Lisa Shea Forums Parakeets Parakeet Breeding Tiny chirps from unhatched cockatiel eggs

It's been a while since i've been on here, but guess what everyone???

Pearl and Duke, my two cockatiels, laid two fertile eggs a while back. Today I came home from work and heart the tinniest, faintest chirps, and I looked in the nest box to still find unhatched eggs. However, when I hold the eggs to my ear, the chirps are very obviously coming from the eggs.

I never heard of this before. Is that normal?

When this happens, how long is it usually before the eggs hatch??

-SUPER excited almost new mommy

LOOK!!!

Egg #1 has started to hatch!!!
[img]http://desmond.yfrog.com/Himg15/scaled.p...0&ysize=640[/img]

Can you see the tiny cracking????

I can feel the baby moving around in the egg!

Super excited here. =)

ITS ABSOLUTELY NORMAL!!! Note : 2 days later or maybe 1 day you will see some holes in the egg!

Wow, it takes that long??

Yes it takes that long hey you know what if your talking about cockatiels dont really ask anymore questions just go on http://www.bluequaker.com/Art-014.htm

excuse me...anyone with any bird type can ask questions and is welcome here...

Hang on SR it wont be long however, i strongly advise not handling the eggs at all...you could mess up the babies ability to crack open and come out so leave it to them and mama...and dont poke about much..this is true also AFTER they are born ...the least interference the better..just let nature take its course naturally.

I know that i meant that site had all the answers and there was no need to ask anymore questions!

Thanks to both of you, IF and T. =)

I think i'm just way too anxious! I'll update on the process as much as possible.

to update as much as possible means to get nosey inside there and this is what im saying you really shouldnt do...becuz it could harm or even stop the hatching

You're right. I just need to leave it all alone. Humph. Waiting is hard.