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Title: Pigeon egg Post by: Aafke on 11-Mar-10, 04:34:32 PM Today when I was working in my garden a pigeon landed on the wooden thing (picture 1)
She was very close to me, suddenly I heard: "plats" or something like that, I looked up and saw a broken egg right under the pigeon. I know it really is a pigeon egg. The egg was empty, there was nothing inside, no kind of liquid orso. I'm sure two minutes before the moment the shells were not there!! So I'm wondering what happened, is it possible that a pigeon lays an empty egg a kind of test egg orso? greetings Aafke Title: Re: Pigeon egg Post by: valhalla on 11-Mar-10, 05:00:29 PM Without getting too graphic, my guess on empty would be yes, based on monthly human cycles etc. etc (and I do know that process is different). As for simply "dropping an egg", my wild duck Diane (I wrote about her a year or so back) dropped an egg on our swim platform early one morning. The egg was broken and it was breakfast time, so we enjoyed the very freshest duck egg. I'm not going to waste a gift like that!
Title: Re: Pigeon egg Post by: Aafke on 12-Mar-10, 05:59:32 AM Thanks Janet and Nycbird!
It both sounds logical. I think now I will look all the time when I see a pigeon if there is a shell stick to her feathers.:laugh: greetings Aafke Title: Re: Pigeon egg Post by: valhalla on 12-Mar-10, 06:01:55 AM The intact piece of the egg looks like a baby had already been born from that egg. Often the shell will "stick" to the feathers of the adult because of the moisture still on the shell (after the birth) adheres to her feathers and gets carried away from the nest. When "Papa" switches brooding with "Mama" and she goes for her breakfast & "poop" time, the stuck shell will become dislodged and appear to be "laid" at the place it is observed. OH, now that sounds very logical - Thanks! (Learned something new :thumbsup:) Title: Re: Pigeon egg Post by: Aafke on 12-Mar-10, 09:38:59 AM I just found another empty egg!!!!
greetings Aafke Title: Re: Pigeon egg Post by: valhalla on 12-Mar-10, 10:35:38 AM Same place?
:sherlock: Title: Re: Pigeon egg Post by: Donna on 12-Mar-10, 10:39:50 AM I just found another empty egg!!!! greetings Aafke Egg Lady! You "CRACK" me up! Title: Re: Pigeon egg Post by: Kris G. on 12-Mar-10, 11:32:11 AM This is getting VERY Interesting! :confused:
Title: Re: Pigeon egg Post by: Aafke on 12-Mar-10, 05:04:28 PM Thanks!
I found the second egg circa 5 meters ( thats 200 inch I think) from the first egg. I looked at all trees in the neighborhood if I could find a nest, but nothing! I keep looking for them. greetings Aafke Title: Re: Pigeon egg Post by: Wing Goose on 13-Mar-10, 04:09:05 PM Wow, what a lot of information. Thanks so much. I had no idea how or where pigeons lay eggs.
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