This article will take budgerigars as an example to explain the precautions for artificial incubation of bird eggs.

1. Leave the hatching eggs alone for 2 to 3 hours after receiving them

After purchasing fertilized bird eggs online, many netizens can’t wait to hatch them. Little do they know that the fertilized eggs have traveled a long distance. During the express delivery process, the egg is shaken and the size of the air chamber changes. The purpose of letting it rest is to restore the air chamber to its original appearance.

2. Incubation temperature 37.3°C-37.6°C

The recommended temperature for 1-16 days is 37.5°C --37.6°C, 37.3°C for 16-21 days. Budgie eggs are very small and require high difficulty in hatching. They have strict requirements on temperature and humidity. Too much deviation will lead to failure.

3. Incubation humidity

If it is a water bed incubator, you can put a wet towel next to the egg and spray water on the towel. The skin of the budgerigar is very thin. Remember Never spray water on the eggs; if it is an automatic humidity-controlled incubator, this step is not necessary. It is recommended that the humidity should be 40-50%RH for the first 10 days and 50-60%RH for the next 10 days.

4. Precautions for turning eggs

Do not turn eggs during the first three days of hatching, and stop turning eggs after 15 days (or three days before hatching). You can use a marker to mark the hatching eggs. When turning the eggs, you can clearly know the turning situation and angle of the eggs! To avoid uneven egg turning leading to stunted growth. Generally make sure to turn the eggs at least 2 times a day.

5. Take care of the eggs

When incubating in winter, you must pay attention to the temperature. Winter is cold, so you only need to take care of the eggs during the entire incubation process. Eggs are laid 2 times. Too many eggs can easily cause flash eggs, resulting in dead eggs and stillbirths. The first time the eggs are photographed is when they are 5-7 days old. If there are spider web-like blood threads inside, they can continue to hatch. If there is no sperm, it means there is no sperm or weak sperm and needs to be removed, otherwise it will affect other hatching eggs later and cause bacterial infection.

Place the eggs laid by budgerigars in a dark environment and illuminate them with a flashlight. If the eggs appear pure yellow, pure white and other colors under strong light, and there are no bloodshot or embryos in the eggs, then The egg can then be identified as a white egg.

7. Pecking the shell

On or around the 17th day, the young bird starts pecking the shell. During the pecking period, the egg turning function needs to be turned off. Do not peel the shell manually during the pecking period, let it do it on its own. come out. If it still doesn't come out of the shell, you can just peel a fingertip-sized hole in the shell.

8. Feeding after hatching

If feeding, feed once every 2-3 hours on 0-3 days. You have to get up in the middle of the night to feed. Don’t starve. 3-5 days is fine. Feed once every 3-4 hours, try to feed once every 4 hours if the baby is 5-15 days old, feed once 4-5 hours if the baby is 15-30 days old, and after 1 month, feed the baby 4 times a day, morning, noon and night, plus before going to bed.