Lovebird laid an egg, didnt build a nest

Question
We've got 3 lovebirds, two females and one male, in a single cage.  Based on mating behavior, we bought a nesting box, which one of the females took to immediately.  In the last day or so, she has laid an egg in the nesting box, but has not built a nest (that we can see, anyway).  We've placed nesting hair material, and strips of newspaper in the cage, and she has dragged a few strips of newspaper into the nesting box, but has not built a nest.  

What should we do?

Answer
Hi, Susan.  Thanks for posting.

First thing you should do is get the female who is not pair-bonded with the male out of the cage...you want only the pair who laid the egg in the cage with the nestbox.    The 2 females will fight each other at some point and one will certainly lose!  Lovebirds usually build a large nest inside the nesting box...don't know why these haven't, but let them do what they want as long as the material is available to them to make a nest.  If you want them to have babies, just let them go about their business.  If you don't, then you need to remove the nesting box.  

There's much information you need to know on my website:

http://www.angelfire.com/falcon/birdinfo/index.html

Come back with any questions.

Chrys