I'm unsure about parakeets, but I have a jenday conure (1/2 size parrot) who lays eggs a few times a year (unfertilized). From the time I can see the obvious bulge on her belly showing the egg, she often takes 4-5 days to lay. This includes strange sounds that show her straining and pushing.
Quick-write: (focused free-writing) a writing-to-learn strategy used to activate prior knowledge, students write for one minute on a topic given to them by the teacher after which the teacher and class discuss the topic.
Definition of quick. 1  1 quick plural : living beings. 2  2 [probably of Scand origin; akin to Old Norse kvika sensitive flesh, from kvikr living] a : a painfully sensitive spot or area of flesh (such as that underlying a fingernail or toenail)b : the inmost sensibilities hurt to the quick by the remarkc : the very center of something : heart.