Domestic pigeons mate for life unless separated by death or accident.
• Females usually lay two cream-colored eggs in a nest loosely constructed from twigs, feathers, and debris.
• Both male and female incubate the eggs, which hatch after 18 days.
• The young are independent at four to five weeks of age.
• Pigeons can raise four to five broods annually. Under optimal conditions, new eggs are laid even before the
previous clutch has left the nest.