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25th April 2008, 06:07 PM
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hen laying eggs but not sittinghello, i have a hen laying eggs but not sitting on them. this is a head who currently has one nest of babies who are beginning to wean. what do you think is making her do this? how long are the eggs viable without her sitting on them?
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25th April 2008, 06:13 PM
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#3
25th April 2008, 06:22 PM
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this is the 2nd time. the cockbird is with her, but this is not the original cock bird she was paired with. the original was one of the ones that flew the coop.
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25th April 2008, 06:26 PM
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I have to ask this question. Are you sure the cock is a cock? I've told this a few times in the past few months, so you may already know it and people are probably getting sick of hearing it.
 I had a "cock" and "hen" paired from Jan to March. The hen would lay two eggs but wouldn't sit on them. Neither would the "cock"...........couldn't figure it out. A friend comes by one day and we tell him.......he walks out to the loft, looks at both birds and says., "you've got two hens mated together"........he was right. Soon as I put a REAL cock with the hen, she was fine. If both hens had laid eggs, I would have figured it out obviously.......but just the one hen ever laid.
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Renee www.lovebirdsloft.com People have the right to be stupid, but some abuse that privilege. For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness. If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything. Mark Twain Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them, and you have their shoes.------ Frieda Norris
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25th April 2008, 06:30 PM
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well dip me...ya know, i was wondering just that as the "cockbird" is pretty femmy lookin:-) there are other cockbirds in the loft that i know aren't paired, will they eventually split and pick up another one of the boys?
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25th April 2008, 06:34 PM
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OK. I take it that all the birds are in the same loft. There really shouldn't be any "single" birds. In a breeding loft, it's always best to have pairs only. I guess that's not always possible though.
So, the answer to your question is.......if there's a single cock bird, eventually he'll mate up with ONE of your hens. It sounds like you've got two hens "mated" sort of........one is obviously somewhat happy with the other cause she's laying eggs. The other hen......not so happy about it all. Short of removing any single birds, you'll just have to let them sort it out.
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Renee www.lovebirdsloft.com People have the right to be stupid, but some abuse that privilege. For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness. If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything. Mark Twain Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them, and you have their shoes.------ Frieda Norris
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