Emmy 528 Report post Posted December 14, 2016 5 days ago I found one of the cockatiels had laid an egg on the ground in the outside flight (this is the first time this has happened) So I went in and picked up the egg only to find, although it wasn't broken, one of the other birds had pecked the shell and there was tiny hole in it. I decided to try the nail varnish trick and put a little bit nail varnish on the shell where the tiny hole was. (This reminded me of the post from a while back re all the things birds would use -lipstick etc etc-it was a good laugh) I let the nail varnish dry --(wasn't going to do this any more meantime, but once again- this egg found its way into the incubator. ) For 2 days nothing happened then the 3rd day the yolk of the egg expanded, usually when this happens, although at this point you don't see any veins inside the egg, just my opinion- it's the first sign the egg will be fertile, and tonight using the ovascope I found this egg is definitely fertile. This is the egg tonight on the 5th day of incubation: No idea which bird the egg belongs to-so if it hatches I'll be starting 2017 with anther baby to hand rear. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Emmy 528 Report post Posted December 15, 2016 Showing nail varnish on egg. Emmy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Emmy 528 Report post Posted December 15, 2016 Here's 2 youtube links - one is the cockatiel egg (nail varnish one) after 5 days in incubator https://youtu.be/Wbbj5y8ZzIk and the other is a zebra finch egg on its 5th day in the incubator https://youtu.be/Fn-8es89J1w you can see the heart beating Emmy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Clare L 175 Report post Posted December 19, 2016 Well Done Emmy another rescue And the handy hints page came in useful!! Keep us posted Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
