u/3antsinatrenchcoat

So Stinky laid her second egg tonight (first photo) and it came out shell-less, bigger than the first egg (photos 2&3) and also had a second under developed egg in tow....

I'm wondering if there's any concern for something being wrong with her egg duct and if I should get her checked out?

Or is this normal for a first timer for the eggs to be a bit weird. She also had a few poops today that were very runny and some were tinged a bit orange (very light only noticeable on toilet paper) almost like she was pooping out egg white with a tiny bit of yoke in it.

I've taken this egg out and swapped it for a fake as well (I swapped the first one earlier today).

She also has constant access to oyster grit and calcium powder in her food, if there's any way to make her intake more calcium easier that would be awesome to know! I don't want her laying funky eggs all the time.

I'm really just looking for points of concern, things to look out for, tips on ensuring adequate calcium intake, ect

Thanks in advance

Turns out Stinky is a Stinkette.

I got home from the bar and went to check on the boys and discovered Stinky is a lady.

Id like to let them have a baby (just 1) but I was planning to get them an egg in spring/summer when it's warmer and also because I was going to start Stinky and Goober living in the aviary fulltime rather than just out for the day due to it being winter here right now but apparently they have other plans....

Will they be okay with me moving the nest in and out of the house? Or should I leave them outside from now on so they can hatch the egg? Or should I take the egg away? I have 1 fake bantam egg right now and if they lay a second egg I'd definitely be swapping it out.

Idk, I'm just kinda lost on what to do right now.... I still need to do a bit of work on the aviary too.

Any and all thoughts appreciated-

-apart from people who will say that back yard breeding is unethical yadayadayada, yes, I know, and I agree, but if I let them have a baby it would be for ME. Not to sell, release or for any kind of profit. It would be 1 baby for me.

They're home!!!! Goober was in the plum tree at 8 this morning when I went outside to put the treats out and Stinky managed to link up with the feral flock I feed and followed them home! I'm so relieved. I was worried that because they got separated Stinky wouldn't find his way home as he's not from this area and I rescued Goober from down the road so he had a better chance of coming home.... I'm just so happy to have them back, and I've now banded them so if they get lost ever again they're easy to spot!

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Thank you everyone for the reassurance that they'll come home and the tips on how to make it easy for them 🧡

My boys Goober (white) and Stinky (grey/black) flew away from my place in onehunga tonight after the bottom of the carry cage fell off while I was bringing them inside from the aviary.

They are inside birds so they will be so cold and scared and lost right now. I'm so worried for them, please if you see them message me. Please don't try to catch them as they will get scared and fly away. Even if you just see them flying past please message me so I know there okay

I need some hope right now, tonight when I was bringing Goober and Stinky in from the aviary the bottom fell off the carry cage. They flew away and looped the house for a while but they're gone now. I was bringing them inside because it's getting dark and it's too cold for them to spend the night outside right now as it's winter. I've left the aviary door open and brought their cage outside but I'm so scared for them. They've been inside birds the whole time I've had them, they don't know how to survive outside and now it's night time and winter and they're gone. I'm so scared I've lost them forever. These birds are so precious to me. Please, what are the chances of them coming home safely, I'm so scared for them

My two boys are broody and have been for months, I'm just wondering how to break them out of it? They have a little nest in their cage, do I take it away? I like that they have somewhere to cozy up together but they've been broody for a really long time.... They're also sitting on a rubber duck and 2 cat toys, do I get rid of those and not the nest? Or do I get rid of both?

This chaotic heathen who's never doing anything he's supposed to be doing has ticklish feet, is there anyway to help him with that? Everytime he grooms he's jogging and kicking around and seems to get pretty frustrated about his ticklish tootsies.

He's so cute but WHY is he obsessed with eating LINT?!

It doesn't matter how well I vacuum he finds some!! He picks it out the door rails, he picks it out from under the dryer, he eats it off my clothes, blankets, pillows. He will go into crevices I never knew existed and come out covered in cobwebs just so he can EAT LINT?!

And when he can't find any lint, he RIPS UP THE CARET AND MAKES HIS OWN TO SNACK ON!!!

HE HAS FOOD! SO MUCH FOOD! AVAILABLE, 24/7. HES NEVER BEEN HUNGRY IN HIS LIFE. BUT HES OBSESSED WITH LINT AND HE WILL GO TO GREAT LENGTHS TO FIND IT OR CREATE IT!

WHY. WHY DOES HE DO THIS?! WHY IS HE LIKE THIS?!

HE KNOWS HES NOT SUPPOSED TO TOO! I TELL HIM TO STOP AND HE WALKS AWAY, LOOKS AT ME, AND THEN TURNS AROUND AND GIES BACK TO EATING L I N T

I HATE HIM, WHY DOES HE DO THIS! HE HAS SEEDS FFS! ITS DRIVING ME UP THR WALLS! HE CANT BE UNSUPERVISED BECAUSE HE KEEPS. EATING. LINT!