How can you tell if a bird is expecting to lay eggs?

I plan on breeding my parakeets/budgies and i was wondering if you could tell if the mother bird was expecting to lay an egg. Also how can you tell if the mother is having problems laying the egg such as egg binding and other mother bird issues. Please help, i’ve done my research but it never told me this information!

Will female parakeets lay eggs?

If i get 1 female parakeet will it lay eggs and get egg bound and every thing.

parakeet acting sick and defensive after removing eggs is this normal?

still eats and drinks /up sometimes /some vocalization

I need help with parakeet eggs?

My parakeet has been having the eggs(6) for about 2 weeks ago. today i was cleaning her cage and i saw that she had an egg stuck on her stomach(she is not egg bound), the egg is in her chest(not inside stomach, outside in the feathers), i think the egg is hatching and the liquid sort of pasted onto her chest feathers, i tried removing the egg, but its is really suck on there good.i can’t go to the vet, so it isn’t h much of an option.

What should I do about th egg and the baby or my budgie??

Thank You!!!

Help with parakeet eggs?

Our parakeets all of a sudden laid eggs over the past 4 days or so.. We are at 3 eggs now. What do we do to help the nesting process? If the eggs are fertile and hatch in 18-20 days what do we do then? What is egg bound? How do the baby birds feed?

can parakeets that dont normally lay eggs become egg bound?

Female Parakeet That Might Lay Eggs Questions?

Dear Yahoo! Answers Members,

Hello, I have a female parakeet (Sunbeam) that is most likely going to lay eggs in about a month. She is showing a lot of the signs. We scheduled an Avian Vet examination for her in two weeks. We are eight-five percent sure she is going to lay eggs.

Anyways, whenever I try to handle her, Sunbeam tries to go back to her secluded place with Angel (male parakeet/mate) she usually flies into the wall. My dad is an extremely strong believer against wing clipping, even if it is for their own safety. He says “Let them fly around! You don’t see other things flying around like that, do you?”. I was wondering if I should handle her with the possibility of her hurting herself?

She has flew into the wall approximately six or seven times. Usually it’s to get away from me when it’s night time. The other times it’s to fly to another place, but she hits the wall. I was wondering if I should hold her or not?

Also, can she damage the eggs if she hits the wall? I know that they’ve mated a lot lately, but I was wondering if it was possible for her to break the eggs inside of her. If so, how can you tell if they are broken inside her?

Also, how can I provide the most calcium in her food/water? I’ve been reading about egg-binding, and I think it is so horrible. And I don’t want Sunbeam to become egg-bound. Can you please tell me all the ways to give her the most calcium in her diet?

I was wondering if these were the symptoms of the supposed breeding pair about to lay eggs:

Female (Sunbeam)
- larger droppings
- droopy tail (it’s not broken)
- likes to be in dark, quiet, secluded places
- puffier vent/bottom

Male (Angel)
- likes to be near or next to the female
- brings soft materials to the female in his beak
- is extremely aggressive (lately)
- overprotective of the female to the other birds, humans, and other animals

Also, if she does have eggs inside of her, how would I make a home-made nestbox? Like one with a top so you can check on the eggs/chicks. Also, what nesting material should I have to prevent splayed legs? Torn up tissue paper, Care Fresh hamster hay, or something else?
And yes, I do have homes lined up for them when they are old enough to leave. I have eight homes lined up, and they are all my friends. They know how to take care of parakeets, and they will take care of them.

My parakeet first layed 2 eggs, a day later it layed another one.?

Can parakeets lay more then 2 eggs. If so, is it normal if the thrid egg comes out a day later then the first two eggs. was my parakeet egg bound for a while?

Is my parakeet about to lay eggs?

I may be over reacting but her butt feathers are all ruffled and she’s pooped a few abnormally big poop and her cere is brown and kind of flakey. Are there other symptoms to look for?? Thanks
She also rips up the paper on the bottom. I put in paper towel just in case, was that a good idea?
She’s been making a pile of ripped pieces of paper in a corner, and she’s been going back and forth with ripping up the paper and just resting.

What do I do when I want to give Parakeet eggs to a new parakeet to watch and raise?

My friend’s parakeet just laid her second brood and is most likely going to lay a third brood. If that happens my friend wants to know if it is possible if my adult female parakeet could incubate the eggs of my friend’s parakeet’s third brood and then raise the babies when they are hatched. If so, what do I do to make it possible for that to happen?

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