5 is a good number

 

Good Luck with the 5! Not to many to be looking after!

 

Whew! Baby's butt must be exhausted.

Five is a good number.

How is Ziggy holding up?

 

Thanks Jaime, Sophia (sorry) and Kathy...
BUT I was wrong...#5 is not it. #6 arrived this morning.
They're both doing good. She's acctually letting Ziggy watch the eggs for her alot longer but I don't think she likes it. She sits right by him most of the time. So...we no have 6 eggies...

 

They're both doing good. She's acctually letting Ziggy watch the eggs for her alot longer but I don't think she likes it. She sits right by him most of the time. So...we no have 6 eggies...

A typical situation.

The man cannot be counted on doing a good job. So the woman must stand by and monitor in order to make sure that the job is done right.

Just got another dirty look from my husband.

Only joking, Ziggy!! More men should be like you. I think hubby is ready to kill me right now.

 

Aly when you said Sophie was that meant to be me ??? Because my name is SOPHIA !! Lol!! Wow!! 6 Eggs ! Maybe there will be a #7!!

 

I have a friend named Sophie and I keep typing Sophie and then correcting it! Sorry!!!:blush:

No Jamie...the more they have the harder it'll be on them. It's ok because I can help but still-

 

Wow 6 Come on seven

 

Good luck aly. Maybe #6 is the last.

 

I know it will be harder but you will be able to help out There is no stoping her now though, how many can they have again? I just had a feeling she would have 7 eggs, I could be wrong though. Hopefully for your sake and theirs this is the last one

 

Whatever she wants to have she can have- I just get worried easy. They can have alot more then 6 though..I was reading someone's thread that said the hen had 11. Either way, I'm trying not to put too much hope into all of these little eggs as it's not certain all will make it to babies. If one makes it through to a healthy chick I'm happy. If not, everyone takes a long break and we try again later.

 

lol...no, you got it right. Even when they do things we have to make sure it's done right! Ziggy is one of them...you should see the way Baby looks at him sometimes.

 

Wow! The suspense is killing me! Thank you for sharing this Aly. That is a great idea about the glue, an egg cracking is something that I hadn't thought of. Now I know. I will be following this thread closely from now on. The pictures and discussion are very informative. I can see what you meant about it being hard on the heart, but well worth it I would think eh? Thanks again and best of luck!

 

Wow! Six eggs, congrats Baby!

 

Thanks everyone! The idea about the glue wasn't mine Cannuck, just two days before I was reading about egg repair just out of curiousity and turns out it came in handy. Whether I saved the chick or not is another story but atleast the egg is now sealed and won't cause bacteria problems.
I'm pretty nervous. Tomorrow I'll be candling the eggs and will attempt better pics. I really appreciate everyone who's following the progress. It's been an experience and I've learned alot, no matter how it turns out.

 

Well, I have to apoligize, I tried to take pics while candling today but they were coming out poor and I couldn't take my time with it since I had to put them back as fast as I could. Here are the updates on what I saw:

Egg#1-looks good-air sack is larger and starting to tilt which is a good sign, veins still present throughout the egg-it's taking up almost the whole egg. You can see the chick move at times!

Egg#2-look good-exactly the same as #1 (they're only one day apart so they're very similar)

Egg#3-still looks good-this was the cracked egg if you remember-so far so good

Egg#4-it looks ok but I'm unsure about it. It was fertile but just don't like how the growth is going. There's a lack of veins where I should be seeing them by now.

Egg#5-will not be hatching-it's showing an early blood ring...

Egg#6-too soon to tell but looks ok so far. Before the veins are present you can see a little faint C shape right in the middle of the yolk. Just a few days later you can see it pulsating.

 

well Thats not to bad for first time parents. Were just waiting on little egg one to hatch tomorrow some time. soon be time for yours to hatch aswell =D

 

Goodluck! Hopefully everything will go good.

Edit: I'm a bit worried about everything -today they spent an hour off the eggs.

 

oh my. did the eggs go cold? lilly comes out more now because it's close to hatching time and it's so warm in the room (warm enough it put me to sleep lol). She doesn't come out any longer then 5 mins even then and if you go near her eggs now she darts back in. I'd keep a eye out. She many abandoned them if she keeps coming out for long periods of time.

 

They go in and come back out. It's pretty hot in the room -air is on 80F. I turned it up since I noticed her acting iffy. I just have a bad feeling about this because they've never been off them so long. She's playing with toys eating leisurely-he went in -sat for a minute and came back out to follow her. I really didn't expect this from her but I think they're abandoning the eggs. I called my vet and just about every bird place in town. Everyone said it's normal with first clutches and not to do anything. I even tried to buy an incubator but they're over $300 around here. This lady at this parrot place said she had a hen on a clutch but her clutch has 10 eggs and the hen is already being picky so its not really an option. I haven't changed anything around, same light, same food, same everything. I just don't like how this is going at all. This other woman told me it's normal for them to take long breaks in the last week but she's really not on the last week for all the eggs. I'm trying to wrap my head around the thought that this just may not happen for us right now.

 

I'm sorry Aly, it doesn't sound good does it. Keep us posted.

 

It's not looking good at all.

 

first clutches don't always work out. Shame as it's so close to hatch dates for the wee eggs. hopfully she will sit tight soon. If not then once she gives up i guess all thats left is to take down the nest box, give them a good long rest. So sorry if this doesn't work out. I know how bad you wanted babies.

 

It's just hard to see them put in so much work and watch the little things grow inside only for it to be over just like that. If neither of them sit on them overnight the box will come down. Once incubated they don't survive any breaks like these. They don't even seem to care much-they're playing around acting all goofy. I guess it meant more to me then them.

 

As of a 5:15 Ziggy went in the box. Soon followed Baby and they've been in there since (a little over an hour). I don't know if it's too late at this point or if they'll stick to it but it's an huge improvement from this afternoon. I praying and hoping over here.

 

i hope they stay in there aswell and it's not to late for the eggs

 

We're holding our breath and praying over here!

 

Thanks. So far they have been.