danikiser
Chirping
- Dec 13, 2016
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Hello.
I have a pair of black australian swans. They have attempted 4 nests since December of last year. I had them a year before this. The first nest she laid 9 eggs, and I let them do it alone as most of my birds (peafowl, geese, chickens, ducks) seem to know what they are doing. I guess I should've checked the nest sooner cause only one of the eggs was fertile, and a couple seemed to have exploded, which fouled the nest and killed the one baby that actually hatched. It was a horrible Christmas day tragedy.
Second nest, I tried to take half the eggs to put in the incubator. Female stopped laying, had only 3 eggs, none were fertile.
Third nest, same thing, 4 eggs, none fertile.
Fourth nest, had 5 eggs, of which 2 went into the incubator. None were fertile. Just threw them out yesterday.
Male has been attempting sex with the female for 2 days now, she wants nothing to do with it. She runs away from him and shes faster. In fact, they don't really seem to like each other. The male hangs out with my goose and the female just hangs out by the bucket (one that arrived by accident, filled with rainwater, and now I have to keep filling it cause they love it so much even though they have a water bucket and a pond with fresh water fountain).
Anyways, I am wondering if I should trap them in a corral for a couple of days? Or perhaps they are still too young? I'm thinking they are only 2 years old. Maybe I need another female?
There's not too much on the internet about breeding swans.
I have a pair of black australian swans. They have attempted 4 nests since December of last year. I had them a year before this. The first nest she laid 9 eggs, and I let them do it alone as most of my birds (peafowl, geese, chickens, ducks) seem to know what they are doing. I guess I should've checked the nest sooner cause only one of the eggs was fertile, and a couple seemed to have exploded, which fouled the nest and killed the one baby that actually hatched. It was a horrible Christmas day tragedy.
Second nest, I tried to take half the eggs to put in the incubator. Female stopped laying, had only 3 eggs, none were fertile.
Third nest, same thing, 4 eggs, none fertile.
Fourth nest, had 5 eggs, of which 2 went into the incubator. None were fertile. Just threw them out yesterday.
Male has been attempting sex with the female for 2 days now, she wants nothing to do with it. She runs away from him and shes faster. In fact, they don't really seem to like each other. The male hangs out with my goose and the female just hangs out by the bucket (one that arrived by accident, filled with rainwater, and now I have to keep filling it cause they love it so much even though they have a water bucket and a pond with fresh water fountain).
Anyways, I am wondering if I should trap them in a corral for a couple of days? Or perhaps they are still too young? I'm thinking they are only 2 years old. Maybe I need another female?
There's not too much on the internet about breeding swans.
