tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494114951266176145.post8691622172385243631..comments2024-03-14T07:12:55.402-07:00Comments on The Splendid Bourke Bird Blog: Raising Bourke Parakeets, a Question on EggsGail A. Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17399530965328058077noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494114951266176145.post-72720451607698469202014-01-06T12:28:06.097-08:002014-01-06T12:28:06.097-08:00Hello Kimberly, Click HOME in upper left above and...Hello Kimberly, Click HOME in upper left above and go to the more recent posts. Check labels for lots of relevant topics. <br /><br />You can buy calcium for birds to put in their water. I'm wondering where she's laying the eggs. Nest sites stimulate egg laying as does long day light. I don't agree with the vet that handling her stimulates it. Artificial lighting is the same to a bird as day length, so in a warm house that's well lit, the fact that it is January won't matter. You can move her to a darkened room at dusk...that might work. It's going to be the amount of light she's exposed to and possibly a suitable nesting site that would stimulate her to lay eggs. As for getting a male and raising them, I've lots of posts about raising Bourkes. It's a neat experience.<br />Blessings, Gail <br /><br />Gail A. Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17399530965328058077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494114951266176145.post-65577834247550477582014-01-06T11:06:46.485-08:002014-01-06T11:06:46.485-08:00Hello I am a "newer" bird owner... I'...Hello I am a "newer" bird owner... I've had them in the past but never on my own... I have a rescued Bourkes someone found her outside and came right to them after many months no one claimed her... we have had her for almost a year now and out of nowhere started laying eggs well one egg so far... all the research that Ive done says they don't normally lay in January... and the vet told me to limit her handling or this will stimulate her... she is so social and loving I really am having a hard time with this... I want her to stay healthy and have been shaving her cuddle bone on to er food to make sure she is getting calcium... I need help another person I talked to at the vet said they got a male and let them breed but feel I don't know enough about this please help!Kimberly from Chicagonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494114951266176145.post-85646957149892240722013-05-02T20:29:13.823-07:002013-05-02T20:29:13.823-07:00My Bourke just laid there first clutch but they ar...My Bourke just laid there first clutch but they are infertile. Should I take the eggs out or wait???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com