What are the signs that a pigeon is about to lay eggs? Teaching you how to tell

After female pigeons reach sexual maturity, they mate. The mature egg of the female pigeon enters the oviduct from the abdominal cavity. If it meets semen before being covered with albumen, they can merge and fertilization occurs. After fertilization, the egg immediately divides, and after division the egg forms the yolk. The fertilization of the egg and its division into the germinal disc both take place inside the oviduct. After this, the male pigeon often chases the female pigeon, and the male and female mate frequently, which indicates that the female pigeon is about to lay eggs.

Before laying eggs, the male pigeon will first squat in the nest (squat at the place where the nest is built). While squatting in the nest, it makes a coo--, coo--, coo-- sound, meaning it wants the female pigeon to lay eggs there. After squatting in the nest, the male pigeon will carry grass to build the nest. Once the nest is built, the male pigeon will squat in the nest and coo to attract the female pigeon to lay eggs in the nest. If the female pigeon squats in the nest, it means the female pigeon will lay eggs before long.

When you find that the pigeons are carrying grass to build a nest, the pigeon keeper had best place some 3-6 inch tobacco stalks (tobacco stalks can prevent lice) or rice straw stalks in the pigeon cage or house, so that the male pigeon can carry them to build the nest.