an egg if she’s had no contact with any other birds for at least the last few years? She’s been spending much of her time since then incubating her egg, but I don’t see how it could possibly hatch. If it does, I haven’t a clue as to how to make sure the baby is properly fed. Is this situation in any way normal, or is something wrong? Before Snowball, I’d never been called on to take care of a bird, so I really have no idea.

Any advice you can give me would be deeply appreciated. Thank you for your attention! Take care!

]]> By: Wanda http://www.birdtricks.com/blog/so-your-parrot-laid-an-egg/comment-page-2/#comment-20793 Wanda Sat, 05 Mar 2011 07:35:11 +0000 http://www.birdtricks.com/blog/?p=5121#comment-20793 my parakeet laid 5 eggs when she was with one of my boy parakeets but he broke all her eggs and began attacking her. I put her in with my other male parakeet and she has laid 2 more eggs. The problem is that she has laid them on the wires on the cage floor and I'm afraid if I move them she won't continue to set on them. What should I do? She is extremely protective of them and so is her "husband". Should I put a nest in the cage? If the eggs hatch am I supposed to do anything with the baby birds or will the parents take care of them? I have only had birds for a few months now and don't know a lot about taking care of them. my parakeet laid 5 eggs when she was with one of my boy parakeets but he broke all her eggs and began attacking her. I put her in with my other male parakeet and she has laid 2 more eggs. The problem is that she has laid them on the wires on the cage floor and I’m afraid if I move them she won’t continue to set on them. What should I do? She is extremely protective of them and so is her “husband”. Should I put a nest in the cage? If the eggs hatch am I supposed to do anything with the baby birds or will the parents take care of them? I have only had birds for a few months now and don’t know a lot about taking care of them.

]]> By: Sarah http://www.birdtricks.com/blog/so-your-parrot-laid-an-egg/comment-page-2/#comment-20004 Sarah Wed, 29 Dec 2010 04:05:33 +0000 http://www.birdtricks.com/blog/?p=5121#comment-20004 so remove the bird buddy hut and the box with toys? how do you tell if theres egg binding? she laid one egg and thats it and got bored with it after the 1st day... She's not flying as well as she was.. tires out quicker... so remove the bird buddy hut and the box with toys?
how do you tell if theres egg binding? she laid one egg and thats it and got bored with it after the 1st day…
She’s not flying as well as she was.. tires out quicker…

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