If your birds, particularly flying birds, are not laying eggs due to anyone or most of the following problems the you should go to the solutions. This may work for types of birds particularly the parrots (lovebirds, budgies or budgerigar, cockatiel or weiro or quarrion) and dove etc.
Reasons for not laying eggs
Under age, birds are not mature, not reached to the breeding ageRush or noise around the birds cage or aviaryInsufficient feed. The feed is being provided is not sufficient for the birds to fulfill their nutrient requirements to lay eggs. Consider the Feed formula for birds for laying eggs.Breeding boxes are too small or very largeNesting material issueSame gender pair: the pair left in the cage is either both males or both females
Solutions to encourage birds to lay eggs
Interchange the cages. Replace the cage in the cage with some other pair of some other cage.Change the cage location, relocation sometimes worksChange the pair annually. Replace the male with other male, and vice-verse after every yearChoose silent placeAvoid entering strangers in the aviary or around cagesProvide enough sunlight, particularly, the light at the time of sunrise and sunset is very importantBio security, sprinkle limestone ( choona ) at entrance points of the aviary.Make sure free birds are not causing diseases in your aviary or cages.Use stick near the breeding box called breeding stick.Breeding stick must be tight enough, not loose, so that the pair could cross comfortably.Don't open the breeding box frequently, this may lead to egg binding issues (egg stuck in the female vent).Birds in colony setup take more time to breed and lay egg than individual cage setup because of pairing.
The solutions given above is the checklist to make sure that you have fulfill the requirements for the birds to get eggs from their females.
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