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When do birds have babies?

Updated: 8/11/2023
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The answer is yes - all birds have the ability to lay unfertilized eggs, however in the wild this is a rare occurrence due to the drive to mate.

The laying of unfertilized eggs is simply a method of disposing of the unused egg from the body of the bird.

The domesticated chicken and duck are unusual amongst birds due to the fact that they will lay an egg almost daily. This useful feature has been selectively bred into the domesticated species for hundreds of years, and is also partially due to the fact that their eggs are removed daily.

If a chicken or duck is left with their eggs, they will start to brood, stop laying eggs and try to hatch the eggs they already have.

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well really it only happens in the spring or the summer in the places that have snow but lets say you live in south America it can really actually mate when ever it does not already have babies.

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When there in their mateing season its diffrent acording to each bird species

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