Pigeon feeding and nesting question

[lkilhafner]

I’m wanting to get a couple pairs of pigeons, but I don’t want them to breed them lay eggs so what do I do let them breed lay eggs and take them away or what else?

 

[cavemanrich]

I’m wanting to get a couple pairs of pigeons, but I don’t want them to breed them lay eggs so what do I do let them breed lay eggs and take them away or what else?

Get all males, or all females. No breeding.
Other option, since you do not have control over breeding, is to replace eggs when layed with plastic dummy eggs. If you just keep removing eggs, then pigeon will just keep laying more. If you replace with plastic ones, pigeon lays new eggs less frequently. (easier on pigeon since they are not egg machines like chickens)
And wanted to....

 

[EggHunter_66]

There's an egg in the nest!!!! ♡

 

[biophiliac]

Yay!!

 

[LamarshFish]

There's an egg in the nest!!!! ♡

You'll likely find another within the next day or two. They should hatch in 17-19 days from the date they begin incubation, which is usually the day they were laid.

 

[EggHunter_66]

We are up to 4 eggs!
The temperature is supposed to drop tonight so I went out and put some pine straw and hay in coop just in case they wanted to add any to the nest and Yupe....right away they, well I should say She started picking it up and she booted him off the nest and that's when I saw 4 egg

 

[Thepigeonguy]

Okay so pigeons don’t lay 4 eggs in a clutch... you must have I female/female pairing. This happens but this also means the eggs aren’t fertilized. So you need a male( or 2) for babies.
I’m sorry that must be a bummer

 

[cavemanrich]

X2 with Thepigeonguy. That may also explain why the previous ones got broken.
On rare occasions there can be 3 eggs, from a legitimate male female pair.

 

[cavemanrich]

It is not unusual for same sex pigeons to pair up. I had that happen in the past with 2 males. (both hatched in my loft) No eggs obviously, but they would hang together without fighting for dominance. In my effort to homeset them, I would let out one at a time. When I thought I was successful, I let both out. They immediately BOTH flew west into the sunset. (just kidding about the sunset since it was midday) They never looked back, and never returned.

 

[EggHunter_66]

Actually that is okay with me, after all I wasn't looking to mate pigeons. These both were rescued birds.
Thank you everyone for the information!