How long does it take for a zebra finch egg to hatch?

Answer 1

Yes, they hatch. My zebee hen laid her first eggs a couple of weeks ago. After a few eggs mysteriously disappeared, they finally kept four of them. Two have hatched and I'm still waiting for the other two. They hatch at a rate of one per day. If you don't want your eggs to hatch, remove them as they are laid. They won't get incubated. Be aware that you are stressing the birds if you keep removing eggs, so remove the nest and/or separate the pair if you want to stop her from laying fertile eggs. That addresses fertility of young bird eggs. Now, to address the very first eggs of unbred hens. I had a couple of finches several years ago who laid four eggs with no losses. These were their first eggs, and they were both a year old. Only one egg turned out to be infertile. One of the chicks was a runt (last to hatch can't compete with clutchmates) whom I named "Charlie" and hand-fed. Charlie died (refused to eat), but I still remember him by naming my computer "Charlie" every time I set it up after a disk drive format.

Answer 2

the egg will have a little hole. so when you look inside, you will see the baby bird moving

Answer 3

I can normally tell my finch is about to lay an egg when she's starting to eat a lot of iodine and cuttlefish. Just before she lays and egg she normally goes a bit hyper. Hope that helped :)

Answer 4

2 weeks or more but not much

Answer 5

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