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Here’s the situation: I have two pigeons. I originally thought they were both females because they would lay eggs that would not hatch. Eventually, they laid a pair that hatched. I noticed that they weren’t sitting on one after a few days, and it was super cold, so i took it in and hand raised it. Unfortunately, the other one was not sat on during the night and died. I did not take it in with the other one because it felt very warm when i was checking the other one. ANYWAY, I started making a larger coop to house more pigeons, and they laid more eggs. My mother did not let me replace the eggs with false ones because she wanted nature to take its course :/ .The eggs recently hatched and so far the babies seem healthy. Today though, I noticed that the birds were not sitting on the eggs, they were sunning themselves, eating, and preening one another. I checked the babies to make sure they were ok, and they seemed fine, they were warm and looked healthy. In the afternoon, I saw one of the birds in the nest box with them, possibly feeding them ( i couldnt tell for sure) but later, they were both out of the box again. I’m going to check again now, but it’s getting late,and if the birds are still not sitting on the chicks, should i bring them in and hand rear? These birds have a history of negligent parenting…
I meant chicks where it says eggs.