Why Do Ornamental Birds Eat Or Break Their Eggs?

What are the reasons for ornamental birds eating or breaking their eggs?

There are many reasons why birds eat their eggs, including:

* A severe deficiency in calcium in birds: females eat their eggs in order to compensate their bodies for this important nutritional element in their lives, especially since egg shells are rich in mineral salts as well as minerals, the most important of which are calcium and phosphorus.

* A severe shortage of some nutrients: Birds also eat their eggs if they suffer from a lack of food and the necessary elements that sustain their lives. These components are proteins, vitamins, and also some amino acids.

* Males: In some cases, male ornamental birds are the reason for breaking the eggs of ornamental birds. The reason is that these males try to force the females to prepare for mating again in this way, and these males are often characterized by their ability and high efficiency in fertilizing females.

* Females: In some cases, the female is the reason for breaking her eggs, but by mistake, and the direct reason in this case is her getting up from the nest quickly while she is frightened or frightened, and the breeder is the reason because he frightened her or forced her to get up in order to examine the eggs or inspect the nest. This causes a female bird to accidentally break her eggs.

* Reptiles and rodents: In some cases, these creatures frighten birds and cause them to accidentally break their eggs, especially since these animals are active at night. Therefore, it is necessary to cover the windows with a special net to prevent these reptiles from entering the ornamental bird room or the bird production room. You can Review the video below to learn about it.

* The cage or nest: One of the reasons that cause the eggs of ornamental birds to break is that the cage and nest are not well fixed in place, meaning that as soon as the birds move in the cage, it is displaced or moved, and thus the eggs shift and collide with each other, especially while the female is crouching. On the nest or getting up from it, and this is a direct cause of egg breakage as well.

* The length of the nails of female ornamental birds: Here I mean female ornamental birds that build their nests and wrap them with nesting threads, for example, the female canary, the female goldfinch, and other female birds that rely on wrapping and building the nest in this way. The reason is that these birds’ nails get stuck in the nest threads, and while they stand up, they unintentionally drag the nest and break the eggs by mistake. This is why the female extracts the damaged or broken egg, either by eating it and taking advantage of its components, or by throwing it outside the nest so as not to spoil the rest of the eggs in the nest.

* Nesting threads: Another reason for the broken eggs of ornamental birds is that the breeder provides nest threads that are not suitable for the female birds to wrap in the nest. The best types of these threads are burlap threads that are sold ready-made for this purpose if they are available to the breeder, and if they are not available, you can bring a burlap bag. Then you cut it into small pieces of 7 or 8 centimeters in length, crumble it, and then offer it to your birds. It is very suitable for this matter.

Note: Do not provide artificial cotton to birds to collect the nest with: one of the worst types of materials that can be provided to birds for this purpose is artificial cotton, as this material causes many problems in birds’ nests and is a major factor in breaking eggs and amputating birds’ fingers. In some cases, it may cause the death of chicks.