Lady Gouldian not sitting on eggs

brandon_cindy6 · Post by **brandon_cindy6** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:47 pm

I have a pair of gouldians that laid 6 eggs. They stopped for 4 days then layed the 7th egg. What should I do. Once I saw the 7th egg, I marked each egg just in case I have to throw them away. Has anyone expierenced this? Is this normal?

mickp · Post by **mickp** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 11:13 pm

how old are the birds and are they sitting now? if they have begun to sit tight and some of the first 6 eggs hatch I wouldnt hold out to much hope for egg 7 as its siblings will be larger and the little ones survival chances not so good. you will have to wait and see how it goes, if they are sitting candle the eggs after about a week, remove any that are infertile this will help to improve the survival chances of the others

L in Ontario · Post by **L in Ontario** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 7:33 am

mickp wrote:how old are the birds and are they sitting now? if they have begun to sit tight and some of the first 6 eggs hatch I wouldnt hold out to much hope for egg 7 as its siblings will be larger and the little ones survival chances not so good. you will have to wait and see how it goes, if they are sitting candle the eggs after about a week, remove any that are infertile this will help to improve the survival chances of the others

How does removing infertile eggs improve the survival chances of the others? The only thing I can think of is by having less eggs to sit on - thereby giving those eggs better coverage...?

brandon_cindy6 · Post by **brandon_cindy6** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 11:09 am

They have not started sitting on the eggs..This is why I am concerned and I dont know which ones are the oldest. As the first egg layed is not 10 days old.

Do I throw them away, do I just wait to see what happens?

mickp · Post by **mickp** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 4:33 am

am glad that you can read between the lines Liz, that is what I meant