It's best not to disturb pigeons when they are hatching eggs. It is best to cover the nest box with wooden boards. When hatching eggs, people walk over to disturb them. Feed more good food, feed more high-protein food in the late incubation period, and don't feed rice when pigeons are looking for milk, so as not to scratch the esophagus of young pigeons.
Male pigeons and female pigeons nest, hatch and brood together. After mating, pigeons will go out to find nesting materials and build nests. Male pigeons with good production performance also have the behavior of "chasing wives" If the female pigeon leaves the nest, the male pigeon will chase the female pigeon back to the nest to lay eggs. After the female pigeon lays eggs, the male pigeon and the female pigeon take turns to hatch eggs. Male pigeons hatch in the nest at 9 am every day, while female pigeons go out for food and activities. At 5 pm, the mother pigeon enters the nest and hatches until 9 am the next day. In this way, the male and female pigeons alternate day after day until the young pigeons hatch.
After the young pigeons hatch, both male and female pigeons secrete pigeon milk to feed the young pigeons. After this time, before the young pigeons hatch, the male and female pigeons will give up their old nests and look for new nests to lay eggs before hatching.
Management of pigeon incubation period;
It takes 10 to 12 days from pigeon pairing to spawning. The first egg is laid at 4 ~ 6 pm. Every other day, the second egg is laid from 2 pm to 4 pm on the third day. Pigeons usually lay two eggs Pigeons lay two eggs in a nest, and often have two more chick shells every day after hatching. When the second young pigeon hatched, the first one had grown up a lot. Older young pigeons always need to eat more when feeding their parents. Over time, two young pigeons will be strong and weak.
Although this bad phenomenon does not often happen among parents who are good at brooding, in order to ensure the uniform development of young pigeons, we can change fake eggs into real eggs after parents give birth to their first eggs, and write down the laying date and the number of female pigeons' ankles on the eggs with a pencil for identification. One hour before laying the second egg, put the first egg back in the nest and take out the fake egg.
In this way, after about 16 days, two chicks can hatch at the same time. In order to master the parent-child relationship in breeding, it is necessary to make a pigeon breeding table, such as the pairing of each pair of homing pigeons, the date of birth, the number of ankles, gender, feather color, etc. The number of pigeons should be recorded.
Importance of eggshell to egg development. There is an oil layer outside the eggshell to prevent the invasion of bacteria and the excessive evaporation of water in the egg. More importantly, there are countless tiny pores on the shell, which play a breathing role in embryonic development. If these pores are blocked by dirt, the embryo will suffocate. Therefore, it is very important to ensure the cleanliness of pigeon eggs. During the incubation period, parents should avoid taking a bath to prevent the wet feathers of parents from breaking the oil layer on the bad guys and causing bacterial invasion. Breeders should always observe pigeon eggs. If dirt is found on eggs, it should be removed in time.
Therefore, in production, if it is found that chicks have not hatched after the incubation period, it is necessary to take out the unhatched eggs in time so that pigeons can lay eggs in time. Pigeons are late-maturing birds. Different from other birds, young pigeons can't open their eyes when they are hatched, have few feathers, can't walk and feed, and need to be fed by their parents. It takes about 40 days to live independently.