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Expert: Abi - 9/13/2007


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Can a female parakeet lay eggs without mating or having a nesting box? I hope
the answer is yes because i love parakeets! Also how old does a parakeet have to
be to lay eggs? Thank U!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer
Yes, they can lay eggs and I'm sure they would prefer to sit and lay one in a nesting box, which should be a secluded little place where she can hide!

Parakeets are not really my expert area, but I know that birds like that will come onto a laying cycle every so often and will lay a few eggs in this time. Obviously the egg will not hatch without a male parakeet.

As for how old they have to be, I am not fully sure- that's a question to search on www.google.com !

Thanks for your question :)

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I CAN'T ANSWER QUESTIONS ON ANIMALS OTHER THAN CHICKENS/DUCKS/GEESE- I WILL TRY BUT THEY ARE NOT MY SPECIALIST SUBJECT- PLEASE DO NOT ASK ME QUESTIONS ABOUT BUDGIES, FINCHES, PARROTS, COCKATIELS OR OTHER 'EXOTIC' BIRDS. I can answer questions on pretty much all CHICKEN breeds, including fancy and bantam birds. I can give advice on how to get the best egg production, brightest yolk colours and darkest egg shell colours, breeding (using broody hens, not incubators), bird problems/illnesses. I can give advice on all aspects of basic chicken care but I breed chickens for my own pleasure only, I do not often show or sell my birds.

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I own and breed a wide range of chickens, but I speciallise in cochins and crevecour bantams; crevecours have a large crest (an afro!) so I can answer questions on problems concerning them; cochins have feathered legs, which leads to no end of problems which I have experienced! I also own a large flock of domestic, rescued 'battery' hens, and a single maran hen, Hilda, who is the matriarch of her flock, so I can give advice on how to get the best colour of maran eggs!

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