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Will she still incubate?
Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2018 3:32 pm
by Flight Feathers
Hi there,
So my CFW pied hen zeb (rainfall) and my black face male zeb (nimbus) have 3 eggs in their nest. My hen rain was laying every day and then it suddenly rained (and it has been very hot for ages before then) and maybe it gave her a fright or something because she has not layed since or started incubating the eggs. Is there any chance she will go back to her nest and start incubating?
Re: Will she still incubate?
Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2018 4:54 pm
by haroun
How many days since the last one has benn laid ?!
does the male visit the nest ?
Last time my hen laid only 3 eggs and start incubating 2 to 3 days after of corse encouraged by the experiencd male
Re: Will she still incubate?
Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2018 4:56 pm
by Flight Feathers
haroun wrote:
How many days since the last one has benn laid ?!
About 2-3 days.
Re: Will she still incubate?
Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2018 5:08 pm
by haroun
Y3s she will go back to the nest. May be she made interruption cause of the heat. The nest isn't a plastic made right ?
In the wild, in Australia, when it starts to realy heat, the zebras go on rest mode andbreeding season ended.
Re: Will she still incubate?
Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2018 5:14 pm
by Flight Feathers
haroun wrote:
Y3s she will go back to the nest. May be she made interruption cause of the heat. The nest isn't a plastic made right ?
In the wild, in Australia, when it starts to realy heat, the zebras go on rest mode andbreeding season ended.
Well she has been laying fine in all these 30 degree days, it was when it started raining that she stopped laying. The nest is made from cardboard, never had a plastic nest. So you think she definitely will go back? I caught her briefly in the nest yesterday but she wasn't incubating and there is no more eggs. Thank you for your replies!
Re: Will she still incubate?
Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2018 5:53 pm
by haroun
Yes hen starts incubating after the 4 th egg, but there are some exception, some start incubating from 1st laid eggs, others wait till the whole bunch is laid
Re: Will she still incubate?
Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2018 5:55 pm
by haroun
So u got ur sign, she return to the nest to take care for the eggs. Did the male do the same ?!
Re: Will she still incubate?
Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2018 8:15 pm
by Flight Feathers
haroun wrote:
So u got ur sign, she return to the nest to take care for the eggs. Did the male do the same ?!
As far as I know the male has never been in the nest. The female only went in briefly and has not been in since.
Re: Will she still incubate?
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2018 4:26 pm
by Flight Feathers
haroun wrote:
So u got ur sign, she return to the nest to take care for the eggs. Did the male do the same ?!
She has been continuing laying in the nest now but she is still not incubating ?! There are 6 eggs now although might be 7 now as I haven't checked today. When will she start incubating ? Or will she just lay lots of eggs and then abandon them?