pigeon eggs abandoned

[mangobees]

Hello, so I raise fancy pigeons and while I was gone on vacation my male pigeon passed away due to unknown causes, leaving behind his mate who was sitting on eggs (laid july 8th)
His mate stopped sitting on her eggs for around 1-3 days because she could not take over all incubation duties. I do not know for certain when she stopped sitting on them, only that when I got home she was not.
I returned on Sunday and candled them, and they were still alive. I stuck them in an incubator ASAP. They were warm when I found them because weve regularly been having days in the 97-100 degrees F range with lows of 75-83 at night.
Today is the day they would have hatched if they had been incubated normally.


Has a similar situation happened to anyone else? Did your eggs ever hatch or did they hatch late/early?
I'm really praying they make it. Waiting for something to happen is torture.

 

[cavemanrich]

If you have been raising pigeon, you are aware that they need to be fed crop-milk. If the little ones do hatch, be prepared to do some intensive feeding. You do need special formulas to be similar to crop milk. Not sure exactly where to get those like immediately.
If the eggs were still warm, maybe the pigeon mom just got off to eat, and drink, and stretch.
You would have been better off if the category you posted was Pigeons, and Doves. Instead of Incubating and Hatching. I know there are many knowledgeable peeps that hang out on the Pigeon Forum.
Maybe you can request your thread to be moved to that forum. I think a moderator is able to do these changes.
WISHING YOU BEST,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

 

[mangobees]

T

If you have been raising pigeon, you are aware that they need to be fed crop-milk. If the little ones do hatch, be prepared to do some intensive feeding. You do need special formulas to be similar to crop milk. Not sure exactly where to get those like immediately.
If the eggs were still warm, maybe the pigeon mom just got off to eat, and drink, and stretch.
You would have been better off if the category you posted was Pigeons, and Doves. Instead of Incubating and Hatching. I know there are many knowledgeable peeps that hang out on the Pigeon Forum.
Maybe you can request your thread to be moved to that forum. I think a moderator is able to do these changes.
WISHING YOU BEST,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Thank you for the advice. Yes, I have prepared for a situation like this and have roudybush squab formula on hand. And I think I was ovverreacting, becauce just a couple hours after I posted this forum the first egg piped and now looks like it'll begin zipping any time now.

They were definitely abandoned though, I watched her for a while when I got home and even put in a couple fakes into her nest just in case but she never returned to the nest once, and the eggs were warm in the way something feels after its been left out in the sun too long not in the way a nice incubated egg feels (if that makes sense? lol)

 

[cavemanrich]

Good you have what it takes to feed the lil ones.
You still may enjoy checking this very active pigeon thread. It has many postings in all subjects of pigeons. It has postings about feeding baby squabs, just like you are doing. There are over 7K posts, so you would need to scan/search a lil to find them. It is also where many of the pigeon peeps follow, so, asking a question there would get you a quick response.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/pigeon-talk.1276029/page-765#post-21599921

 

[cavemanrich]

Thank you for the advice. Yes, I have prepared for a situation like this and have roudybush squab formula on hand. And I think I was ovverreacting, becauce just a couple hours after I posted this forum the first egg piped and now looks like it'll begin zipping any time now.

Just wondering how things are going with your hatch?

 

[mangobees]

Just wondering how things are going with your hatch?

both eggs hatched and are alive as of today

(newly hatched)

day 5, eyes open


growing much slower than a parent raised squab, but still vigorous and healthy

 

[cavemanrich]

Being raised by you, they will certainly bond with you.
Keep us posted with progress here,

 

[casportpony]

Wow, they look great!