broken egg question

[AJPDP]

One of my hens laid an egg two days ago, today when I checked she had laid anothr egg, but the first egg she had laid was cracked and broken, i removed it.

Will she lay another egg to replace the broken one, or will she simply set on the one egg?

[Trees Gray]

Originally Posted by AJPDP

One of my hens laid an egg two days ago, today when I checked she had laid anothr egg, but the first egg she had laid was cracked and broken, i removed it.

Will she lay another egg to replace the broken one, or will she simply set on the one egg?

Nope, that's it for this round, she will incubate the one egg.

Make sure your birds have access to a good red pigeon grit and oyster shell pick cake.

[AJPDP]

Thans

Another question then....what would happen if the one egg was removed and put under a pair of fosters?

Would the pair proceed to lay another set of eggs? if so, within what time frame?

[Lovebirds]

Originally Posted by AJPDP

Thans

Another question then....what would happen if the one egg was removed and put under a pair of fosters?

Would the pair proceed to lay another set of eggs? if so, within what time frame?

Yes they would BUT........you're best to wait until about 5 to 7 days and candle the egg to see if it's good. If it is, then at 10 days, you can put the egg under a foster pair, provided they laid eggs around the same time as the hen that laid this egg. Then, the original pair should lay again in 6 to 10 days.
You should also, in my opinion, take the eggs from the pair that will foster this egg and let them sit on dummies until you give them this egg. Otherwise, if the fosters pair of eggs are good also, you would be essentially throwing away two babies.

[LokotaLoft]

yes what Renee said is perfect and dont take lightly that the fosters have to be setting on the same time frame as the pair you are taking the eggs from or they will get off the eggs to early and you will loss that baby for sure .. so maybe you should just let her set on that single egg and see what happens

[AJPDP]

Thanks again...I intend to simply let the pair sit on th one egg, but was just curious. can someone explain how does someone "candle an egg?"

[rock]

Read this thread on how to candle.

http://www.pigeons.biz/forums/showthread.php?t=14912

[AJPDP]

Above Renee mentioned that I could foster eggs if the pairs "laid around the same time."

Would a pair of fosters be able to raise chicks successfully from a pair who had laid three days earlier?

For example pair one laid first egg on 3/22 and second on 3/24.....the fosters just laid their first egg today 3/25 and i wold assume will lay their second egg no later than 3/27. Once the fosters have laid heir second egg can i successfully transfer the eggs from from pair one to pair two (fosters) or is it be too late?

[Lovebirds]

Originally Posted by AJPDP

Above Renee mentioned that I could foster eggs if the pairs "laid around the same time."

Would a pair of fosters be able to raise chicks successfully from a pair who had laid three days earlier?

For example pair one laid first egg on 3/22 and second on 3/24.....the fosters just laid their first egg today 3/25 and i wold assume will lay their second egg no later than 3/27. Once the fosters have laid heir second egg can i successfully transfer the eggs from from pair one to pair two (fosters) or is it be too late?

That would be fine. Alway if possible, the FOSTER pair needs to have the eggs hatch AT LEAST by the time THEIR eggs would have hatched or a couple days earlier. When you start giving foster pairs eggs that will hatch LATER than there's would have, you run the risk of them leaving the eggs just before they hatch. ONE day MAYBE two you MIGHT get away with. More than that and I wouldn't chance it.
Anway......in the situation you describe, they should be just fine.

[AJPDP]

Thanks a million...your a wealth of information!

[Lovebirds]

Originally Posted by AJPDP

Thanks a million...your a wealth of information!

Well you're welcome, but you give me to much credit. There's a dozen people here that would have told you the same thing. I just got here first.
A lot of this stuff, you just learn as you have your birds for a while. But, it's good that ask BEFORE you do anything, rather than just take a wild stab at it and get it wrong. That shows caring on YOUR part. We need more of that.