When do pigeons start laying eggs?

[ThaRatChick]

I will soon be getting a pigeon, of unknown sex. The only way i can think of to tell the sex is if he starts laying eggs, so what is the approximate age they start laying?

[plamenh]

Usually when the bird is 6 months old. Then it reaches sexual maturity and starts egg produstion. If it is not mated, it will be much later.

[ThaRatChick]

How later is much later?

[SPedigrees]

My pigeon was probably 7 or 8 mos old when she came to us after living in the wild all summer. I believe it was about a month after we adopted her that she laid the first pair of eggs. Once she felt comfortable in her new home she embarked on the long futile quest to raise a family. (Futile because she has no mate.) She's about 7 yrs old now and her egg production has slowed. For the first few years she laid eggs about every month or so.

[Charis]

I have one that laid her first eggs at 4 months.

[sreeshs]

Originally Posted by Charis

I have one that laid her first eggs at 4 months.

My most recent female too laid eggs at a little over 4 months time period

[Hillybean]

My first pigeon didn't lay till 16months (over 1yr) of age...
This one might not even be consider because her egg production is not normal.

-Hilly