pigeon questions.

any idea of what kind of pigeons your looking to get: show, performance, homer/racer, utility/meat and or large show birds? there are air, and ground rollers/tumblers (rollers form tight and consecutive back flips in rapid succession, were tumblers are loose back flipping in more sparadic and crazy descending or climbing into the air manuvers. there are divers. high fliers that go way up in sky.tipplers that fly continously for hours, trained to stay up until called to drop. homers that are taken far away from home then released to go back to original loft flown from or bred at. show types accentuating looks of some performance types and only called those in name now (which im against as im still newbie myself relatively, and been duped into buying rollers that dont roll, and/or maybe assumed they would but never been flown before or need to be starved to induce epileptic symptoms). beautiful birds with charactoristics of extreme contrast to the common grey feral pigeon. much more im probably leaving out as forget them this late!

my page should have some of the ones i regretfully had to part with when was moving, but have some back and some more recently. feel free to ask about anything.

for a newbie some clubs will help set you up with a pair or few for free to cheap, as well as help out with basic startup supplies. try to find more resourses on "pigeon talk", as some decent people still on occassionally that help newcomers. foys pigeon supplies seems steap but reflect market nowadays i guess, but appear to have good stuff and birds. dont pay more that ten to thirty dollars for the best bird even just starting out, and fifty a bird or pair is good upper range birds, but some go for three hundred a pair even. others that seem ridiculous go for a lot more than that for single bird to pair into thousands.

i find myself that if housing together that flock or kit of six fit nice together in space size of big dresser to a cabinet to a small closet. i fly my birds also though, and want to get bigger area to keep them in again. make sure enough room to stretch wings fully, and each have own perch just big enough for one bird, and put two extra, to two perches each. cheap easy and stackably easy to fit any were and clean cages, are the 30 x 36 x 16 rabbit hutches by petlodge/little giant/miller manufacturing company. though 40 x 40 20 seemed to be ideal for all pigeon types and breeds ive had (never had utility /meat breeds though).. you can get by fine with a 24 x 24 x 16 rabbit breeder cage miller has, but seems mean to me to keep in all the time if you dont fly, though they dont seem to mind if never free flown before. lofts can easily be just sheds, carports or garages converted minorly.
 
any idea of what kind of pigeons your looking to get: show, performance, homer/racer, utility/meat and or large show birds? there are air, and ground rollers/tumblers (rollers form tight and consecutive back flips in rapid succession, were tumblers are loose back flipping in more sparadic and crazy descending or climbing into the air manuvers. there are divers. high fliers that go way up in sky.tipplers that fly continously for hours, trained to stay up until called to drop. homers that are taken far away from home then released to go back to original loft flown from or bred at. show types accentuating looks of some performance types and only called those in name now (which im against as im still newbie myself relatively, and been duped into buying rollers that dont roll, and/or maybe assumed they would but never been flown before or need to be starved to induce epileptic symptoms). beautiful birds with charactoristics of extreme contrast to the common grey feral pigeon. much more im probably leaving out as forget them this late!

my page should have some of the ones i regretfully had to part with when was moving, but have some back and some more recently. feel free to ask about anything.

for a newbie some clubs will help set you up with a pair or few for free to cheap, as well as help out with basic startup supplies. try to find more resourses on "pigeon talk", as some decent people still on occassionally that help newcomers. foys pigeon supplies seems steap but reflect market nowadays i guess, but appear to have good stuff and birds. dont pay more that ten to thirty dollars for the best bird even just starting out, and fifty a bird or pair is good upper range birds, but some go for three hundred a pair even. others that seem ridiculous go for a lot more than that for single bird to pair into thousands.

i find myself that if housing together that flock or kit of six fit nice together in space size of big dresser to a cabinet to a small closet. i fly my birds also though, and want to get bigger area to keep them in again. make sure enough room to stretch wings fully, and each have own perch just big enough for one bird, and put two extra, to two perches each. cheap easy and stackably easy to fit any were and clean cages, are the 30 x 36 x 16 rabbit hutches by petlodge/little giant/miller manufacturing company. though 40 x 40 20 seemed to be ideal for all pigeon types and breeds ive had (never had utility /meat breeds though).. you can get by fine with a 24 x 24 x 16 rabbit breeder cage miller has, but seems mean to me to keep in all the time if you dont fly, though they dont seem to mind if never free flown before. lofts can easily be just sheds, carports or garages converted minorly.
Thank you! Im not sure what kind of pigeeons i want yet all I know is I want some!! :)
 
The males are usually a bit larger (not always) and more iridescent. In the image below the one on the right is the male of the mated pair. They are more vocal and begin to strut in semicircles when near a receptive female.
Hope this helps.




This about the minimum space you would need for one pair of breeding and roositing pigeons. Underneath that is a link to building a loft to enclsose this if needed.



Yours truly,
Hokum
 
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Hi, I am looking to buy roller pigeons. I have not found any in the state of Maine where I am from. How do you order pigeons from out of state and are you able to ship them? I have lots of questions about them. My email address is [email protected]

Thank you
 
I have a question. This is my first year keeping them. As soon as it got colder, they started flying a lot less/staying in a lot more. Is this normal?

Also, New England Pigeon Supply says I need to worm them (duh) but only sells AVIO-EKTO/ENDO+ tablets. I'm supposed to grab each bird and wham a tablet down it? I suppose if I can do my cats, I can do anything... but with the chickens I put stuff in the water. Suggestions?

Thanks!

Peigi
 
You can put things in the water for worming, but you never know if they get enough, plus they stop drinking/drink less. I use the injectable 1% ivormectin cattle wormer. I think it's 2cc per bird, I'm forgetting! I have to go back and look every time! You can search it and see. I do it individually down the hatch. Yes, they may start going out less in winter. But watch them, it could mean they aren't feeling great.
 

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