Bella laying an egg

[924Lolo]

What breed is Bella?

[verticalsmurf]

@924Lolo - Bella is an Eclectus Parrot, native to Australia and some parts of Paupa New Gunea. They are expensive pets and can live for over 40 years, they also need lots of time and attention. But they are gorgeous.

[hoshinokachi264]

omg...that was so amazing, i've never seen something like that before.

[Goat0]

Oh that looks rough.

[whitehorse607]

that's a great video... looks so painful! ! my little cockatiel laid 5.

[Bumbliebee6306]

I wonder if eggs have broken like that before...? ouch

[mtnbikerfred]

Not that I know of. We've heard of hens getting egg-bound and needing them broken (by a vet) to clear them. but it's a major ordeal. Bella hasn't laid in awhile. the last one was off a perch, and she really hasn't been as nesty as some other Ekkies.

[denisesfeathers]

did you have babies if so I would love to see videos please

[mtnbikerfred]

@denisesfeathers Nope. No Babies. We don't have a boy that is interested in our pretty redhead...

[stingshadow12]

great job mama

[HabboBear1]

Lol!!! I thought it was a Pigeon!

[sweetchikc09]

lol at first I thought she was a chicken until she turned around.

[binashraf]

OUCH! ooooooooo, brave girl, lol

[BellaBear04]

its amazing the trance like state they go into. i just posted a video of my bella laying an egg. ive always been on the other end holding her so i had my mother tape it so i could see what it was like. she completely goes limp in my arms and she also makes those squeeky noises. Congrats Bella!! good job!!

[Djinnlover]

you can hear the poor thing squeek as shes pushing

[MercyKitty]

That was amazing! I've never seen a bird lay an egg before (I have cockatiels nesting now as we speak) and I guess I just didn't appreciate what they went through. Awesome job!

[EmoWizard]

i bet shes thinking omg i did'nt know itl be this hard!

[dharmanova]

@EmoWizard  It's not called "labor" for nothing :-))))

[ihearteeyore]

what kind of bird is she?

[mtnbikerfred]

Bella is a Solomon Islands Eclectus

[ihearteeyore]

but arent they normally green or red?

[mtnbikerfred]

It's the "night-vision" camera. She's quite red. you can see her in our other videos.

[ihearteeyore]

oooo ok thats why she looks grey ok!

[queenn97]

how old is she?

[mtnbikerfred]

She's 4,and the absolutely the best of our 4 birds!!

[queenn97]

yep

[mafrek]

that almost made me faint

[EchoesTripleJet]

poor baby sqeeking at the beginning

[jellyjam42]

i didn't know that could be so painful!

[RKJ3]

interesting. to be honest you should leave her to incubate them for longer than a month basically leave them in there untill she hardly sits on them that way she wont want to lay any more eggs for a while.

[bowlingballout]

outstanding

[mtnbikerfred]

She has laid 3 clutches of two eggs each, which we let her incubate (even though they are infertile) for about a month. This lets her hormones cycle normally. She only goes to nest about every 4 months. This is pretty good all things considered.

Hopefully her a Riley will learn to dance and you can have some babies!!

[brenda4riley]

very interesting video,I seem to feel her pain and I am thinking of our rosie, riley's partner now looking for nest.hw many eggs did she have and how are they? thanks for sharing.

[Archmage5023]

Wow, incredible video. I didn't knew that eggs were so painful.

[Serasia]

Well, I'm glad I watched this; I didn't know laying eggs was probably just as painful and as hard as giving live birth....but hey, I'd never been around birds so I dunno, maybe that's why. Although it's still having babies... O_o

She's a pretty parrot! Thanks for posting the video.

[Sylvana774]

kinda gross but cute and what used for nest?

[videonut33]

First time seeing an parrot laying an egg!!!

Thanks!!!

:) C.L.