c0ckatiel eggs

[Kazbah]

Well, just bought a breeding box for the ****atiels, there are currently 2 eggs on the bottom of the cage. I know they aren't viable, and will remove them soon. BUT!

How do I best care for the birds and their eggs? Do I just leave them alone, but make sure they have lots of food, seed, fruit & veg and water? Or is there anything else I should do? do I open up the lid of the box to look in? Help!

[AmandaJ]

I know when my ****atiels bred they had a few duds first up and then went on to have babies. We didn't change their food or anything either.

How long have the eggs been there? I think they took a while to hatch from memory .

[Kazbah]

Since I posted they laid another egg, so I've put this new egg in the box. We did have a couple of chicks last year (in a different box though) but they didn't survive And the year before we had a baby bird that didn't survive once we put it in its own cage - the boy bird was bashing it up

I would just like for them to have chicks that survive - I guess then that we'll either get an outdoor aviary, or be looking to sell them!

[Kazbah]

Well lost another baby bird today. would love to have one that survives. This one was kicked out of the nest a couple of days ago, but it only had feathers on half of it? how weird.