My pet pigeon flew away!

[Abriana]

Following! I hope your pigeon comes back and that you can save that egg. You could put it inside your shirt (I’ve heard of people hatching chicken eggs like that) just be careful you don’t break it.

 

[Oki&Nawa]

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I feel your pain. My hen pigeon Grace flew off with my neighbours boy pigeon Jack. Never saw her or him again. Because the egg matters so much, you should try your best to keep it going. Find someone with an incubator, repair your own. How far along in incubation is it? How long has Penelope not been sitting for? As @biophiliac said, a thermometer in a box with a light bulb, might do the trick

ive been trying to keep the egg warm with a bowl of cotton balls and a warm sock. She didn’t sit on the egg for almost a day, but it stays a bit warm at night here.

 

[thinkyesi]

Birds are birds and they are imperfect. He coudlve flown back to the old loft if he wasnt trained to stay in your loft you have now. Also some advice, my husband and i breed pigeons so when you have first time parents usually its always best to throw away the first clutch of eggs. Get some small fake eggs and put them under the bird. The bird wont know the difference. The reason for this is you want to see if you have a good bird or not. In many cases the birds will take turns and the male will build the nest and all. But sometimes they dont do that. And if a mate ever leave like in your case and the momma gets off the nest, shes not a very good momma for now. Most mommas will stay on the egg until dad returns or she will get off to stretch and eat for a few minutes to an hour then go back. But never let your birds be first time parents until you put two fake eggs to see how well they bond and work together to protect the fake eggs.
Also if you have another bonded pair, and they have a box what you can do is put the egg in their box and usually they will adopt the egg. Anytime we hve parents lay eggs we know wont care for the eggs we put them in another nest and the birds always adopt the eggs. Just make sure its a bonded pair though.

 

[Oki&Nawa]

Birds are birds and they are imperfect. He coudlve flown back to the old loft if he wasnt trained to stay in your loft you have now. Also some advice, my husband and i breed pigeons so when you have first time parents usually its always best to throw away the first clutch of eggs. Get some small fake eggs and put them under the bird. The bird wont know the difference. The reason for this is you want to see if you have a good bird or not. In many cases the birds will take turns and the male will build the nest and all. But sometimes they dont do that. And if a mate ever leave like in your case and the momma gets off the nest, shes not a very good momma for now. Most mommas will stay on the egg until dad returns or she will get off to stretch and eat for a few minutes to an hour then go back. But never let your birds be first time parents until you put two fake eggs to see how well they bond and work together to protect the fake eggs.
Also if you have another bonded pair, and they have a box what you can do is put the egg in their box and usually they will adopt the egg. Anytime we hve parents lay eggs we know wont care for the eggs we put them in another nest and the birds always adopt the eggs. Just make sure its a bonded pair though.

Thank you for the advice

 

[Oki&Nawa]

Are there any tips to keep a pigeon egg alive? And reasons why it would die?

 

[lena_]

Are there any tips to keep a pigeon egg alive? And reasons why it would die?

A warm light, human body temp could work. A couple of peeps here on BYC have tried incubating eggs in their bras. Do you know if the egg is still alive? It might die beacause of cold, or the embryo sticking to the shell (If it's not turned three times a day)

 

[Oki&Nawa]

A warm light, human body temp could work. A couple of peeps here on BYC have tried incubating eggs in their bras. Do you know if the egg is still alive? It might die beacause of cold, or the embryo sticking to the shell (If it's not turned three times a day)

I was lucky enough to reach out to a friendly classmate. She lend me a 50 watt lamp and I’m now incubating the egg. The embryo is slowly moving and I can still see the eye. The egg is in a glass bowl with semi damp cotton balls and shavings. I put the lamp on top of a bird cage I put the bowl in. I just don’t have a thermometer.

 

[Hokum Coco]

Are there any tips to keep a pigeon egg alive?

What you are attempting has been done before. That being said the odds of you being successful are not the best. I have used warm egg yolk for the first feeding as well. There are several more links on you tube when you explore you may find helpful.

 

[LamarshFish]

I was lucky enough to reach out to a friendly classmate. She lend me a 50 watt lamp and I’m now incubating the egg. The embryo is slowly moving and I can still see the eye. The egg is in a glass bowl with semi damp cotton balls and shavings. I put the lamp on top of a bird cage I put the bowl in. I just don’t have a thermometer.

If the egg drops below a certain temp the embryo will die. Use of an incubator set to the proper temp and humidity for pigeon eggs may work.

I see you have chickens. If one is brooding eggs, perhaps experiment with slipping the egg under her? Not sure though, maybe others have tried this and it totally doesn't work or chickens know it's not a chicken egg and will eat it. Maybe just a silly thought lol

 

[Oki&Nawa]

If the egg drops below a certain temp the embryo will die. Use of an incubator set to the proper temp and humidity for pigeon eggs may work.

I see you have chickens. If one is brooding eggs, perhaps experiment with slipping the egg under her? Not sure though, maybe others have tried this and it totally doesn't work or chickens know it's not a chicken egg and will eat it. Maybe just a silly thought lol

My gamefowl is not a good mama, she’ll eat her eggs , I’ve tried doing that before however with my other hens. But the only hen I have is Milo