More info needed. How long has she been sitting over all? When was the egg laid? Have the pair bred before? How old is she?

Debbi
NZ

She is quite young (her and the male I got as a pair are a bit smaller and have shorter tails than my 5 year old male). The two that mated are my 5 year old male and the young female. She disappeared into the nest box last night around 10pm, I left her alone (the camera wasn't connected up then). This morning at 9am I connected the camera and saw her shuffling about in there. Every so often I would see the egg when she moved out of the way. After an hour I got worried (someone in another group told me she may leave for 30 mins but to worry after an hour). So I have now moved the egg to a makeshift incubator. I'm keeping the jumidity between 55 and 65%, and the temperature around human body temp (37C/98.6F). Are these two levels right? And what about turning? Never done this before! They have just gone back into the nest (both of them this time, and are shuffling about - are they looking for the missing egg? They saw me remove it (well at least they saw me reach into the box).

well she keeps going in the nest, so I put the egg back

More help for hucker please. I have never bred my conures so some more help here is probably needed.

Personally I would leave them and not worry too much. I'm guessing they will settle. This is as new to them as it is to you. :)

Debbi
NZ

Agreed - she is popping in and out regularly, I'm keeping an eye on her on the camera. She doesn't seem to be sitting still though, she's always shuffling about - is this bad for the egg? I mean manually, you only turn them 5 times a day.

She can't count and probably hasn't read the right books. :)
I think she's just figuring out what to do. With a bit of time, nature should be the winner. She'll lay another egg/s and settle when she's ready. Keep an eye on her and give her the benefit of the doubt (you may have guessed by now that I'm very 'hands off' up to a certain point)
As I have said, my knowledge is rather limited. One major thing I have learnt about birds and animals in general is that we are only there for emergencies. They can pretty much deal with the natural stuff on their own. 9 times out of 10 they are actually better off without us! :)

Debbi
NZ

Yes that's what the guy I bought my latest amazon from said - he breeds all sorts of parrots successfully, he says he lets the parents deal with everything until the chicks are hatched and 3 weeks old, then looks after them himself to make theem tame.

Excellent. Hate to be the only advice (bit scarey really!)
Let me know what's happening and how things are getting on.

Debbi
NZ

Now been 24 hours since 1st egg. No more eggs yet, she is out again - looks like she comes out to stretch for an hour or two each morning.

Don't worry- often birds will wait until there's more than one egg before sitting. This helps the babies hatch closer to eachother. (-:

Ellen, Figaro (Quaker), Rocco (Green Cheek Conure), Moe and Millie (Zebra Finches)

Well on a site I looked at for incubation help, eggs LIKE to cool down every so often.

Hi, I have successfully bred sun conures for the past few years. It has been my observation that what your hen is doing is quite natural at this stage. I have found they lay an egg every 2 - 3 days and the hen will not start sitting untill the whole clutch is laid. Mine lay between 3 and 5 eggs. During this laying stage the hen pops in and out of the nest box. I have heard that most parrots and this has been my expeireince with all the species I have, do the same thing. That is not start full incubation untill all eggs are laid. This makes them all hatch around the same time give or take a day or two. I have 3 babies in the nest as we speak! Conures seem to be great parents, I would leave them alone and let nature take its course
Cheers
Clive Jeffrey

Will do. Although she isn't actually leaving them. She is in there most of the time, but has long breaks twice a day. Often both are in there together, just cuddling or sitting there.

Hi, yes all this sounds like "business as usual" to me
Cheers
Clive Jeffrey

Hope I didn't cause any trouble removing the egg to an incubatro then putting it back again. The parents certainly didn't care (apart from wondering where the hell the egg went to).

TWO TWO TWO TWO TWO TWO TWO!!!!!!

She has laid her second egg! (About 48 hours after the first)

:) :) :) :) :) Told ya' :) :) !!!

Debbi
NZ

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMultipleconures!

Any idea how long until the eggs hatch?

Nate Waddoups
Redmond WA USA

Incubation between 24 and 30 days depending on which type of conure we're talking about.
Don't I sound knowledgable? I read that in a book. :)

Debbi
NZ

1 egg cracked, but single red vain inside. 1 egg doing nowt. 1 egg with multiple veins and a red dot in the centre. So I'm guessing 1 or 2 babies.

hucker - how's it going? What day are we up to now? Any more news?

Debbi
NZ

2 eggs doing bugger all, I removed them. Letting her concentrate oin the good one (although it doesn't seem to be developing any further. Ah well, 1st try I suppose. What are the guidelines on remooving eggs? Will taking 2 away annoy them? Will they lay a couple more? Or will they not add to a clutch?

I'm not too sure about the removal of eggs although I know she won't add to the clutch now at this late point.
I never remove eggs (unless they are broken) until hatching date has past, but as I have said before I am very 'hands off'. I've always felt that the more interference with a nest the better the chance of the parents abandoning it. If I were you I would just leave them to it and see what develops. If nothing happens then look at it as having been an excellent learning situation for all concerned! Next time will be easier. It seems like they know what they are doing. :)

Debbi
NZ

Well I read on web pages that it's not good to leave dead ones in as they go rotten, and can.... EXPLODE?!??!

Ugh, really? Never heard of that and thankfully never had it happen so I don't know. :o

Debbi
NZ

I have had birds throw eggs that were no good out of the nest on their own tho.

Debbi
NZ

I think next time I wont even candle them