My dad thinks his bird is the next Virgin Mary

Hark, ye of little faith, for a miracle has occurred this day.

I got home today to my dad excitedly yelling that no one will believe him, that “Virgin Mary has happened in this house!”

Just another Tuesday.

Even if such a claim made sense on this plane of reality, it’s a pretty wild thing to say casually with no context.

My dad dragged me over to the birdcage, where his best friend and ever-loyal bird buddy sat...next to...an egg...

Our bird had, without the assistance of another bird, laid an egg. Our presumably male bird had laid a tiny egg.

Most people would assume that the bird had been a girl the whole time, and that birds must be able to lay eggs without a second bird.

My dad had instead decided that a holy miracle had taken place, and that God had finally decided to perform an impossible feat to prove he exists.

Thus, the shouts of “Virgin Mary Birdy!” made sense. ...made as much sense as such a thing could, at least.

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God works in mysterious ways. Mysterious male bird laying fertilized eggs ways, I guess, according to my dad.
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I am just now realizing for the first time that regular birds lay unfertilized eggs just like chickens

I guess this is the bird version of having a period
 
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The wait for a Dad story has been long but totally worth it. Chary your dad is a legend and thank you as you always come along with a new dad story just as I need cheering up.
 
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This is actually funny, I have had a similar situation happening several years ago.

We used to have a cockatiel, the perfectly normal looking gray and yellow kind, and the birb was doing very well, having been under out care for a couple months.
For the entire time, we assumed it was a male... until a random day an egg was found. Then 2, then 3, and soon, around 6 or 7 eggs were under an improvised nest, with our birb aggressively covering them.

Needless to say, these were unfertilised eggs, and sadly we had to take them away because the birb was getting dehydrated and wouldn't eat anything for a week.

The very next day it was like nothing happened, except Charlot was then known as Charlotte, since we finally knew the truth, lol
 
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Yes, female birds can lay eggs without a male bird. Since it's not fertilized, don't expect a baby bird to come out of it. I know, because I was witness to a similar event with a parakeet. Kept the eggs, but they never hatched. Bummer.
 

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