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My society couple, that is. They had a single egg that they sat on for about 3 weeks. I figured it was a dud, and I guess they finally figured it out too because they tossed it. I think the female must have figured it out sooner, because after a couple of weeks she barely sat at all, she let her mate do nearly all the sitting. Poor thing, he was so faithful. They didn't even have any nesting material, the zebra boys kept taking it all. Anyway, I noticed the male sitting very tightly again these past couple of days. Hmm, could it be? I got a peek today, and there are 4 eggs. They even managed to snag some nesting material back from the zebra boys . Would it be wise to get them some more nesting material? I don't want to cause a big power struggle when things seem to be peaceful right now, but they have only a thin layer. Oh, as for Miss Liberty, she seems to be very content to let her mate take the lion's share of the incubating duties. They are such funny things .

That is funny how they steal nesting material from each other....lol! They are such quirky creatures!

I wouldn't offer more nesting material. With my shaft-tails, they had a little bit still in the cage and once the hen started incubating, the male got bored and started adding more material and covered up the eggs. Right now, they are sitting on 10 eggs, but 3 of them are still covered up.