Trying to determine sex

[TerryQui]

I have two female white pigeons and I got a male for one and found a second one for the second female.
Well I don't think the second one is a male. I have had him/her for four days now and it doesn't coo at all. It never acted like a male towards my female.
THe seller stated it was sitting on eggs. This was about 2 pm. I picked him up.
Is it a certain thing that the male is always the one sitting on the eggs in the day time?
I think it is a female.
My other male makes warning coos when I go near it and I have two fantail males out front and they do too along with bobbing.
I just need to know if females and males both sit on eggs in the day time? Thanks.

 

[GitaBooks]

I hope this helps: http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/Pigeons/BRKPigeon.html

Best of luck!

 

[Hokum Coco]

I have two female white pigeons and I got a male for the second female.
Well I don't think the second one is a male.
I think it is a female.
I just need to know if females and males both sit on eggs in the day time? Thanks.

In a perfect world females sit on the eggs during the night. When exactly they change duties during the day can very and is anyone's guess.
The best way to determine the sex of a pigeon is to ask another pigeon.
In a perfect world the ♂ pigeon on the right is usually more iridescent and larger than the ♀ pigeon on the left.



That being said no matter which method you choose to sex a pigeon mistakes are sometimes made. I usually can tell the gender of a pigeon just by looking at it (but I have been know to make mistakes too.)

On that note:
If you place your pigeon in the company of a know gender pigeon one can usually tell the gender of the pigeon in question by the reaction taken by the know gender.

(Too many references to gender in tha sentence but I think you can follow).

Check out the link the pigeon bowing and circling is ♂ the bird walking is ♀:

 

[laughingdog]

Mine alternate, but sometimes one gets stuck doing both shifts, n that one has to do all feeding n everything.