Posts by Mary Of Exeter

Yes, pigeons and doves can and will mate up if they have no other option. Most hybrids are produced in individual breeding cages so they have no choice but to breed together or just not mate up at all. It usually takes some time and...

How big are they? Sputnik looks like it may be a highflier, based on it's long flights and head shape. Apollo looks like either a homing pigeon or a utility king. It's a very good chance they are mixed breeds as well. Probably dumped...

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Pigeons do not naturally eat mealworms so they likely won't have any interest in them.

It's a good idea to put them in that separate section, at least at first. That way all the doves can see each other and get used to each other before introducing them into one cage (if you plan to do so). Make sure there are more...

The birds must be banded if you want to show them. It doesn't matter if their parents have bands or not, just the birds you wish to enter into the show. It is a way of identifying them and also shows how old they are. They should be...

Yes, Fantails are clean-legged and plain headed and have a more extreme pose, holding their head on their backs with the chest puffed out. Indian Fantails have a normal stance aside from the upright fanned tail, and have crests and...

The Capuchine may be a mix between a Capuchine and a Jacobin but it is not a purebred Jacobin. It's hood is not large enough and the body of the bird overall is not long enough.

Good to hear they trapped in safely :)

Well that sucks, but it happens! :( Hope the good egg hatches! :)