2 eggs and then they stopped

iamtones · Post by **iamtones** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 5:35 am

Hi all,

i have a pair of gouldian finches that a in breeding condition... well the female laid 2 eggs and then for four days now there hasnt been another egg. The male still does his courtship dance every mourning and i am feeding them well but i have no idea what is going on..?
can anyone please help me with this?

cheers.

williep · Post by **williep** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 9:39 am

Hi and welcome to our forum iamtones.

First question, is your hen incubating the eggs or just sitting outside the nest? Usually the hen will start incubating the eggs after the 3rd egg was laid.

If she's incubating the clutch size might only be 2 eggs, which is fine as it sometimes happens, just leave them alone to continue.

If she's not incubating, the eggs might be infertile so you can candle them to make sure. If they are infertile just remove them. It might be that the hen laid the eggs before actually mating (which for obvious reasons is useless)

iamtones · Post by **iamtones** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 9:27 pm

No she is not incubating them... The male every once in awhile will enter the nest to check on them but incubating is not happening... I have candled the eggs aswell and no viens a showing yet... its been 6 days now since they were laid so im guessing its a bit late now...

cheers for the help!

Fancie Flight · Post by **Fancie Flight** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 4:19 pm

at 6 days you should be able to see something and they should be sitting by now, Id call em BAD EGGS

chrischris · Post by **chrischris** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 5:54 pm

Yep looks like the eggs are no good. She should of have started sitting on them but I would just leave the eggs in there for a total of 10 - 14days before removing the 2 eggs.

Chris

iamtones · Post by **iamtones** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 7:47 pm

its been 8 days now and still nothing... thing is I just put my 2 Zebras in the same cage and now the Zebras have taken interest in the nest... Will the Zebras mistake the eggs for their own and try incubate them????

Cheers for the feedback!

williep · Post by **williep** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 2:01 am

The Zebs might mistake the eggs for their own, but I think the time has come and gone for the eggs to be fertile.

The Zebs would probably rebuild the nest anyway.

Just check them out (the Zebs I mean) they can be pushy and aggressive when they want to mate. Make sure they don't bully the goulds.