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[rhondajonesdaycare]

My name is Rhonda and I have two Indian Ringnecks. My male is Kaleija and my female is Shaunee. I have had them for two years and enjoyed them tremendously. Recently Shaunee laid three eggs, her first clutch. She has been a great mom, sitting alomost every minute of the day and Kaleija has been feeding her trhu the opening of the nesting box. My question is..I candled the eggs on day 16 and saw an air sac and some grey lines but Im not sure if the lines were just on the egg itself or inside. I candled again today and I see a large air sac that moves when I turn the egg. This is day 22. Should there be room for the air sac to float around at this late of a date? I am going to leave the eggs way past their date to hatch but I still am wondering what it is that I am seing and what I am supposed to see at this date. Can anyone help.

[ringneck]

Hello Rhonda,

Welcome to this forum!

I would not handle the eggs because they are extremely fragile and the mother can give you a nasty bite that could make your hand slip and the egg can be smashed.

The eggs are pretty transparent and there are two methods to candle IRN eggs. The easy way is to just take a flashlight and aim it into the nest box. All eggs that appear white are usually fertile. Any eggs that appear transparent yellow/white are infertile. If you choose this method be sure you are at day 10 and beyond. The blood and chick inside the egg will change the shell color. Also the female ringneck will start to sit after the second egg is laid so take that into account too.

The second method is to gently remove an egg and place a flashlight against the shell. If the egg shows any veins or a heart beat you know it’s fertile. Gently place the egg back under the mother and do not bother her until the due date.

I prefer to use the first method. It has never let me down and I have an idea to how many chicks I can expect.

Also, if the eggs do not hatch on their due date just keep them there until your female ringneck abandons the nest herself.

Hope this helps and good questions!

Best Wishes,

I.C.

[rhondajonesdaycare]

Hello Rhonda,

Welcome to this forum!

I would not handle the eggs because they are extremely fragile and the mother can give you a nasty bite that could make your hand slip and the egg can be smashed.

The eggs are pretty transparent and there are two methods to candle IRN eggs. The easy way is to just take a flashlight and aim it into the nest box. All eggs that appear white are usually fertile. Any eggs that appear transparent yellow/white are infertile. If you choose this method be sure you are at day 10 and beyond. The blood and chick inside the egg will change the shell color. Also the female ringneck will start to sit after the second egg is laid so take that into account too.

The second method is to gently remove an egg and place a flashlight against the shell. If the egg shows any veins or a heart beat you know it’s fertile. Gently place the egg back under the mother and do not bother her until the due date.

I prefer to use the first method. It has never let me down and I have an idea to how many chicks I can expect.

Also, if the eggs do not hatch on their due date just keep them there until your female ringneck abandons the nest herself.

Hope this helps and good questions!

Best Wishes,

I.C.

It is now day 27 for the eggs. I did finally pick each one up and candle them and as I turned the egg I could see the air sac moving too.The air sac almost looks bigger than it was a week earlier. If they are infertile, will the female just quit sitting eventually? And will she lay another clutch soon? How far over the due date can the eggs still hatch? So many questions!

[BMEKP]

hi, i'm a new member. we justed a baby indian ringneck male. and would like to knw if there are any books on them and training books to. i do have a little girl that is 3yrs old and she would love to spend time with him to. but now alittle afaird . can you help me. also with my husband he love to bite and draw blood with him we where told that he is only 12wks old. when do they started to talk and be lovely to everyone??? as for me he is not to bad. he has bited me. haveing a hard to for him to come to me and stop flying off his cage. his wings are clipped. it seems like he only likes about 1/2 hour of the day to come out with us and we get to touch him and so on. is it to early for us to be thinking that he needs to do more.

thank you
BMEKP