Recent content by billgarb

I have pigeons and recently have had two related pairs that have incubated chicks to the point of hatching to include beginning to break out of the shell, one did. They both died within 24 hrs. The hatched chick did not appear to be fed. The same thing happened with the other pair. I examined...

I live in the Fort Pierce area in Florida and purchased 8 bantam chicks and I placed them in a box with their adoptive mother in my loft. All was going well. She was taking very good care of them. However this morning when I checked on them I found three dead chicks and fire ants crawling all...

I received 7, day old bantam chicks on Mar 24th. Three Rose Combs, three sebrights, and one Old English. One of the Sebrights died the day after arrival. A second sebright had pasty butt which I cleaned and appears to be OK in that area. I then treated the little flock with tetramycin for a week...

My 6 bantam chicks are a week old and I have started giving them red grit for pigeons. . It is small and they love it.

I would like to buy some Timisoara Tumblers. Does anyone know where I might be able to find some of these birds? Thank you. Bill

Looks like a hen to me, based on shape of forheaad and slight features.

Pigeons need approximately a minimum of 4 square feet per pair. More room is better and you must consider wether they are a small bird (roller) or a large bird (Runt). Overcrowding brings about health problems for the birds and a much dirtier loft. Pigeons will keep themselves clean if their...

Yes they do come in Lavender. I will take some pics of my birds but it will take a couple of weeks to get them developed and uploaded.

It would probably work, given the size of your chicken house and run. However, I suggest you set up an area within the coop that would only be acessible by the pigeons, so that they could eat, bath, nest, and roost away from the flock and secure from any aggressive roosters. Might work. I had...

This spring and summer I had the unique experience of having a roller hen hatch two birds from consecutive clutches that appear to be Mosaics. The first young bird has black secondaries with white primary feathers on one side and white secondaries and white flights on the other side, one white...

I have four beautiful Indian Fantails. One white pair, a mottle cock, and a Lavender cock. Would love to trade the lavender for a mottle hen or purchase a mottle hen of quality for breeding purposes. They are my favorite. Had some problem with my white pair's first clutch of eggs which did...

I have two Indian Fantail cocks and I am looking for mates. I have one beautiful black and white mottled tailmarked cock that I would love to find a suitable mate for. I also have a nice Iavender cock that I would like to find a mate for. I would be willing to trade the lavender cock for a...

I had two roller hens that I wanted to breed to a favorite cock. I put a hen in each breeding cage out of sight from each other. Each day I switched the cock from one cage to the other. He mated with both and fulfilled his responsibilites for nesting and rearing the young. You may wish to try...