Spring is in the air — which means nest-making season is upon us! For this month’s Chirp Chat, Lake Effect’s Xcaret Nuñez ...

Unlike some parasitic birds, indigobirds and whydahs do not make a habitat of destroying their host’s eggs. Instead, females simply mix their eggs in with their hosts. Usually, females lay 2-4 ...

After building the nest, the female will lay her eggs and incubate these while the male ... There's some flexibility between what a bird has learnt to do and what they can innovate when building a ...

Birds lay eggs of surprising variety, and scientists have long wondered why. Could it be that certain shapes protect eggs from shattering? Or perhaps allow them to fit snugly in a nest?

Want to help bluebirds? Here's how to become a volunteer bluebird monitor. The post When Do Bluebirds Nest and Lay Eggs? appeared first on Birds and Blooms.

A check of local feed stores showed chicks are flying off the shelves when they do come in ... to get is the ISA Brown. “They lay really good eggs, they lay a lot of eggs, and they’re ...

With the culling of hens from bird flu outbreaks, the surge in the price of eggs has caused a bump in interest in keeping ...

Do you know what it is ... You might have known that birds lay eggs, but now you know that moths lay eggs. Frogs lay eggs. Crabs lay eggs. And even crocodiles lay eggs too. Maleo fowl lay eggs ...

For most birds, laying hens or meat birds — they’re roughly the ... and makes them easier to crush before feeding them to your chickens. You can do the same for chicken eggs (bake for 10 minutes).

Brood parasitic birds lay their eggs in the nests of others ... forest fragmentation), the acceptance of foreign eggs even when these do not resemble host eggs (nonmimetic), and a high cost ...

irds in the Upper Midwest are nesting and laying eggs nearly a month earlier than they ... resident species but larger for short- and long-range migratory birds. The researchers analyzed eggs in ...