Why is my zebra finch hen moving/pecking at her egg?
She has layed 1 egg and it fell out of the nest and had a crack in it. So nowadays she layed another egg and she keeps moving it around the nest. It seems she's only pleased when its not visible ( all tissue no other coloured nesting material ) Its extremely odd, and im afraid she might want to crack the egg. Could it be un fertile? I dont have a proper egg candler so i dont know how im supposed to check if it's fertile. Maybe i've be checking on her too much? or should i be adding mashed up egg once a week to give her+mate calcium?
her eggs are probably not fertile
have you be feeding her egg food all along ? if not later you should start and you can offer it dry in a treat cup . the hen will move the eggs around so she can nest or sit on them better and yes nature tell her to move the egg around . also make sure you feed her a proper diet . a finch core mix ,greens or mixed veggies (chopped up fine ), spray millet and chopped up egg shell in a treat cup so they can have that as an extra calcium source .
Answers: She is turning the egg which is crucial to have the embryo develop properly. If there is a pair, the egg is possible to be fertile. It is better to let her alone as much as possible. I would just have a cuttle bone contained by there for her now and once the babies are hatched, offer the egg mash for her to feed to the chicks.
