That makes sense, with most of my pairs the hen still contributes but it would make sense that’s what occurred this time.In my experience hens have stopped feeding the squabs early on (generally only during the 'pigeon milk' stage) and the cocks have pumped until fledging. I always figured it was so her body could recover before laying the next round of eggs.
Thing is I actually have a cockbird that is really good about feeding random babies, (if you remember a few weeks back I had a cock with babies get sick) and he helped me out, but he wasn’t able to help me with this one this time.
One question: should I limit the squab’s water intake? I made sure the seeds I fed him last night were moistened and let him sip some water out of a spoon. He has been absolutely chugging water this morning. He was very dehydrated yesterday as evidenced by his purple skin but he looks a lot better. I don’t want to give him too much water though…