Another question!!!

[jordanp31]

i have just read a previos thread and have noticed that it said something about having more than 2 eggs under a bird. I have a problem in my loft at the moment and i was wondering if it is ok to put 3-4 eggs under a bird or will it put them off the eggs they are already sat on...?

 

please help ;D

[bluey]

They will sit and try to hatch as many eggs as they can cover, this is sometimes done to try and motivate natural racers.

 

Do not try and let the "parents" try to rear more than two young birds it would only put undue stress on old and young birds.

[Mike Lycett]

You can dencourage hens to sit 3-4 eggs but certainly not rear more than two

[jimmy white]

i have added eggs to a sitting yb to make it keener as it spends its time trying to tuck them under it, but would never let any bird rear more than two,  i would prefer a yb sitting on its first ybs about 3 days old with the cock taken away, especialy for the distant yb race

[Guest speckled]

;D ;D lol Jorden i dont have much choose moving me bottom row of eggs while the birds are out, ;D ;D ;D if i dont he dam dog will nick them, that my prob at rearing,but l do repalce them with dummys untill thay are closed then, ;D ;D when shut back up thay have there  own eggs back :-/  so ya can say my bottom row of boxes sit 4 egg only 2 youngster thay will rear like the rest.mind you i still find a dummy egg in the kennel if me backs turned lol ;D ;D ;D ;D cheers speck

[slatey]

if its for motavation reasons try a chicken egg with pigeon eggs .

evan if you give it a youngun still leave the chicken egg with them

works a treat with ybs.

tomo

[jordanp31]

Its not for motivation purposes its just because i hav had a spare egg laid on the floor and i just wanted it to hatch... By the way how long can a pigeon leave an egg without it 'dying'??? I have thrown the egg out anyway because it got dented...

 

thanks for the advice...

[jimmy white]

if the parent birds have sat on the eggs and started to incubate them, the eggs would not last more than a day or two,

but if their layed and never been sat on [never started incubating] the eggs will last a couple of weeks if turned regular,and kept on the cool side

[jordanp31]

thanks jimmy