peterinhungary
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- Feb 16, 2017
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I have heard that pigeons produce one male and one female from the clutch of 2 eggs. Is this correct or is the sex of the two hatchlings a random affair?
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Wow, that is very interesting! thanks for sharing the story!Temperature nutrition and predisposition of parents for some reason seem to all play factor in experiments I've done n from observation of free flying and feral Pigeons even.
I've had isolated pairs only produce females and only males or rarely mixed or both otherwise around, based on how they incubate (I'm guessing), their temps weight feather density nesting material etc..
One female feral only produced hens as she kept eggs balanced on feet on concrete (she discarded nesting material I'd like to think because missing toe and part of another probably due to string and that first clutches seen some found dead with feathers in mouths throats crops n strings around babies), staying on eggs having female mate and male mates feed her. When a male died next male kicked her off nest and would sometimes produce two males. She was pudgy with tight hard small dense feathers and non on legs if it made any difference anyone would know. Plus if incubation temperatures vary if put in bator/s at different temps, or were hotter cooler. Pigeon eggs do seem least affected by heat though, but Pigeons usually develop good skills at coping with heat and cold whether kept up or especially free flying.