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mysterious pigeon death

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a female pigeon layed one egg on my patio and it hatched. it was only a female pigeon no male around. i watched the pigeon grow for the past month or so seemed fine and healthy and today i walked out on the patio to find the month old pigeon laying on its back. it was still breathing but seemed like it was hard for it to breath it i tried to push it over with a broom but i seemed like it could not move about 3 minutes later it stopped breathing and died but after a brown fluid started to come from its mouth what could have happend?
also not sure if this matters but the female pigeon layed 3 more eggs in the past week
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wolfwood
I can't help with the baby ... but are you sure that the same female laid all 3 new eggs and that that female was the dead baby's mother? Pigeons will lay again when their young are close to weaning age ... but laying only 1 month later seems pretty tight ... and 3 eggs at once is not the norm.

Are the new eggs being sat on?
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im pretty sure its the same female the baby pigeon was always around her even with the 3 new eggs but i remember that she layed 2 eggs then about 3 days later another one popped up in the nest but its a possibility that its not the same female i did notice about 2 weeks ago another adult pigeon hanging around close to the nest for a couple of days
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