jjoshua@romulus.rutgers.edu (J. Joshua) (04/16/91)
I have a pair of finches who made a nest and started laying eggs. The problem is that when I take the cover of the cage in the morning they eat the egg. Needless to say, this is kind of discouraging. Any suggestions? JOn. -- ________ | | This Messsage A Service By: | | Closed Captioned Jon Joshua | | For the Hearing Impaired jjoshua@remus.rutgers.edu `----. .-' |/ #include <whittyComment.h>
sbishop@desire.wright.edu (04/16/91)
In article <Apr.15.13.28.03.1991.17575@romulus.rutgers.edu>, jjoshua@romulus.rutgers.edu (J. Joshua) writes: > > I have a pair of finches who made a nest and started laying eggs. > The problem is that when I take the cover of the cage in the morning > they eat the egg. > > Needless to say, this is kind of discouraging. Any suggestions? > > > JOn. > -- > ________ > | | This Messsage A Service By: > | | Closed Captioned Jon Joshua > | | For the Hearing Impaired jjoshua@remus.rutgers.edu > `----. .-' > |/ #include <whittyComment.h> Do your birds have mineral suppliments and are you offering free choice oyster shells for calcium? Often eating the eggs is a sign of calcium deficiency. The female is lacking calcium in her diet and the egg depletes her even more. I raise parakeets and they eat the best quality parakeet seed I can buy. Don't get any of that supermarket Hartz Mountain seed. Who knows how long it has been on the shelf! Go to a good pet store, make sure your finches have good food, a mineral block, a cuttlebone, gravel and oyster shells. When the babies come you will need to offer nestling food, greens and dried egg yolk. You can offer fresh grated hard boiled eggs but don't let it stay in the cage long enough to get stale. Let me know how the finches do. I LOVE birds.... I have two canaries, three parakeets and an undetermined number of eggs. (The parakeets are nesting again.)
jjoshua@romulus.rutgers.edu (J. Joshua) (04/19/91)
In article <Apr.15.13.28.03.1991.17575@romulus.rutgers.edu> jjoshua@romulus.rutgers.edu (J. Joshua) writes: > I have a pair of finches who made a nest and started laying eggs. > The problem is that when I take the cover of the cage in the morning > they eat the egg. > > Needless to say, this is kind of discouraging. Any suggestions? > It would seem that keeping the cage partially covered solved the problem. JOn. -- ________ | | This Messsage A Service By: | | Closed Captioned Jon Joshua | | For the Hearing Impaired jjoshua@remus.rutgers.edu `----. .-' |/ #include <whittyComment.h>