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female isnt dropping eggs!!

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i have a first time breeder female crested.she was breed on the 25 of march and still hasnt droped the eggs she has been around the nest box for the past week but still no eggs .is there any thing i can do that might help her or motivate her to lay the eggs?thanks jeff
 
I wouldn't worry...is she digging? they usually lay their eggs 1-3 days after they start digging...can you feel the eggs or see them in her belly?
 
i can feel the eggs and she was digging all night but still no eggs and she has been digging all week .
 
is she eating? is the nest box a bit moist? I would wait a bit more...I had a female that was possibly eggbound (hindsight doesn't help) and she laid 1 egg and a week later could barely move and wouldn't eat or drink...had her under uv when I took her out b/c something was wrong...she died 2 days after things seemed wrong...at the time, unfortunately, I didn't consider that she might have another egg in her and at this point still don't know the cause but eggbound was a possibility...all I can do is hopefully learn from things I overlooked...
I wouldn't worry now but of course if she changes drastically, I would say not to wait and take her to a vet immediately
 
she layed last night but it is a dud nothing in it just a little egg about half the size of my other 2 eggs.only one egg so it is all good no more eggs in her eather.thanks
 
well I'm glad she's alright...though small ones might be ok...
check out the one in the bottom middle...it's tiny too...I'm hoping it hatches and all is fine...first time mom, 3rd egg from my 2nd colony...can't wait to see them when they hatch...my 1st colony's babies are predictable lol
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p.s. I've had a small one hatch before, not as small as that one though. It's fine, just had a little bit shorter of a tail compared to its pair.
 
it isnt even round it is more like a flat skinny egg and there aint notheing in it so i know it is a dud.
 
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