is my hen going to die

moe moe2 · Post by **moe moe2** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 8:30 am

i check the nest this morning and saw a broken egg i dont want to remove the nest if she is gonna lay but i do want to stop them from breeding until the summer months come around

where can i get the feather up from

until then i infused some kelp powder with aloe to mix with the water

EmilyHurd · Post by **EmilyHurd** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 2:57 pm

you can buy feather up at justbirdstuff.com

moe moe2 · Post by **moe moe2** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 11:18 pm

i saw a broken egg in the nest yesterday i thought is was the egg food i give them but this morning i got a better look. all day the female was rearranging the nest she was in there most of the morning

moe moe2 · Post by **moe moe2** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 8:26 am

yesterday i notice the hen sitting in the nest for long periods of time so i looked in the nest this morning and i see one egg

im scared to be happy after reading ravyn threads so i will just keep you informed

moe moe2 · Post by **moe moe2** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 12:37 pm

well i just cam back in from the time put up the last post and now there are two eggs

she in and out of the nest spending most time in and he is either sitting on the out side of the nest or on the perch right under it

he looks lonely all by himself i kinda got use to the morning hopping and singing

i hope for the best i have learned from reading here you never know what will happen

moe moe2 · Post by **moe moe2** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:33 pm

see i know not to get my hope up one egg looks cracked

FeatherHarp · Post by **FeatherHarp** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:58 pm

I hope you get some good results with your nesting pair. I am glad that I am not having to go through that at this time. And I am learning a lot from reading other's posts...like Ravyn's and yours.

Keep the updates coming...and hopefully you will be sharing baby bird pics with us!

Post by **Hilary** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 12:29 am

Moe -

Since these are zebras, you stand a very good chance of them being good parents. Zebras are like bunnies - I think many are programmed for parenthood!

moe moe2 · Post by **moe moe2** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 7:55 am

sad news
the egg are both cracked open. one looks like it was intentionally pecked open

should i take them out the nest or just leave them there

moe moe2 · Post by **moe moe2** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 11:01 am

im sorry i didn't wait for an answer from you guys i cleaned out the nest and put net nesting string it

the male has been in and out moving stuff around and female just stood on the edge looking in at him. she eating and jumping around, he is singing and talk to her. ok she just went in look around and came back out the nest. he is very hyper today.

Post by **Hilary** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 1:16 am

Nesting material would definitely help. It looked like the nest just had some newspaper in it? The eggs need cushioning, otherwise they're likely to crack (as you saw). Don't worry - zebs are determined breeders, and you'll see chicks yet!

moe moe2 · Post by **moe moe2** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 11:28 am

thanks i put some in yesterday and when i looked in this morning i could see it wasn't enough so i gave them more i will give them more later i had to run out to work

kiwi & mango · Post by **kiwi & mango** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 9:32 am

When I placed all my nesting material into the nest and some on the floor it was the funnest thing I had ever seen. My female gould went in and with her head and strength she pushed it all out onto the floor. It took her a long time. Then she and he rebult it. They wer molding it to their bodies so much that i thought the nest would fall off the edge of the cage....it shock and shock like there were 10 birds in there. She finally got it the way she liked it. Then about 5 or so days later the first egg came along.

The material they didn't want or use I left at the bottom of the cage for a few extra days but I didn't want them to place more on top of eggs so I took it out.

moe moe2 · Post by **moe moe2** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 10:07 am

just to update this since i have been talking about her in a new thread she started to regrow feather

im not sure if the mineral supl i started putting in the water help or if it was just her time to regrow but she is

i was putting vimtan supl in the water but that never did anything as far as her feathers go, not until two week after the mineral supl did i see any change

i had just ordered feather up that friday and i notice the regrowth on sunday night, i thought it was dirt on her back. then the FU was delivered on monday and i took a closer look at her and came here and read around about new feather and saw pin feather so i searched for pic of pin feather and when i took a better look at her sure enough there were pin feather on her back and on her head.

so i guess the answer to the title of the thread is no my bird is not gonna die

thank you all for your help see you in the breeding time thread hopefully with new of chick