Adult pigeon pecking baby pigon - why?

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Well sadly to say after having pigeons for many years I have just experienced this for the first time and I believe the baby has lost one eye I put bricks around the nesting area and took the male that caused the injury out parents are feeding the squab and all seems to be okay now I have used antibacterial ointment on the sore spot yes I felt like snapping that guy's neck.
 
Faith SL said:
I actually prefer having most of my pigeons breed and nest in open lofts so as to give them more space and free run of the loft, as they are much happier this way. I closely monitor my birds and know their personality and temperament. I will check on them often and watch them to make sure everyone is getting along, no pairs show any signs of cheating on their mates with another bird, and I will make sure that the pigeons can live in a peaceful environment with no stressful and troubling bully pigeons or other problems. The breeding lofts are also never overcrowded and each pair also has a large compartment to fully claim as their own territory and nest in. 95% of the time scalping occurs in breeding/nesting/fostering lofts with overly aggressive pigeons or in lofts which are too crowded or do not have a very good setup.

I have had two problems with scalping, but they were both from predator attacks (lucky pigeons, both of them survived and are living happily now) and not from other pigeons in my lofts. I will not stand overly aggressive birds and will re-home them if they are the main problem. There was another instance which almost became a scalping problem - a young Parlor Tumbler pigeon being cared for by Homing pigeon fosters fell out of their large nesting compartment onto the lower platform entrance of another nesting compartment while trying to explore. The parents of that compartment chased the young Tumbler around in the compartment for however many hours and pecked off most of the feathers on the top of his head, but no blood was drawn and no one was otherwise injured save for a terrified young Tumbler. That was my fault, and I should have removed the Tumbler from the fosters a couple of days sooner before he had the urge to explore too far out.

My point is, open lofts are not always a bad thing and if they are setup well, not crowded and the pairs of pigeons are monitored, your birds can usually be much happier in a harmonious open loft than a closed loft (besides some breeds of pigeons who do better in smaller spaces anyway).
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I have a large flock in an open loft this month alone I lost 15 squabs. last one was yesterday 30 days old one more week he would have left the nest. Up until I read this and the previous particular relies on the post I didn't know why this was happening. Faith SL you know what you're talking about.

I initially thought the pigeons were killing their young and stepping all over them flattening them due to lack of food. Since then I have maintained the loft with food 24 hours 7 days a week (that goes for water too without saying). Then I thought it was due to overcrowding. Nothing I can do about that but there are breeding ports still not taken up so it's not that or may be partially to that.

After reading this I think there are probably aggressive breeds/ pairs in the loft. I am also thinking there might be more males than females. But the thought that a pigeon can cheat on her mate didnt cross my mind.

The other day I noticed the parents laid more eggs in the same nest (At least I think its the parents) when there was a 21 day old squab in there. The next day it was killed adding to the death toll.

In one month I lost 15 potential pigeons I cant sleep at night Faith SL or any one as experience please help and ask me any questions. I can be reached at [email protected] I'm losing my precious pigeons and dont know what to do.
 
Faith SL said:
Glad I can help!

If you have any other questions, please do not hesitate to ask and I will answer them to the best of my knowledge
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Hey,faith I recently saw two pigeons fighting with baby pigeons,so I thought to clear the nest and replace the nest to another site but i think I had mistakenly took the baby pigeons away from there parents as they were trying to feed them which I thought was fighting. What should I do now
 
Shivam said:
Hey,faith I recently saw two pigeons fighting with baby pigeons,so I thought to clear the nest and replace the nest to another site but i think I had mistakenly took the baby pigeons away from there parents as they were trying to feed them which I thought was fighting. What should I do now
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Now you should give the babies back to the parents. How old are they?
 

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