Blue-capped Cordon Bleu Waxbill

Initially use rearing food with pollen included once a week.   Then use twice a week to bring birds into condition (perhaps for about 6 weeks)

STOP using pollen for a pair as soon as eggs appear. For these birds use  Change to rearing food without the pollen.   Then, give daily to youngsters until they moult

Paul de Nil recommends administering the rearing food once a day at 5pm

Why 5pm?

Weaker/ smaller chicks tend to die during the night, due to insufficient food gained versus their stronger or older sibblings

5pm feed means the chicks get the best food from the fresh, full dish in the evening.   This helps get weaker chicks through the 'critical' night

Bengalese tend to settle in their boxes to roost quite early.   This means a long night for chicks

When Bengalese are used to an evening feed they come out to eat.   So, the chicks get a later and extra feed than they would have otherwise

Overfeeding the mix can lead to 'battery-hen' syndrome.   Eggs are laid every two or three days

Fertility is poor and sitting is irregular

Stopping such a hen isn't easy.   Most would separate the pair with a wire divider (not easy in my setup)

Separating the birds out of sight of each other stresses them badly.   Moving the pair to a small cage seems less stressful
 

One hen laid 34 eggs in 99 days.   Only 9 were successfully foster-reared (24%).   Others were infertile or addled

That this hen remained alive and well would suggest the eggfood mix delivers enough calcium, but, please try not to overdo the mix

Note that too much livefood to pairs without chicks can also induce 'battery-hen syndrome'