Abandoned eggs

[FoxesFan4Ever]

Hi,

Due to the death of my bird yesterday her eggs are stone cold this morning. Her mate may sit them today and I will keep an eye on it but would he be willing / able to sit/rear them alone and if as I suspect the answer is no, what can I do?

I have other eggs being sat on, could I add 1 egg to 2 of these nests?

 

Thanks all

[holmsidelofts]

You could but i would recommend a pair rear 3 youngsters. 2 is hard work for them and i would rather have 2 excellent reared youngsters than 3 poorly reared youngsters. If they are important eggs then i would have undersat them straight away with a pair of less important eggs. If they are stone cold now then you are probably better forgetting it. The cock wont sit or rear on his own. he may sit a day or to but that will be it he will soon give up and leave them.

 

Jas.

 

[pjc]

The cock won't sit the eggs more than 24hrs without the hen.

How did you lose the hen?

[holmsidelofts]

You could but i would recommend a pair rear 3 youngsters. 2 is hard work for them and i would rather have 2 excellent reared youngsters than 3 poorly reared youngsters. If they are important eggs then i would have undersat them straight away with a pair of less important eggs. If they are stone cold now then you are probably better forgetting it. The cock wont sit or rear on his own. he may sit a day or to but that will be it he will soon give up and leave them.

 

Jas.

 

that should be wouldnt recommend a pair rear 3 youngsters, sorry for typo.

[jimmy white]

Hi,

Due to the death of my bird yesterday her eggs are stone cold this morning. Her mate may sit them today and I will keep an eye on it but would he be willing / able to sit/rear them alone and if as I suspect the answer is no, what can I do?

I have other eggs being sat on, could I add 1 egg to 2 of these nests?

 

Thanks all

 

sorry to hear of this pigeon, especially when sitting these eggs,,  but as far as other birds rearing three yb,s...., they will attempt to do this, but   this is really unnatural, and unfortunately often results in poorly reared yb,s , with the parent birds , taking far too much out themselves,,, sometimes better with a healthy" two" than a poorly reared "three",, even sitting three eggs can often  result in , one egg , getting chilled, this may just be the one you want,, good luck