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Hey there! I bought myself a pair of zebra finches quite a few months ago from a local woman who bred them for a year, well, so she said. Everytime they've laid eggs so far (3 times collectviely, 2 eggs in the first cluth, one in the 2nd, and 2 in the 3rd, this last one) the first time they laid, after the eggs were 10 days past due, I opened them to see what was wrong, and there was nothing but dried yolk. Then the next batch, i started very carefully 'candelling' them with a flashlight. It was always brief and careful, with extremely clean hands. The eggs when first laid, were always full with a yolk. It just dried up after 2 weeks. Now this 3rd batch, they dried up again!! I took photos. can anyone tell me whats wrong? Am I doing anything wrong? Is one of them infertile perhaps? It's very upsetting to both myself and my poor finches. Any help is very very much appreciated.

Thanks!

-Briona

From what the picture shows, all that it means is that the eggs are not fertile. The female finch lays eggs even without a male, the result will be the same as what you have right now. As far as the reasons go, im not sure why you have infertile eggs.