You are NOT going to believe this!!!!

[Logan]

I'm sorry about the egg, PCB. I would leave the nesting material for her. Seriously, I hope she'll get over the egg laying thing and you'll have your happy, sweet couple back.

Logan

[popcornbird]

Muffin laid another egg last night, about 1 week after the last one. It is so cute. I'm getting really excited. She's been sitting on this one like a devoted little mommy, while Popcorn guards the 'nest'. I'm hoping God blesses us with a cute little baby tiel. I will need some advice on how to discourage them from laying after this clutch. They've never had any eggs for 8 and a half years, so this is new to me. Perhaps they won't have more later, but...if this egg is fertile and it ends up hatching, along with another sibling or two (maybe), how do I discourage them from future laying. I think one group of 'kids' would be enough for our little household.

BTW Logan, I still have my sweet couple. Neither one of them is behaving 'different' in the least bit. They're as loving as they always were...just have a bit of a responsibility now.

[Husky_mom]

one way to discourage it is by providing more cover time.... the dark longer periods may do the trick along with no nest-like stuff inside cage....

I will try give more in depth advice later.... but for now YAY!!! Hope the lil eggie makes it this time....

[caseysmom]

Yes when mine starting breeding I had to find good homes and it got stressful, I left one daughter in the cage too long and her and dad mated, I got her a new cage pretty fast.

[Logan]

I figure you have gotten my email by now. Good luck to you!!!!

[popcornbird]

I figure you have gotten my email by now. Good luck to you!!!!

Actually, I didn't. I wonder why. Can you try resending it please?

[popcornbird]

Dear EveryBirdie,

Tis iz Muffin Birdie speakin. I am nowz sittin on twee (3) eggies. My hubby, Popcorn, doesn wanna hewp. He sitz for 2 minutz and wuns awayz. He just wants to pway wid mommy. Hewe I am, a faitful wittle Mommy. Could you all pwease tell my mommy not to panicz? I'm 8 yeaws old and tink its 'bout time I pwayed to God to bestow Mommyhood on me. Afterall, weading about all da happy hooman mommies on PT made me tink mommyhood is gweat.

I'm a tweet wittle birdie. I let mommy petz me while I sit on me eggies. Popcorn welcomes family hands in da nest too. Mommy is scawed of touchin da eggs after the first one broke, but she isn't scawed of touchin me. Mommy now believes I'm da sweetest birdie in the world. No bitin pre-egg. No bitin while sittin on the eggs. No bitin anytime. I just wished Popcorn would hewp. Sometimes,, my wittle birdie bum getz tired of sittin. Mommy thinks I look weally cute all puffed up sittin on my eggs. Deres twee now. How many do you tink I'll get.

Meanwhile, Popcornz runnin 'round da house singin. He may not be hewpin, but he sure is happy.

Ps. Dear Logan, I'm stiww a sweet birdie.

Luv,
Muffin Birdie

[caseysmom]

Muffin, Congratulations on your upcoming motherhood, I hope you will be blessed with 3 healthy babies, and you know mr. popcorn will just have to help when all three mouths are crying for food.

[Husky_mom]

congrats lil mommy-to-be...

my Maui laid 7 eggs last time.... only 3 survived.... and none were fertile .... now shes on second round and has laid just one so far....

I´ve heard the average is between 4-7 eggs... I´ve also heard of one that laid 20 but it was an extreme case...

my Jakc was like popcorn too!! how funny those daddy´s are

[popcornbird]

my Jakc was like popcorn too!! how funny those daddy´s are

Yeah, they think the mommy needs to do all the hard work. I think domestic birdies get a little spoiled...at least the little boys do, cause naturally daddy tiels are supposed to help mommy tiels. I'm hoping and praying we get some healthy, beautiful babies from this clutch. Our future plan depends on how many we have. My hubby wants to keep one exclusively for himself...and he wants to train it to be his shoulder birdie. He he. If we have two, I'm pretty sure we'll keep them. More than that...we may have to give a few babies away. We'll see. My dad keeps telling me to give them all to him.

[Husky_mom]

My hubby wants to keep one exclusively for himself...and he wants to train it to be his shoulder birdie. He he. If we have two, I'm pretty sure we'll keep them. More than that...we may have to give a few babies away. We'll see. My dad keeps telling me to give them all to him.

I want to see if this second clutch has any babies too... as I plan on the same hehe.... my birdies just want me for the food ... I want a shoulder one sooo bad!!

[Logan]

Are you getting my emails? I emailed you again today to tell you that it must be contagious because as of yesterday, we have an egg, too. She is totally ignoring it. In fact, when I went in there to change the paper this morning, I couldn't find the egg and it was down underneath the other paper.

Good luck! No eggs will hatch at this house if I can help it.

[IRescue452]

Congrats to the proud mama bird! I hope all goes well. I'm sure the little practice with the first one was what they needed for the second time around.
Would fooling them with fake eggs work when you don't want them to have a clutch? Some birds are too smart for that, but other, well.

[finn's mom]

I just read through the updates from you, Popcornbird, from the start of this thread. What an experience, it must be an exciting time in your household. Maybe they were just waiting for you to get married before they started thinking of having kids. I hope they have fun with their eggs!

[wolf_Q]

Aww I hope some of the eggs will hatch and you'll have some healthy tiel babies. Keep us updated (and we'd like some pics too ).