:clap aw good!! I hope all goes well for you!
And that duck egg :lol: it better hatch. Hopefully they won't abandon it. Ducks eggs incubate longer than chicken and pigeon eggs
You know what? I bet I'm thinking of "if a pair of pigeons lays four eggs, it's two females. If they have two eggs, they're a male and female." apologies to everyone I'm sure I have confused
Ever had that (extremely embarrassing) moment when you realize you've been saying something that isn't true/never happened, but sometime you heard it and you repeated it to yourself over and over, then you forget it wasn't true/never happened? Well I just had that moment. Come to think of it, i...
But that doesn't necessarily signify that they are female and male. The two females I had share a nest did that (and they were both certainly females).
I haven't, but incubation pretty much starts immediately. THe female lays the first egg, then hovers, not really sits, on it for 24 hours (that way it won't hatch too much sooner than the second) Then the second egg is laid and she sits for 15 days, I think, is the total days of incubation for...
No, not necessarily long shots. :) I had two females share a nest, and they hatched 3 of 4 eggs successfully. The male who I assume was the daddy to those eggs already had a mate.
A fertile female won't lay three eggs. If a pair are ready to nest and lay eggs, the female will lay two. If...
Yay! If there is a third one laid (making four total) then two of your birds could be female and each have laid two eggs, or one female laid four eggs because she is infertile.