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>>200616 In some species of parrot, once the female gets a little past her prime breeding age (which is usually kinda low compared to the lifespan of some of these birds), her body will sometimes produce eggs whether there's a male present or not. Hormones and so forth.
At least budgies and quaker parrots do this, I think. It's only a problem if the egg becomes bound, in which case the bird needs to go to the vet ASAP for a bit of lubricant on the cloaca... otherwise the egg will eventually break, cut the bird's insides and kill the bird.
But no worries, if the egg comes out the female will typically either sit on it for a while and then eat it to regain calcium, or just abandon it as soon as she's recovered.
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