what happen to other eggs?

[mamun2a]

my birds lay their 1st egg on 11 Feb, then 13 Feb and one hatch on 1March and other one now in care of the new chik .

 

was the other egg being damaged, why its still not hatched?

though mother and father bird still giving heat to the egg and baby both.

 

please help me to understand

[holmsidelofts]

my birds lay their 1st egg on 11 Feb, then 13 Feb and one hatch on 1March and other one now in care of the new chik .

 

was the other egg being damaged, why its still not hatched?

though mother and father bird still giving heat to the egg and baby both.

 

please help me to understand

 

Its very common, it could be anything from the egg got cold whilst bird wasnt sitting, this normally happens when the hen lays her first egg, she doesnt start sitting untill the second is laid and if its very cold then it can kill the egg. it could also be that the egg wasnt fertilised by the cock, or could have died from disease.

 

Jas.

 

[mamun2a]

some old breeder told me that if the egg is damaged, the birds own remove it from the loft.

 

does it true?

[jimmy white]

hi mamun    im just wondering if this was the pair of eggs you had in a picture on  here, b4 :-/ :-/ :-/,, remember, one was very clean the other one dirty,,,,,i thought they were laid at different times,,,,, if it is the same eggs/yb pic ,, it seems the clean egg has hatched?? ,,  im wondering if this egg in the pic was an old egg,, could  that have been possible   :-/ :-/ :-/

[mamun2a]

no not possible.

because i start with baby pigeon and this two egg is first in last 25 years in my custody.

 

some how they dropping lap over the eggs. as far i know any one of we dont touch the eggs.

the egg is still not hatched and the birds were keep it on their nest.

 

if the egg is damaged/rotten why they remove it?

[pjc]

the birds won't remove the unhatched egg. Pick it up and shine a torch through it, if its clear and you can see through the egg was infertile if the torch won't shine through, shake the egg, if it rattles (the insides shake around) the chick has died during its development.

[mamun2a]

thnx pjc, i have to do that, the birds are too young to know all the things i guess.

[Guest IB]

Pigeons don't remove eggs from their nest, Mamun. Not captive birds anyway. You've to remove them yourself, and the one in your photo needs to be removed quickly as it will give off gas. Replace it with a plastic egg to give the youngster support in the nest.

 

As others say, many reasons eggs don't hatch. For example the shell is very dirty. Dirt could allow bacteria to invade and kill the egg / growing youngster inside it. I don't get them very often, usually happens to me with an older youngster already in the nest, and hen lays again. I clean a dirty egg by spitting on it, and rubbing it clean in a clean paper towel.

 

To help answer your question, take that egg away and break the shell into a bowl. Don't do it in the house, the family wouldn't like it, doing this is not very nice and you will end up with a rotten egg smell.   If its liquid inside, then the egg has not developed, and if there is a dead youngster in it, that is what we call dead in shell, it has died as something has gone wrong  in it.

[jimmy white]

hi mamun, ,,, so this is your first yb.. very good,, best of luck, , ,, a shame about the other egg, but this sometimes happens , as explained above,,,,,,never mind it wont be long before the yb grows very quickly,, plenty grit, minerals and feeding ,, ,,,,then in a few weeks , the hen[mother] bird will lay two eggs again ,, so next time, maybe luckier,,, good luck