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Newly Hatched egg disappeared
DIR By: LoveALLBirds
Date: December 11, 2012, 5:20 pm
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Roller Pigeons eating newly hatched eggs?
I am new here so please forgive me if I am not posting in the
right place. Asked my question in the "Chat room" but not sure
if that was the right place.
I was given a mating pair of Roller Pigeons 5 weeks ago. I love
them!!! Two eggs were layed in the nest I built after
researching online what the pigeons prefer to nest in, however,
I noticed this morning one of the eggs has disappeared. Can you
tell me if one of the birds ate the egg? Is this normal?
Totally baffled.
I want to learn more about these beautiful creatures before
buying more to add to the only two in my collection.
Thank you!
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Re: Newly Hatched egg disappeared
DIR By: slvrollers
Date: December 11, 2012, 6:06 pm
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Welcome to the site Linda Your pigeons did not eat your egg! Its
not normal for birds to eat their eggs. I have had rollers knock
them out of the nest and break them. If you search the whole
loft and cant find sign of any broken egg or shell parts you
have something getting in your loft. Their are many different
kinds of animals our reptiles that will eat bird eggs. Make sure
nothing can get into your loft and your problem should be
solved. Good luck and hope this helps.
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Re: Newly Hatched egg disappeared
DIR By: donnie james
Date: December 11, 2012, 6:33 pm
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hay slv,
very well put together and well said .....................donnie
james
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Re: Newly Hatched egg disappeared
DIR By: LoveALLBirds
Date: December 11, 2012, 7:01 pm
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--- Quote from: slvrollers link ---
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> Welcome to the site Linda Your pigeons did not eat your egg!
Its not normal for birds to eat their eggs. I have had rollers
knock them out of the nest and break them. If you search the
whole loft and cant find sign of any broken egg or shell parts
you have something getting in your loft. Their are many
different kinds of animals our reptiles that will eat bird eggs.
Make sure nothing can get into your loft and your problem should
be solved. Good luck and hope this helps.
>
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Thank you! he cage 3 feet deep x 4 feet high and 4 feet wide is
in my warm office with no other animal in the room. I searched
the entire hay-filled box with a 5 inch ledge and there is no
signs of a broken egg or shells. don't know what happened but
there was definitely two eggs yesterday! my other
possibilities?
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Re: Newly Hatched egg disappeared
DIR By: slvrollers
Date: December 11, 2012, 7:26 pm
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Hi Linda
That's strange. You have a mystery on your hands. Do any other
people have access to your office when your not around? My kids
have removed eggs from my rollers nest before. I did not find
out till later that the missing eggs were because my kids
removed them.
#Post#: 12008--------------------------------------------------
Re: Newly Hatched egg disappeared
DIR By: slvrollers
Date: December 11, 2012, 7:33 pm
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Thanks Donnie James
Hope you are doing well!!!
#Post#: 12009--------------------------------------------------
Re: Newly Hatched egg disappeared
DIR By: LoveALLBirds
Date: December 12, 2012, 12:48 am
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Well, it is a mystery, Slv, because I am the only one that lives
here - very strange, however, I did notice the male sort of
pecking at the first egg that was layed, prior to the second
layed, egg. Is that normal? The pair is still taking turns to
lay on the one egg - so far! I hope that egg will hatch since I
am amazed at these lovely new friends. In the spring I will
turn one of my 10X20' dog kennels that have metal roofs covering
half the kennel surrounded by heavy duty metal fencing used for
cattle enclosures and turn the kennel into a pigeon aviary.
It,s too cold here in the Pacific Northwest (I live 25 miles
north of Mt. Rainier so get's very cold with countless
windstorms that channel through the Cascade foothills).
thanks for all your help....I look forward to chatting with many
of you here and learning more through your commentary!
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Re: Newly Hatched egg disappeared
DIR By: oldfart
Date: December 12, 2012, 5:25 am
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Welcome, It is possible the egg did get broken, If this happened
depending on your nesting material the contents of the egg would
have dried and dissappeared. Sometimes the hen will eat the
shell for the calcium in it. Like everyone else this is just a
guess. Good luck and enjoy your birds.
Take care
Thom
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Re: Newly Hatched egg disappeared
DIR By: donnie james
Date: December 12, 2012, 9:43 am
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hay slv,
thanks and i'm doing good i'm getting ready to go to dialysis
..........................donnie james
#Post#: 12012--------------------------------------------------
Re: Newly Hatched egg disappeared
DIR By: slvrollers
Date: December 12, 2012, 10:33 am
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Hi Linda I have seen my rollers move the first egg around a
little and it looked like they were pecking at it but never to
the point they did any damage. Sounds like you caught the
roller bug. Me to i love my birds and enjoy them every day. The
best part of my day is flying my birds. Research info on
building a loft venting is real important. You also need to keep
them from wind chill when its cold. I understand you about the
cold weather, I live in one of the coldest parts of Colorado.
You are welcome for the help. This site has some of the best
roller people around and they are willing to share their
knowledge. Good Luck with your Rollers!
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