Pair is not laying

[ilikepigeons]

Actually, I believe the same sex theory holds water. Pip, my Ring-neck male (supposedly), I believe may actually be a female who took on male characteristics and behavior when his mate died (mate dying is PetSmart's story...). Pip's pelvic bones are wide apart, like a female, but I read that doesn't mean he's a she. How------ever, several years after adopting him, I rehabilitated a mourning dove, Nadia, who ended up staying as Pip and Nadia bonded. Certainly Pip with Nadia more, he (she) was clearly lonely and thrilled to have a companion! In the 10 years or so I had Nadia before she went to live with God, not one of the eggs she laid were fertile. The only egg that ever hatched was a Coturnix egg I gave him (her) to incubate, story here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/amateur-hour.1485019/page-2#post-25360373

Pip currently lives with Eve, a young female Ring-neck I adopted, story here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/keeping-a-pigeon-in-the-house.1507591/page-2#post-25359071. They are on their second clutch of eggs and they are all "empty." Both Pip and Eve coo and "laugh." Pip does mate with Eve and bows at her. I just call Pip a "he" but wonder...

I did come to the conclusion that they were two males, after months of sitting on the nest and no eggs, then abandoning the nest. Sometimes on of them tries to make a nest again but never follows through with it.