Pigeon Talk

[Serin]

 

[CCUK]

Big baby fantail!

 

[biophiliac]

Big baby fantail! View attachment 1951828

Oh my! Much bigger(At first I thought that was mom.) than I thought and so handsome. You must be quite pleased. Name yet?

 

[memphis]

That's a big baby! Beautiful!

And Olive! Looks like she wants some attention. Little cutie!

 

[Serin]

Big baby fantail! View attachment 1951828

This isn't a pigeon, it's an angel.

 

[CCUK]

Oh my! Much bigger(At first I thought that was mom.) than I thought and so handsome. You must be quite pleased. Name yet?

He/she is certainly big! It goes to show how much more a single squab thrives than the normal 2! I haven't thought of a name yet. I'm open to suggestions.

 

[memphis]

Remind me....how old is "Big Baby"? I can't get over how mature looking he/she is.

 

[CCUK]

Remind me....how old is "Big Baby"? I can't get over how mature looking he/she is.

4 weeks today! It'll not be long until its out the nest and on the floor!

 

[sport14692]

Well, I finally broke down and got some pigeons! Yeah!

I've been breeding chickens and ducks for a few years now (also previously had turkey and quail) and I have 3 budgies indoors, but I decided I wanted some pigeons. So I found a fella close to me that had some fantails, which were the first pigeon to ever catch my eye and make me say "I want some of those!". Turned out that he also had a pair of Satinettes, and once I looked those up, I was hooked! So I met up with him last weekend. I got the pair of Satinettes, and he also had some parlor rollers. After looking at the fantails, I decided I liked the parlor rollers better, so I came home with the pair of Satinettes and a pair of parlor rollers.

Being not so new to the chicken world, but brand new to the pigeon world, I'd like to invite you to share your experiences with me. Major differences in raising pigeons as opposed to chickens, etc, etc. Especially pigeon specific stuff that non-pigeon people probably never thought of, etc. I've been reading many of the pigeon related threads here, but hate to hijack them with a bunch of my questions, so here we go..... tell me, tell me.

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I'm also twisting the arm (*wink, wink*) of @Fields Mountain Farm and @shawluvsbirds to get some pigeons too, so we decided we could hopefully learn this stuff together.

Nice ones !!

 

[Qwerty3159]

Found this on Amazon for like $5 a few weeks back and it finally came in.

It has a ton of these plates as well as a decent bit of reading in the beginning and end.