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- 5/28/17
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- Jeremy
Hey everyone,
So 2 weeks ago my dove laid 2 eggs. Nothing new. I always swap out the eggs with plastic. This time around I had homes lined up for both eggs. So I let them do their thing. Only one was fertilized. So today it hatched. Wicked exciting! I knew the egg was pipping today but it was taking its sweet time unzipping the egg. So I was patient and waited. So I went about my chores around the house and heard a weird sound.
Willis (male Ringneck Dove) was in the nest stomping around ??? Not just hopping but switching from foot to foot very quickly. Almost vibrating or something. So weird. So I look and there’s the baby ! Underneath his father who is doing this strange Irish jig ??? I was nervous he was doing this on the little hatchling ! Then he roughly nudges him to the other side of the nest !
Thomasin ( Female Ringneck Dove) was busy eating some food. So I quickly removed the father and checked the baby. His little nakie wing tips were bright red. I was very nervous his father was picking him up or biting him on the tips of his wings. I quickly put mom back in the nest to make sure dad wasn’t alone with the baby ! Thankfully she covered the baby and began feeding it.
To be fair I have a lot of experience with doves but I’ve never let their eggs hatch due to lack of prepared homes when eggs are laid. This is my first hatchling! I didn’t necessarily catch Willis being aggressive to the baby, but I did catch him being very rough with it. He is a very territorial Male. Should I be concerned ? Is he just inexperienced? Tips ?
Thanks ahead of time
So 2 weeks ago my dove laid 2 eggs. Nothing new. I always swap out the eggs with plastic. This time around I had homes lined up for both eggs. So I let them do their thing. Only one was fertilized. So today it hatched. Wicked exciting! I knew the egg was pipping today but it was taking its sweet time unzipping the egg. So I was patient and waited. So I went about my chores around the house and heard a weird sound.
Willis (male Ringneck Dove) was in the nest stomping around ??? Not just hopping but switching from foot to foot very quickly. Almost vibrating or something. So weird. So I look and there’s the baby ! Underneath his father who is doing this strange Irish jig ??? I was nervous he was doing this on the little hatchling ! Then he roughly nudges him to the other side of the nest !
Thomasin ( Female Ringneck Dove) was busy eating some food. So I quickly removed the father and checked the baby. His little nakie wing tips were bright red. I was very nervous his father was picking him up or biting him on the tips of his wings. I quickly put mom back in the nest to make sure dad wasn’t alone with the baby ! Thankfully she covered the baby and began feeding it.
To be fair I have a lot of experience with doves but I’ve never let their eggs hatch due to lack of prepared homes when eggs are laid. This is my first hatchling! I didn’t necessarily catch Willis being aggressive to the baby, but I did catch him being very rough with it. He is a very territorial Male. Should I be concerned ? Is he just inexperienced? Tips ?
Thanks ahead of time
