bad news :-(

[sarah1987]

hi all
as some of you no angel laid a egg yesterday, well i heard har banging about in the box so when she come out i had a look in and shes pushed the egg in to the corner of the box and smashed it its broken all around the middle and a dent in the one side a lot of clear fluid has came out and theres a orange bit left inside i dont think i can fix it so what can i do with it? do i take it out or leave it in? i can see shes ready to lay the next one is she likely to break that one to?
i havent been in there all the time ive just left them alone so why did she do it? did i do anything wrong?:S

[clifff123]

It's broken, so take it out, its been damaged, my non-expert advise

[sarah1987]

It's broken, so take it out, its been damaged, my non-expert advise
thanks cliff do i berrie it or bin it or flush it down the toilet?

[clifff123]

Trash will be fine, along with other waste.

[apollo]

She will probibly lay others. Keep an eye on the pair to see if the male is going into the box. Some times the hen will perfer to stay in the nest (Box Bound). The male then ha to go into the nest box to mate. This is when accidents occur.
If this is the case. You can add a deep layer of wood shavings to custion the eggs or take the nest box away each morning for about 1/2 hour to let the male mate in the cage.

Don't forget to put the nest box back in.

[BirdieBabi]

There are many reasons why she could have done that

Sometimes (which I think this is your situation) is because The mother doesn't think it's worth taking care of (or just because she knows it was not fertal)

[kane]

hi.can i ask is this her first time breeding.i have had hens that have litteraly sat on the eggs to hard.as apollo said sawdust/wood shavings will help cushion the egg and she should lay more also vitamin blocks and greens/egg food if provided will help harden the egg shells

[sarah1987]

hi.can i ask is this her first time breeding.i have had hens that have litteraly sat on the eggs to hard.as apollo said sawdust/wood shavings will help cushion the egg and she should lay more also vitamin blocks and greens/egg food if provided will help harden the egg shells
hi kane this is her first time breeding, she has a vitamin block and she has apples i will buy har some egg food first thing tommorow

[sarah1987]

hi again
i read somewhere that you dont need to put wood shavings in as the concave will protect the eggs do you know if this is right?
she has a iodine block is this the same as a vitimin block?
what sort of greens dose she need? what greens do budgies like? fruit or veg?
thanks for the advice keep it coming

[kane]

hi.the concave just stops the egg from rolling the sawdust acts as a cushion it also helps to bring a budgie into breeding mode.greens such as apple,lettuce and even dandilion leaves are good.with apple remove the seed as this contains a small amount of arsnic.

[apollo]

Sarah One thing that the hen needs is calcium for the shell. Do you have a cuttlebone or calcium blocks for her. You can get a water additive Calcivet (http://www.vetafarm.com.au/show_product.asp?category_id=25&item_number=0021) that you should be able to get from a pet store.