Hi, i was just curious how often it is okay to check my parakeet's nest box? and is it okay to check it if she's in there?

best to just leave it be and not check....at all.

How do i know when the babies hatch? can i open it then?

if you disturb them eggs could get cracked and you will have nothing if you disturb them when babies mama may stop feeding...you will see them soon enough and id wait till two weeks after you hear lil peeps to take a fast peek...when mama is out of the nest and do a nest box cleaning disturbing them as little as possible when you do this.

be sure you also have some nestling food so mama and papa can feed it to them...get some Petamine ebay sometimes sells it....if you cant find it then go here and get this

https://www.birdsupplynh.com/catalog/pro...261aab9ee195a95

the babies will need this...the parents will eat it and then feed babies..

I AM FREAKING OUT!!THE EGGS ARENT HATCHING AND I CHECKED THE BOX ONCE ABOUT TWENTY DAYS AGO, AND THEY SHOULD BE HATCHED!!!!!WHAT DO I DO????? HOW DO I KNOW IF SHES LAYED TOO MANY EGGS????

Parakeet eggs typically hatch after about 18 days of incubation. It's not unusual for parakeets to lay infertile eggs. I have female parakeets and they lay eggs occasionally, and the eggs would not hatch of course because I had no male parakeets.

In my case I would remove the egg and the parakeet would go on with life, until the mood struck them eventually to lay another egg somewhere down the road.

When did your parakeet first lay these eggs? Is it her first time laying a clutch?

i somehow missed this posters last post ...so glad you caught it Lisa...

she layed one egg before but didnt sit on it, it has been over twenty days since these were layed, but i have not looked in the box again because i dont want to desturb her, what if shes layed to many eggs??

its time to check...but the first egg will not hatch at the same time as the last...how many does she have...id say wait a bit more if she has more than just two eggs...as they would hatch every other day just as they are laid...

she wont have laid many eggs as there is a point where they stop laying when doing clutches...can be anywhere from one to seven eggs maybe....

the time to be concerned is if she tries to lay to many clutches at once...

be sure she has access to plenty of calcium ...scrap some if you have to from the cuttle bone onto food...just a little you dont have to cover seed with it...

try to wait till she comes out of the box for a few minutes

so theres eleven...so i think she's started a second clutch. is she going to be okay?? what should i do??shes been using the cuttle bone