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Egg Laying. It usually takes 10 to 14 days for the first egg to be laid after a pair of pigeons have mated, and another few days for the next egg to be laid. Do not be alarmed if your hen lays only one egg, this is completely normal in very young or older hens.
This is called a 'brood patch'. Different birds sit on their eggs for different lengths of time. Bigger birds lay bigger eggs which take longer to hatch. Blue tits incubate their eggs for two weeks but swans sit on theirs for nearly six weeks!Most birds lay one egg a day until the eggs are all laid. Some birds lay up to 15 eggs but others lay only one.But the parent birds do not start to incubate the eggs until they are all laid.In some birds, only the mother sits on the eggs.ost birds lay one egg a day until the eggs are all laid. Some birds lay up to 15 eggs but others lay only one. But the parent birds do not start to incubate the eggs until they are all laid. In some birds, only the mother sits on the eggs.