My pigeon layed her second egg

[210175]

Yesterday i posted a thread saying my pigeon layed her first egg. When i went to go check on them today i found another one. Now they have two. Yay.

I started my 18 days when the first one was layed and she sat on it strait away.

Just a final question sometime during the day my female will switch with the male for a few miniutes so she can eat and then poop. Though she will go back in 5 miniutes. Is this ok.

Thanks

 

[chirpingcricket]

Yesterday i posted a thread saying my pigeon layed her first egg. When i went to go check on them today i found another one. Now they have two. Yay. I started my 18 days when the first one was layed and she sat on it strait away. Just a final question sometime during the day my female will switch with the male for a few miniutes so she can eat and then poop. Though she will go back in 5 miniutes. Is this ok. Thanks I would say, yup, mama knows best...just let mama do it, is the standard rule. The male is giving her time to eat/exercise, teamwork....maybe someone will post specifically with pigeon experience...keep us posted

 

[Hokum Coco]

As a rule of thumb the male usually sits on the eggs during the day. The female sits on the eggs at night. As time progress my guess is the incubating duties will get more evenly divided up.

 

[sourland]

In my experience, although the hen will set on the first egg after it is laid, she does not incubate it 'completely' if that makes any sense. Once the second egg is laid she will set much tighter on the nest and full incubation starts. Although the first egg generally hatches first I think it only beats it's sibling by 18 hours or so. In extremely cold weather, again in my experience, the first egg frequently becomes chilled and does not hatch because of this incomplete incubation. In the extreme cold I always remove the first egg, replace it with a nest egg, and then return it once the second egg is laid.

 

[laughingdog]

Hen sets generally as long as not too hot, or not fed enough, or not allowed security she feels needs (ill then provide side turned box in both back corners with nests in, or duct tape corner are with cardboard), all night and at least some of day, until chicks are about two weeks old, then cock takes over more/most care as hen then will lay another pair of eggs and she cares mostly for them till others are chased away from nest when she then lays another pair in first nest again. not enough nests (two per breeding hen) ect, i think is what a lot of problems most open flock style breeding, that keepers seem to have.

 

[laughingdog]

Given large dog bowl with drainage holes and pine needles, the hen in dry dark shaded corner will have space to check and keep egg safe and close but not let get to hot or cold before second is laid and she is ready to begin incubation.

 

[Hokum Coco]

duplicate

 

[laughingdog]

Hokum's nest bowls seem so much better than mine, got mine for doller each per ten at wally-world..

 

[Hokum Coco]

I got mine at the Canadian dollar store I think I got mine for $2.% a piece although things are usually only price at $1.%


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[laughingdog]

Most Materials for, and whole enclosures were old used cages ect id already had or given to me, though id given most away..