pigeons not taking care of there eggs

[pigeon-head]

Hi everyone, i brought a cock and a hen from a pigeon store near me on friday, and saturday night when i got home there was one egg just setting on the floor of there coop, they dont look like there taking car of the egg. but i'm not shore if the was a pair when i got them because there was other pigeons in the cage when i brought them. What should i do?

I'm a new at this, thank you for reading

[spirit wings]

Originally Posted by pigeon-head

Hi everyone, i brought a cock and a hen from a pigeon store near me on friday, and saturday night when i got home there was one egg just setting on the floor of there coop, they dont look like there taking car of the egg. but i'm not shore if the was a pair when i got them because there was other pigeons in the cage when i brought them. What should i do?

I'm a new at this, thank you for reading

toss the egg out..there may be another if this one is not the second egg..if your not sure who her mate is or if the other one is not her true mate, then time will tell if they pair up..or if they are a pair they will start again when they get settled in and know where their nest box is and hopefully use that.. you can let them hatch the eggs at some time in the future..or use fake eggs if you do not want anymore pigeons..which could be the case if you do not have much room. what breed of pigeon are they?

[pigeon-head]

There homing pigeons. i want to breed, i'm trying to get some young ones to have a little fun with.

[spirit wings]

Originally Posted by pigeon-head

There homing pigeons. i want to breed, i'm trying to get some young ones to have a little fun with.

they will have young Im sure at some point..

[pigeon-head]

i hope so. Thank you for your help!

[RodSD]

Parent birds will usually not start incubating until there are 2 eggs so sometimes you feel that they are ignoring it. They are not!

If the egg was theirs, then you will see another egg there 24-36 later. Basically the hen just layed her egg there because she haven't got a place to put it--was forced to lay it there. Hopefully this pair of yours will have their own nest box with a nest bowl, but sometimes some pair prefer a floor!

[pigeon-head]

ok thanks, ill see what happens.