Step 1:-
Not all pears of love birds are good parents, and not just any pears used to breed. From my point of view, the parents of the lovebird bird are raised and run away. That does not mean that mature, hand-fed birds cannot be used in the breeding process because they can. However, I find that I have a few problems with using lovebirds whose parents do not fully control the way they are raised. Whenever I have a problem with pairing, the easiest solution for me is to use my adoptive parents. I have had a very good success rate this way as long as I stay within certain conditions.
Reasons for raising eggs / babies include:
More than 4 eggs / eggs are fertilized in a single nest box.
A poor hen or a hen that has hatched her eggs.
A hen that does not feed her chicks.
The biggest difference in age between the young is that the older chicks get more food and the smaller ones die because they are too small to compete.
Acceptable terms of promotion:
No more than 4 chicks or chicks may be present in the nest box. When I grow up in a nest with eggs that are more fertile than they should be, I often have to grow from that nest to another time.
Any egg that is to be raised must be within the range of hatching, as those eggs are already in the nest box. When I'm out of the classroom, too, I'll have to motivate sometime.
Reason 1 - More than 4 fertilized eggs / offspring in a nest box
This can be handled in two ways. You have the option of raising fertilized eggs in a hen with less than 4 fertilized eggs in its nest, or you can wait for the chicks to start hatching and actually raise the chicks. Scrambled eggs need to be hatched at the same time as hens' eggs. Many chickens cannot feed their hatchlings too far away / after their babies. Plant milk is only produced for a limited time, so a hatch range is important.
Reason 2 - A poor hen or a hen licked her eggs
This can be very frustrating! The hen laid many eggs, settled in the first 18 days of incubation, and then dropped the eggs, most of which were fertile. Or, the egg begins to hatch and the hen releases a strong shell of calcium. A Hatcher that does not hatch has many hours left to hatch, so he dies.
Even eggs that have cooled to room temperature can still hatch if they are transferred to another nest. If the egg is lit by a candle and the inside is still red, the chick is alive and well. If I have to grow up in this situation, I may have the option to put the eggs in their hatchery. Since I have no other choice, I lay eggs to hatch before the hens. Most brood hens usually do not kill pre-hatched chicks, but they will not feed the hatched chicks early. I know this early on, so I can pull those babies out for breastfeeding. Laying eggs from the hen's nest that need to be hatched before the eggs are laid is my last step. As some nestlings hatch first, the area in the nest box may be dirty enough for the nurtured offspring to die in the shell. If, fortunately, they hatch, the babies will be much smaller than the other chicks in the box so, the hen may not even see them, let alone feed them. This type of parenting is always my last decision because it involves the greatest risk.
The egg-laying hen is a real challenge! I do not have a good explanation for why this is happening but, it does happen. The chick is very close to hatching, yet it is far away. Removing the outer shell of calcium allows moisture inside the egg to evaporate so that everything dries. The chick is not ready for the egg to open so, it dies. A good pair of adoptive parents or an incubator are the only solutions to this problem. If the natural parents are going to take care of the chicks when they are hatched, I simply choose a hen with eggs from her nest. A hen with an empty clutch is amazing in this case. I take all the fertile eggs and replace them with gaps. Eggs to be fertilized may be complete or not limited to one nest. I don't even care about hatching because the thing here is to give the chicks a chance to hatch and keep the natural mother sitting on the eggs. I don't need a foster mother to feed her. I just need her to raise the kids. Once the chicks have hatched, I return them to their natural mother and remove the empty egg. Occasionally, I have a hen that starts breastfeeding after hatching. Most of the time, I will leave one chick with it, especially if it has a few empty sticks.
Sometimes my choice of fosters is not a lovebird. I have found Rourke Parakeets feeding love birds to babies, albeit for a short time because lovebirds have strong beaks that can damage the Rourke hen's beak if left with Rourke for too long. A week to ten days, almost everything is safe in Rourke hen. The purpose of this kind of raising is just a live chick!
Waiting for step 2!
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