> KJ> It doesn't apply to Rio & Paco (jenday conures)--their pelvic bones
> KJ> are the same distance apart, even though Rio has laid almost 2 dozen
> KJ> eggs in her lifetime.
>Hmmm one data point -- negative ... sigh ....
>~24 eggs ... over what time frame? [Now curious about something else ... ]
Since June 1992. Let's see if I can still remember....
2 'maiden eggs' before Paco arrived, June 1992.
3 clear eggs in December 1992 right after Paco got here.
4 in Feb. 1993--two of these hatched into "Rico" & "Niko".
4 (possibly 5--I seem to recall they broke one) in April 1993--one
hatched into "Ziggy".
4 in July 1993 (we couldn't get Rio out of "mother mode"; she kept
laying on the cage floor)--one hatched into "Cynned" (Kenny), the poor
baby with the twisted neck, spraddle leg (and who was eventually exposed
to and survived polyoma)
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