Hello,
I have a Great Tit nesting in my camera bird box and she began to lay eggs on the 28th April. After a few weeks it looked like none of the eggs had hatched even tho she had been on the nest constantly. She then left for a day or two and I was going to empty the nest but she came back and began sitting on the nest again. She then laid another 5 eggs and has been sitting on all of eggs for about 2 weeks.
I feel very bad for her as it looks like this set will not hatch either. Will she continue to keep going? Is there a reason why the eggs are not hatching?
I am no expert am afraid but hopefully the link below could give you some possible answers www.bto.org/.../incubation Please note regardless of what kind of nest box you have...none should be touched or cleaned out until end of breeding season..usually September
(Pardon the Scottish Accent)