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jusdeb
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Not sure Shanny about the Lorries ...you may need to hone your egg candling skills 28 days sounds a tad overcooked to me ....but I could be wrong.
Wikipaedia says...
Red rumps are bred easily in captivity if provided with necessary flight space and a large nesting box. Breeders usually use peat and wood shavings as bedding for the nests , birds like to arrange the beds to their likings. As soon as mating has occurred the hen will deposit 4 to 7 eggs which she will brood for about 20 days. Red rump hens will not go out of the nest box whilst on eggs and not even human checking will make them leave their eggs alone. The eggs will hatch around 30 days after and take care to remove the chicks as soon as they are fledged or else the cock may attack his own offspring. One-year-old birds are already able to breed. Incubation from the second egg onwards. The brooding hen is fed by her partner outside the nest.
There ya go they brood for 20 days but the eggs hatch after 30 ....the things you learn.
Wikipaedia says...
Red rumps are bred easily in captivity if provided with necessary flight space and a large nesting box. Breeders usually use peat and wood shavings as bedding for the nests , birds like to arrange the beds to their likings. As soon as mating has occurred the hen will deposit 4 to 7 eggs which she will brood for about 20 days. Red rump hens will not go out of the nest box whilst on eggs and not even human checking will make them leave their eggs alone. The eggs will hatch around 30 days after and take care to remove the chicks as soon as they are fledged or else the cock may attack his own offspring. One-year-old birds are already able to breed. Incubation from the second egg onwards. The brooding hen is fed by her partner outside the nest.
There ya go they brood for 20 days but the eggs hatch after 30 ....the things you learn.
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Accept that some days you are the pigeon, and some days you are the statue.
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jusdeb
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As soon as mating has occurred the hen will deposit 4 to 7 eggs.......................not always true the first 1 or 2 clutches .
Accept that some days you are the pigeon, and some days you are the statue.
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never know your luck Shanny , just remember its her first clutch so dont be interfering too much and make sure she is getting a good amount of Calcium and sunshine and lots of greens and protein like boiled eggs ...
Its hard work being a bird father. AND photos mate please.
Its hard work being a bird father. AND photos mate please.
Accept that some days you are the pigeon, and some days you are the statue.
David Brent
David Brent