Removing Egg's

[Ronnie]

If i was to remove some egg's from a stock pair how long could i keep them before i put them back under another pair and in what conditions must they be kept?

Could i say take a pair of egg's from a stock pair today(within an hour of it laying its second egg) and keep them till december when i pair up my racers?

 

[Guest chrisss]

there are better guys than me to reply to this, but i would think that is far to long [i think about 48 hrs with turning would be about right]

[david]

Hi ,There are better men than me to answear this one also, but last season

took eggs away from pair after second one laid and put dummys under that pair,later i used these real eggs as dummys  as i had a  lack of real dummys ,

These eggs were put in a jug and laid there for around a month ....you guessed it ? one of these eggs hatched ..

 

(your question )... I have been advised that if you keep eggs at room temp in a cloth but turn them every day then when you use them they should hatch ..the imponderables do happen as with me, but they are one offs .

Keeping these eggs before putting them under a pair i would suggest around three weeks to a month to be safe but believe much longer times have been achieved ,if there is a serious fluctuation in storage temp then eggs will not hatch...

 

i have not tried this but It,s worth a go .I wouldn,t like to bet my dog on it ..

Good luck!

 

DAVID

[Ronnie]

Thanks alot for the replie's.It wasnt a planned thing just curious to know if it could be done .Would be nice to have a round of youngsters all hatching in the same week or two of the same pair of bird's.

[john robo]

if you search the forum, theres a few post on this subject

eg. http://forum.pigeonbasics.com/m-1185682964/s-3/#num3

 

John

[Ronnie]

Thanks John