What should I know about lovebirds laying eggs?

Answer by  ehessig (75)

The female can lay as many as 6 eggs every other day. If she continues to lay a lot off eggs watch out for her becoming calcium deficient.

Answer by  trynzh (72)

A female lovebird will lay her eggs 5 to 12 days after mating and will incubate it for at least 23 days. The incubation period can vary a couple of days, plus or minus.

Answer by  Eddie87 (129)

They must have a good diet to breed including a good pellet mix or high quality seed mix. You also may want to try fresh vegetables to include in the birds diet. You can tell the female from the male birds by a large pelvic section in place for breeding and holding eggs when pregnant

Answer by  mk (8)

Lovebirds will sit on their eggs for about twenty-one days. They are great mothers and will not lay more eggs until the hatched chicks can be on their own.

Answer by  Kannaki (63)

Female lovebird always requires to lay an egg every now and then. If breeding age birds do not lay eggs then they are at risk for egg binding, a potentially fatal health condition. Unless the bird has been exposed to a male bird in the time leading up to when the eggs were laid, the egg will not be fertile.