My two year old Quaker has now laid 5 eggs.
A couple of days ago, she started plucking her chest feathers.
She is very happy and minding her eggs.
She appears to roll the eggs under her while bobbing her head.
Then nibbles her chest a bit.

Cliff

That's pretty typical behavior, she's plucking the feathers to expose the skin to aid in incubating the eggs better, more heat available.

Zeka doesn't have a mate does she? If she doesn't the eggs are infertile and will not hatch. She'll probably soon realize that they won't hatch and she will abandon them.

Make sure however that you have plenty of calcium sources for her, cuttle bone, crushed oyster shell, offer her lots of broccoli.

I believe that is called Brood Plucking and in most cases after they no longer need feathers for the "nest" this will stop.

And what Connie (Andie's Mom) Said!

Lets hope it doesn`t turn into anything else just in case read up ...
P.S here are some interesting links on metal poisoning ,signs and where your fid could get it and treatments....

http://www.multiscope.com/hotspot/metals.htm

http://www.birdsnways.com/wisdom/ww14eiii.htm

http://www.avianweb.com/heavymetalpoisoningbirds.HTML


and some links for egg layers..

http://www.birdsnways.com/wisdom/ww35eiv.htm

http://www.sugarloafvet.com.au/templates/s...p;story_no=1841

http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cl...;articleid=3056

http://www.cockatiel.org/articles/incessant_egglaying.html

some of the links say for cockatiels but all egglaying birds are the same..