Not all pearls of love birds are good parents, not just any pearls used for breeding. In my opinion, the parents of the Love bird are raised and run away. This does not mean that mature, hand-fed birds cannot breed because they can reproduce. However, I find that I have a few problems with using Love birds whose parents do not fully control the way they are raised. Whenever I have a problem with a couple, 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 live under certain conditions.
Reasons for raising eggs / babies include:
More than 4 eggs / eggs are fertilized in a single nest box.
A poor hen or hen hatches from her eggs.
A hen that does not feed her chicks.
The main difference in age between the young is that the older chicks get more food and the younger ones die because they are too small to compete.
Acceptable terms of promotion:
There are no more than 4 chicks or chicks in a nest box. When I grow up in a nest with eggs that are more fertile than they should be, I usually have to grow from that nest to another time.
Any egg that will be raised should be within the range of hatching, as those eggs are already in the nest box. When I leave the classroom, again, I will have to encourage at another time.
Reason 1 - More than 4 eggs / fertilized sperm 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 her nest, or you can wait for the chicks to start hatching and actually raise the chicks. Scrambled eggs need hatching and laying hens. Many chickens cannot feed their kids too far / follow them. Plant milk is only produced for a limited period of time, so the hatching range is important.
Reason 2 - A poor hen or hen licks her eggs
This can be very frustrating! The hen laid many eggs, spent the first 18 days incubating and hatching, many of which were fertile. Or, the egg begins to hatch and the hen releases a strong shell of calcium. Non-slip fertilizer has many hours to hatch, so it dies.
Even frozen eggs can hatch if they are transferred to another nest. When 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 lay eggs where they hatch. Since I have nothing else to do, I lay eggs that will hatch before the chickens. Many young hens do not usually kill chicks that have not yet hatched, but they will not eat them too early. I know this early, so I can take those babies out for breastfeeding. Laying eggs in the hen's nest that needs hatching before the eggs hatch is my last step. Since some nests are hatched first, the area in the nest box may be dirty enough for the raised offspring to die in the shell. If they are lucky enough to hatch, the chicks will be much smaller than other chicks in the cage so that the hen cannot see them and not see them, let alone feed them. This kind of parenting is always my last decision because it involves a lot of risk.
The 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 the inside of the egg to evaporate so that everything can dry out. 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 care for the chicks when they are hatched, I simply select the hen with the eggs from her nest. A chicken with an empty clutch is amazing in this case. I take all the fertile eggs and close the gaps. Fertilized eggs may or may not be present in a single nest. I don't care about hatching because the thing here is to give the chicks a chance to hatch and keep the natural mother sitting on top of the eggs. I don't need a foster mother. I just need him to raise the kids. Once the chicks have hatched, I return them to their natural mother and hatch an 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 breeders is not a Lovebird. I found the Burke Parakeets feeding children love birds, albeit for a short time because the love birds have a strong beak that can damage the Burke hen's beak if left with Burke for too long. For a week to ten days, almost everything is safe in Burke hen. The purpose of this breed is to raise a live chicken!
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