Why is my dove acting strange?

[Dovelover22]

Recently my dove has been acting kind of slow. Ever since she laid her unfertilized eggs, she has just been sitting on them and hasn't been active. She also laughs slower than she usually does, is she sick?

 

[Blackberry18]

This behavior occurs in all poultry. It's called being "broody" which basically means the hen is sitting on the nest, and barely gets up to eat or drink. Broodiness signals that the hen wants to hatch eggs and raise chicks. Since your dove has no partner, and her eggs are infertile, then she cannot produce squabs, but believes she can. It's normal pigeon behavior to sit on the eggs. I'd advise getting her a cock, because the reproduce once a year and have two broods, so the hen will continue this behavior. Now that you want it to stop, remove the eggs, and try to compel the hen out of the nest as often as possible.

 

[jak2002003]

I would not take away the eggs or make her get off the nest...

Leave her with the eggs.. or swap them for fake ones. Then she will sit on them for a few weeks and then give up and go back to her normal self.

If you take the eggs away she will lay more.. and each time you take them away she will keep laying more and more, and this is a great strain on her body.. and will make her sick.

Getting her a mate will not stop her laying eggs or going broody.. and you will end up with a population explosion of doves.. which you may not want to keep and its hard to re home them. Then they young doves will start breeding and you will get overrun with them!!!