While pigeons can lay eggs without mating, it is important to check egg fertility for breeding. Once the pigeon has dropped all the eggs, write down the date. After 5 or 6 days, you can check the eggs if they are fertile or not. If you have had a successful pair, the eggs will be likely fertile otherwise it may be infertile. But the eggs can also be infertile if the pigeon hadn’t pair despite you had put them inside a cage.
Start with taking one of the eggs carefully in the dark. If the nest is bright, you may need to take it to the dark a little bit. Its better to do it in the day as in the night, the mother will be sitting on the eggs and might end up fighting and biting you. Then take out your phone and turn on the flashlight. Take the flashlight from the back of the egg or you can put the flashlight and the egg on it. You can check it there within the nest or on another place.
If the egg was fertile, you will see red zig-zag lines like the root of the tree inside the egg. But if the egg was not fertile, you will see the egg with a simple dark yellow inside it without red lines or something like roots. See the shot.
With this method, you will come to know if the egg is fertile or not. And you should only do this after a few days of the eggs laid. You can do it later than that but not sooner because the egg won’t have the signs and you will think it is infertile. If you check after 6 days of the eggs laid, you will find the fertility but it will be late and if the egg was not fertile, you will lose some time and it may also disturb the mother if you do it late because she will become more protective.
As a result, if the eggs were fertile, it’s fine, just put it in the nest and let the mother incubate. Otherwise, if one or both of the eggs were infertile, then, unfortunately, they won’t hatch so you would need to remove the eggs from the nest. Because if you do not remove the eggs, the mother will keep incubating the eggs regardless of the eggs are fertile or not. If the eggs were not fertile, it won’t hatch and so you will lose so much time.
And if the egg(s) were infertile and you remove them soon after 5 or 6 days, the pigeon will incubate the only fertile egg that will hatch. But if both the eggs were infertile, remove both of them. You can even eat them, it’s delicious. That way, soon the pair will be getting ready for another round of breeding and will soon lay eggs, actually sooner than the first time.
The fertility checkup finds out if there’s a pigeon inside the egg or not but there’s no way for finding out the baby pigeon’s sex, like humans do. There’s no technology or way to know the sex of the pigeon inside the egg. Not even experienced people could give you the accurate answer but usually, out of two eggs, one is male and one is female but that isn’t always like that.
Hello. We received the two boxes today with the four Hansenne pigeons. Arrived in excellent condition.
She is SOOOOO BEAUTIFUL! Thank you guys for looking out for me. Can’t say enough about how much I love the bird and birds you have sent me.
Thank you so much, i got the bird! He's so beautiful, pin tail apple body, nice wing :)
Hello there, My name is Mike and live in Az, I had racing pigeons when I was young and now Im not young haha 61, Semi retired and determined to move to a place where I can fly birds again, want to get my grandkids involved. Anyway as a kid I flew some Sions and really enjoyed your website. When Im ready would love to get a few Sions again and see how they do. Any advice for an old newbie? lol
Hey Donnie, Saw your Birds on Ipigeon and must say, those are some Beautiful Heitzmans. They are very true to what I called the real thing. Beautiful Hansennes as well. Take Care, Chuck
Hi
I have placed the pigeon recieved from you recently in a priority express shipment back to you in same box recieved. Bird was beautiful and healthy but we realized it’s nature is such that it needs to fly and be a racing pigeon. We can’t offer that life to it and realize it was a mistake to try this based on our situation
Bird has had not been outside and has been confined indoors in isolation since recieved.
Please give it the home it deserves.
Appreciate the care you took getting it to us!!!
Need some color on my team. Had some sion couple years ago when i had a partner who sick and could not care for his own birds. He liked sions so i bought some from you on pigeonauction.com. We alot of fun his sions against my team .He has since past on. His family called me and thanked me for letting fly with me he really looked forward race day. HE WON EVERY WEEK
Path: https://www.clayhavenfarms.com/pigeons/for-sale
Thank you guys so much for allowing me the opportunity to love these birds.
Thanks again for the most beautiful Pure Paul Sions pigeons ever!! The loft is full of happy sounds from the birds strutting around in their new home. Y’all were so easy to work thru my problems of birds I chose.
Thanks a million times over Pam and Donnie. Your friend Jimi
Good evening
What a surprised New Year’s gift from you guys
I received the very nice young pure white hansennes hen this pm.
I was not aware that you sent her already/
Thanks for sending 12046
I really like her.
Please keep me posted when you have bastins availabe
Wishing you a safe, healthy and prosperous New Year.
Thanks so much
I received the birds this morning.
As I expected, they are all very pretty and healthy.
I need a nice sion cock to pair up with my almost white hen.
I believed, I inquired a white splash white sion cock,
Not sure if he is still available, trying to breed out pure white sions
From your loft.
The Hansenne cock, very handsome, pls keep me posted for a solid
White hen. The hen very beautiful, can’t
Wait what they will yield.
Thanks so much
I’m super stoked for new birds!. Second new loft in Austin Texas. I’m really looking for 4 to 5 pair.
