Question

[alb23m]

Whats up everyone. I have a couple of questions. Will the cock mate with the hen if she is already carrying eggs and will lay in a couple of days. And How long can i keep rollers kept inside before i can let them loft fly? They are a couple of years old, and have flew before in the previous loft about 50 miles away. Thanks for your time.

[TipplerBeni]

For the roller question you can let them out in 2 -3 weeks if they have a good view of there new surrounding. Rollers arent pigeons that home so they are fairly easy to train to new lofts.

[spirit wings]

Originally Posted by alb23m

Whats up everyone. I have a couple of questions. Will the cock mate with the hen if she is already carrying eggs and will lay in a couple of days. And How long can i keep rollers kept inside before i can let them loft fly? They are a couple of years old, and have flew before in the previous loft about 50 miles away. Thanks for your time.

the egg is formed after mating, which it takes about 8 to 12 days after that for the eggs to be layed, as far as the rollers I don't have any but I have heard two or three weeks for them to settle to your loft.

[alb23m]

Thanks for your replies. I got a new white pair of homers about 1 week ago, and the guy that gave them to me, told me that she is carrying eggs. But today i was watching them and they mated again, that's why i asked. And today i got a pair of rollers. I built a new aviary a couple of days ago so now they get all the sunlight and fresh air they need.

[spirit wings]

Originally Posted by alb23m

Thanks for your replies. I got a new white pair of homers about 1 week ago, and the guy that gave them to me, told me that she is carrying eggs. But today i was watching them and they mated again, that's why i asked. And today i got a pair of rollers. I built a new aviary a couple of days ago so now they get all the sunlight and fresh air they need.

well he can't know that for sure, he may have seen them mating so you may have eggs sooner or later, the shell is formed after the ovum is fertilized. If she eats alot of the oystershell and he starts driving her to the nest eggs will be soon, most of the time.

[alb23m]

Yea, ill keep and eye on them.

[LUCKYT]

alb23m, I do not know of anyone, that can tell if a hen is "carrying" eggs.
If paired,and has been bred, it is pretty sure she will lay.
The others are right about settling, but i try to let them start a nest to make their bond with the loft stronger. Dave

[alb23m]

Originally Posted by LUCKYT

alb23m, I do not know of anyone, that can tell if a hen is "carrying" eggs.
If paired,and has been bred, it is pretty sure she will lay.
The others are right about settling, but i try to let them start a nest to make their bond with the loft stronger. Dave

My dad use to have pigeons for a really long time when he was younger... i showed him the my hen i did not tell him that she was carrying eggs, but i knew she was because she was sitting in her nest a lot. Anyway as soon as my dad saw her he said " she is going to lay either tonight or tomorrow," how would he even know she was carrying eggs, oh and when he saw her was in the new aviary that we built. And she layed the egg the same night, too bad they froze because she gave up on them.

[Gurbir]

Too bad about the eggs bud, but I don't think you have rollers. Rollers cannot home. The most I've heard about is 2-3 miles max and I wouldn't say that much as well. My rollers, great birds, but if they can't see the loft, they can get lost very easily.

[alb23m]

Originally Posted by Gurbir

Too bad about the eggs bud, but I don't think you have rollers. Rollers cannot home. The most I've heard about is 2-3 miles max and I wouldn't say that much as well. My rollers, great birds, but if they can't see the loft, they can get lost very easily.

I am talking about my homers, about mating and the eggs. The rollers i got yesterday are my first ever but that was a different question.

[Gurbir]

Originally Posted by alb23m

And How long can i keep rollers kept inside before i can let them loft fly? They are a couple of years old, and have flew before in the previous loft about 50 miles away. Thanks for your time.

That made me think that your rollers homed sorry lol. Don't let the rollers and homers breed ever. Believe me, you'll get birds that occasionally roll and have a very weak sense of homing. I've tried it before and it was a disaster :P

[Gurbir]

And i believe the cock will still mate, I've seen it happen, but the hen will already have eggs so nothing will happen I think.

[alb23m]

Ye sorry if i was not clear. No i wont let the homers mate with the rollers.

[[MN]eXist^_^]

I think that when a hen is going to lay the vent bones are soft and it feels full down there.

[pigeon_racer]

Alb23m,

I don't know if I would toss the "frozen" eggs just yet. If they were in the nest and the hen would at least stick around the first egg until she lays her second you may be O.K. I was reading in one of the other threads about another fancier that thought that they had frozen eggs and left the parents on them until they would normally abandon them. They still hatched and all was well. Just goes to show you never can tell!

Ralph