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Hi I'm wondering what could be the reason for my bird to have 4 infertile eggs with her 3rd clutch. Usually in a clutch there is only 1 that's not fertile between 5 eggs. So what went wrong? Could it be because it was to close to her last clutch?

I currently have 4 female cockatiels in one cage. I have 3 who have started laying eggs. They have laid a few clutches already. I've even bought fake eggs to try and stop them from laying so many, but it only slowed them down a little. I am ready anxious they will become egg bound or run into...

My tiel Bella has been unusually quiet lately and today things have taken a turn for the worse. I noticed this morning and for a while now that she had been raising one foot while sitting in place (raising it in front of herself rather than raising and tucking it in). However, she only used to...

How common is chronic egg laying and getting egg bound? I have two females and I just really want to know what I can do to prevent these things and how often it really happens.

Hi, I have a 16 month of hen called Luna. She laid her first clutch about 3 months ago, she does have a mate but these ones were infertile. About 2 weeks later she laid more. She's still very young and damaged alot of her eggs, since her and her mate were mating I candled the last egg that...

My 10 year old cockatiel, Gracie, has had a swollen vent area for the last day or so. I've only had her one year, almost to the day, so I'm uncertain if she's been an egg layer in the past simply because of the season and hormones. She has been straining to poop, had poop caught in her vent...