What happens when a parrot lays eggs but doesn’t hatch?
In general, parrots When the first egg is laid, it will not hatch immediately. It will only start to hatch when the 3rd to 4th eggs are laid. Generally, the incubation period is stable after 3 days. There are usually the following reasons for female birds not hatching eggs:
1. Breeding birds are bred prematurely. If you choose a newly mature parrot as a breeding bird, even if it can lay eggs smoothly, the female bird may lay eggs but not hatch due to lack of breeding experience. And most parrots bred too early will not go well with back fertilization.
2. Breeding of same-sex birds, for parrots, non-heterosexual birds will also lay eggs, but in this case, the eggs laid are not fertilized, so even if hatched, Nor can hatchlings hatch.
3. The male bird has poor physique. For example, if the male bird is older or disabled, even if it is successfully bred with the female bird, it is easy to cause the female bird to lay white eggs. Generally, experienced breeders can distinguish whether the parrot has been successfully fertilized. If the released eggs are not fertilized, there is a high probability that the mother bird will not hatch them.
4. Affected by environmental disturbance. Incubating eggs due to environmental disturbances mostly occurs in timid birds. For example, after the mother bird lays eggs, she always sees someone or other animals shaking in front of the eggs, so she will easily be seriously frightened and abandon the nest. This is less common in hand-raised parrots.
5. Affected by human factors. Many owners feel very excited when they see the birds laying eggs, and then often check the status of the eggs, such as frequent egg inspections, etc., and even do not pay attention to washing their hands before touching the eggs, so that the smell of the eggs remains on your hands, It is very likely that the parent birds will mistakenly judge that they are not their own eggs, and thus abandon the nest or peck the eggs and abandon the chicks.
In addition, there are many reasons why the mother bird does not lay eggs, such as the wrong temperature in the incubator, illness or unstable mood of the breeding bird, etc., which may cause this to happen.
This is the end of our sharing on parrots laying eggs and not hatching. I hope this sharing can help you.
