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Re: Senegal doves nesting!!

Posted: 04 Sep 2012, 09:50
by Jayburd
Thanks Mike, how're your diamonds doing?
well, they've ignored the pot so far -and also (thankfully) have stopped futiley carrying grass up to the other one. so I'm hoping its a transitional fase between their old spot and the new one :)

Re: Senegal doves nesting!!

Posted: 04 Sep 2012, 15:51
by Jayburd
scratch that - just caught him sitting in it! yay!! :D

Re: Senegal doves nesting!!

Posted: 04 Sep 2012, 19:01
by Finch_Breeder
My diamonds are on 2 eggs due to hatch in 2-3 days :D
:thumbup:

Re: Senegal doves nesting!!

Posted: 04 Sep 2012, 19:08
by Jayburd
awesomeness!!! :D :D hope mine do as well.
remember to post pics of the chicks when they fledge!! ;-)

Re: Senegal doves nesting!!

Posted: 04 Sep 2012, 19:12
by Finch_Breeder
Jayburd wrote:awesomeness!!! :D :D hope mine do as well.
remember to post pics of the chicks when they fledge!! ;-)
Will do. :thumbup:

Re: Senegal doves nesting!!

Posted: 11 Sep 2012, 16:31
by Jayburd
Two eggs!!! Hen has been on the nest all day for the past two,so I assume incubation started yesterday. Excited!!!

Re: Senegal doves nesting!!

Posted: 11 Sep 2012, 16:45
by Finch_Breeder
CONGRATULATIONS :clap: :clap: :thumbup:
Hope yours do better than my diamonds did, one egg infertile, other fertile but dead in shell :cry: :thumbdown:

Re: Senegal doves nesting!!

Posted: 11 Sep 2012, 17:50
by Jayburd
Thanks mike! In the two days they've been at it do far, they're pretty stable.... Just sit there as I move around to do the morning feed.
So sorry to hear that :( :( if they're first time parents I'm sure they'll get better at it!!

Re: Senegal doves nesting!!

Posted: 15 Sep 2012, 17:31
by Finch_Breeder
How are they doing?
Good news diamonds are nesting again :thumbup: :D

Re: Senegal doves nesting!!

Posted: 16 Sep 2012, 17:20
by Jayburd
Good! Still on their eggs when I got home today form a bird banding expedition.
Fantastic! Good luck!!