1st lovie egg, got a ?

[hugs28]

I got my first egg today from my creamino lovebird. What I want to know is, do you mark your eggs, or just mark it on the calendar and leave the eggs alone? thanks

[hugs28]

I tried to edit to put a picture of my lovebirds on here. My female is a creamino with the violet factor in her, and the male I am unsure of, anyone know? his back is green with blue under the wings. thanks

[huntress]

I dont mark my eggs. I start candleing them at about five days after the first lay with a little bendy led flashlight I have. The first one laid will start to show veining in about five days.

If its fertile

[hugs28]

thanks for the reply, I knew about the candling, cause I hatch chicken eggs too, however I mark those, so I know how old they are etc.. Its just my first time with these and I know some mark and some don't. Thanks for the reply :)

[huntress]

I did mark when I had to put eggs from one hen under another. I had a male get away from me outside and I was worried the female either would lose weight from not being fed and would have trouble caring for the little ones alone so I put her eggs under a suurogate pair who were good parents but only had one fertile out of six. I marked the alien eggs so I knew who the parents were for banding etc.

[hugs28]

I gotcha, ok so I won't bother her by marking the eggs, I will just keep marking my calendar. thanks again