Well, when I tap my nestboxes they immediantly get out, unwilling to even attempt to protect their clutch from me. However, if you mean the sense of a male lovebird protecting his offspring, then yes. Lovebirds or any bird will think the egg is fertile even if it is infertile or a dummy egg. They usually reject the egg once they sat on it for a week or two.
put it under a lamp
When there has been no contact with a rooster for at least 10 days.
Nothing harmful, maybe it will bite you or something but it won't abandon the egg
exactly that. An egg that has not been fertilized. This is typically done between a male and female of the same type. Ex: Chicken and Chicken; Frog and Frog; Catfish and Catfish; and the list goes on.
Chickens don't get pregnant. Unlike mammals birds release their ova for development outside of their body. Chickens will produce one egg every day even when it does not come near a rooster. The hen produces that egg automatically, and will drop an egg even when it is unfertile.
20-30 days. if doesn't hatch by then the eggs are either dead or unfertilized(empty)
Not really
One can buy a lovebird from a local pet store for a good price. One can adopt a lovebird from a rescue shelter or directly buy the lovebird from a bird breeder.
It is to protect the embryo inside the egg.
Never.
He make sounds.
Lilian's Lovebird was created in 1896.