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post #1 of 23
7/14/08 at 9:42pm
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Yes, I already know that I shouldnt touch or catch wild pigeons blah blah blah. Anyways, I did it on a bet and won! yippiechickie One of them looks really odd compared to the others- white with brown spots and the others are a blue color. Is this normal?

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Here is the creepy, old, abandoned school I caught it in......You can see one of the windows toward the top on the left side of the building is open. It's the entrance to the pigeon room...... AKA the girls bathroom.

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-Nicole
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post #2 of 23
7/14/08 at 9:44pm

Yea ive seen them looking like that before...their gorgeous birds don't c y anyone would harm them.

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2 Boston Terriers, 2 Paraketts, 1 Zebra Finch, 1 Desert Tortoise, 3 Golden Sebrights, 2 Silver Sebrights, a German Spitzhauben, 3 Polish, 2 EE's, 3 Red Silkies, 2 White Silkies, and a Modern Game Bantam, a Khaki Campbell, a Cayuga, and a mean Piegon.
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post #3 of 23
7/14/08 at 11:10pm

It looks like it was crossed with someone's escaped pigeon. You can catch feral pigeons and keep them - just make sure you treat them for parasites and diseases before officially considering them yours.

You can feed them chicken scratch until you get a more pigeon-friendly food (they dig peas and aren't huge fans of corn, apparently).

Enjoy smile

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post #4 of 23
7/14/08 at 11:40pm

He is beautiful...I have thought about getting pet pigeons. Every time I take my kids on a field trip, we go to a park downtown for lunch. It seems they always find an injured pigeon and bring it to me to take home and nurse back to health.  I'm afraid I'll soon be considered the "crazy old pigeon man" lol

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Live in north Mobile County with several pets including birds, chihuahuas, and Holland Lop rabbits. Just got bantam cochins again after an absence from chickens for a while. Time to build a nice, larger pen...who wants to come help?! lol
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post #5 of 23
7/14/08 at 11:59pm

There are worse things to be considered smile I'm really digging my pigeon flock so far. The sounds they make are soothing.

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post #6 of 23
7/15/08 at 7:04am
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Originally Posted by Omniskies 

I'm really digging my pigeon flock so far. The sounds they make are soothing.


Do the make the same "coo" as Doves do?

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post #7 of 23
7/15/08 at 7:46am

how did you catch it ?

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post #8 of 23
7/15/08 at 9:46am

I have caught pigeons before. We feed it and gave it water. I hate to tell you this, but they don't live long in captivity. They also have diseases and such. I would let them go.

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post #9 of 23
7/15/08 at 9:51am

:o TELL ME HOW YOU CAUGT THEM!!!

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post #10 of 23
7/15/08 at 9:54am
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Originally Posted by mahsmaj 

:o TELL ME HOW YOU CAUGT THEM!!!


I'm guessing she used a net. Why?

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