[kylie]

The cockatiel pair or "trio" i have previously asked you about seem to have abandond the eggs! they were all off yesterday and off again this morning when i went to feed them. Im not sure if they were in last night as the aviary is outside. its the dead of winter here at the moment and they parrents have not been sitting consistantly so i i figured that the hen decided it just wasnt the right time so i pulled the eggs......

I have put them into my brooder with the temp set to 99.5 F which is about 37 celcius with a humitdity of about 80 %. The eggs were very cold when i pulled them out. I did use a strong torch to candle them but i couldnt see much. They all have a large air sack at the wide end of the egg and if i tilt the egg slightly the airsack pretty well stays in the same spot. I can see yolk or liquid of some sort moving around the airsack when i tilt the eggs. What are your thoughts?? Im so lost and im very worried for the little eggs or babies to be! The eggs also have tiny little lines running horizontally at the smaller end of the eggs which look like tiny external scratchmarks that are in perfect unision???
Would the chicks already have died? i cant detect a heart beat using the torch when candling but the contents seems thick enough to stop the airsack from moving around. The eggs would be due to hatch by the end of next week. Is there anything you can tell me??

[Carrie~Anne]

Sounds like you're doing the best you can. It's just going to be a wait and see game now. Hopefully they will hatch. If they do, you'll have a busy job of feeding them.