Large brood of parakeets-- can the parents care for them all?

ccmarie

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Jul 31, 2008
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Our mother laid eight eggs. So far at least four have hatched, and the mom keeps pushing two aside so we're guessing those two are dead/infertile. We're wondering how many babies the parents can care for. This seems like a really large brood. Will we need to hand-rear a couple, if they end up with five or six? They have raised a brood of three successfully in the past.
 
They'll be alright. My pair had 8 eggs (their first and only time) and 7 hatched and grew just fine. I still have 5 of the babies and both parents.
 

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