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Is it unusual for a canary hen to lay a bunch of eggs and none become fertile?
I've seen them mating and even now he feeds her. She's constantly calling him.
Is he shooting blanks?

Have they properly mated? Yes maybe the male is infertile. How old is he?

Same story here. The only thing you can try is a new male.

Why don’t you seperate then for abit so the Male can get his testrome levels up and then try again

I don’t have canaries but seems to work with finches

If a canary has consistent infertile eggs then it’s probably better to try with a new male. I actually had this problem with my male Chinese quail. My female laid about 30-40 infertile eggs yet the male would properly mate with her a few times a day. I don’t know if it’s the male or female that is infertile but I’m guessing it’s the male. So I seperate the pair and gave the male a young female and then the female that laid lots of eggs a new male and another female so they are a trio. I also have an older pair of breeding quail I was given.

Good News! One of the fife nests has one fully hatched chick and another starting to emerge. Two other eggs should hatch this week.
The other nest still needs about ten days. I sure am relieved. Now praying that most survive. But having fertile eggs sure takes away my concern about infertile eggs. I just need to be more patient.

Fraza mentioned to take away the male for a while, then try again. This fits what I've seen with Canaries. Sometimes the hen lays eggs before the male is ready for the breeding season. Since you've had a subsequent nest hatch, it seems that might be the case here.

Dave wrote: Fraza mentioned to take away the male for a while, then try again. This fits what I've seen with Canaries. Sometimes the hen lays eggs before the male is ready for the breeding season. Since you've had a subsequent nest hatch, it seems that might be the case here.

Yes that could work but if they have laid up to 5 infertile clutches then time to get a new male...

Flight Feathers yea I think ur way is good but if it’s a strong pair that’s good for incubating u might aswell try one last attempt then if not get another Male

Thanks Dave how are your birds

Fraza, I have only Canaries and they are being too productive. I've been putting in plastic eggs lately, trying to keep the number of young to a number I can handle.

I've only got three breeding pair, separated into their own cages. But in the aviary there must be some non-singing males because fertile nests kept showing up in there! Plastic eggs is how I'm solving that problem.

Fraza wrote: Flight Feathers yea I think ur way is good but if it’s a strong pair that’s good for incubating u might aswell try one last attempt then if not get another Male

Thanks Dave how are your birds

Yeah that’s true

Dave really well it’s like a mix of good news and bad for ou then ur birds must be really happy if they are trying to breed when you are trying to make them not and then u can’t handle the numbers haha

To be honest I’ve got loads of eggs and chicks at the moment I’m unsure what I’m going to do !!!!!

Flight Feathers yea

Sometimes birds get it right and have fertile eggs, if you are patient and just let them work it out on their own. When I started breeding Gouldian Finches, they were sometimes slow to get going - but eventually they figured things out and produced lots of healthy babies.

Most of these were from the same pair!

Nipper06 wrote: Sometimes birds get it right and have fertile eggs, if you are patient and just let them work it out on their own. When I started breeding Gouldian Finches, they were sometimes slow to get going - but eventually they figured things out and produced lots of healthy babies.

Most of these were from the same pair!
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Wow! There’s so many !! They are so cute