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ibm_usa Special user In Your Mind, Ky, USA 722 Posts 
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They laid their fourth egg two days after the third one.
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EdwardHilsum Regular user England 145 Posts
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There you go then! After 3-4 weeks you should take the eggs away from them. This can be quite difficult, but the doves will soon get over it and lay some more.
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Dave Scribner Assistant Manager Lake Hopatcong, NJ 4854 Posts
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There is no reason to leave the eggs with the parents for 3-4 weeks. They are not fertile and should be removed. The doves won't miss them and they will lay more very soon.
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ibm_usa Special user In Your Mind, Ky, USA 722 Posts
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Good point.
"You may think that i only talk of things from the past, you know, history, well magic is history"
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EdwardHilsum Regular user England 145 Posts
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I guess you're right Dave - I just leave them as they always seem sad when I take them away - as if they don't know they are infertile!
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Dave Scribner Assistant Manager Lake Hopatcong, NJ 4854 Posts
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It takes about 5 seconds for the birds to get over losing and egg, even it is fertile. If they were sad from losing the eggs, leaving them there for weeks would only make the situation worse. Doves are neither sad nor happy. They may be content with their surrondings but I wouldn't worry about the sad/happy feeling.
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EdwardHilsum Regular user England 145 Posts
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Ok. Thanks Dave - that's good to know.
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Gordon Special user Chicago 692 Posts
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If your doves are kept outside, removing the eggs sooner also helps avoid problems with vermin who want to steal them.
As an aside, if you want to assign human emotion to the infertile egg situation, convince yourself that you're doing the birds a favor instead of promoting false hope.  |
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ibm_usa Special user In Your Mind, Ky, USA 722 Posts
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On 2008-04-03 16:41, Gordon wrote: that's funny. Good point. I already disposed the eggs. The doves didn't care
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