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    Adopted pigeons look sick

    i feed them bird seed and cracked corn. In the first coop they were on the ground and it was pretty rough,,, i just built them a nice new coop off the ground with roosting boxes made out of 5 gallon buckets
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    Adopted pigeons look sick

    I need to try that. I notice about once a week one of my pigeons dies. I believe I have seen green poop before? Although unlikely, I even wondered if maybe they were choking on the cracked corn.
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    Quick Help with new Courtinix Quail!

    I am getting 20 Courtinix quail in a few days. I have a 8ft x 8ft dog pen (on the ground). I was planning on getting some wheat straw to spread out. Is there anything else that I need? I have read where they do not like lofts. What is a good food to feed them? The place im getting them said they...
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    New homers question

    Yes I have a landing platform. This is the coop i just built.
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    New homers question

    I picked up 5 young homers. Are they called squeakers? I got them from the previous owner (who did NOT fly them) 2 weeks ago. He recommended that I keep them in the coop 4 weeks before releasing them. My question is, what is the best way to introduce them out of the pen? I have a bob door and...
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    Ideas for a new Pigeon coop?

    Good idea. I caught a possum in my other pen. My wife called to tell me. When i got home he was sleeping on the ground. Dont think he got any birds, but he got a .22 round to keep him asleep.
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    Ideas for a new Pigeon coop?

    I built my loft this past weekend. It is 5ft deep, 6ft wide and 6ft tall. Any thoughts?
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    Ideas for a new Pigeon coop?

    Thanks. I am definitely going to need lots of air flow. It gets HOT during the summer in Ga.
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    New pigeon owner question

    Thanks, I will get some pictures. What is the best way to get a hold of the pigeon, if say you were going to let one out to fly? Do you use a net? Don't know how else I would catch them without one.
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    Ideas for a new Pigeon coop?

    I currently have 10 or so pigeons in coop made out of a converted dog kennel. I am going to be buying 5 homers this weekend and probably 5 or so more in the next few weeks. Realistically, what size coop should I make for these birds? Is there a general rule of thumb for how much space they need...
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    New pigeon owner question

    I am not sure what type of pigeons they are. I can take a picture of them if that may help? They are definitely not "young". I have had them for 4-5 months and they were full grown when I got them. I have a loft, but it could probably be improved. I need to add some bedding material and maybe...
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    New pigeon owner question

    I have about 10 pigeons I bought from someone about 4-5 months ago. She would let them fly around her yard during the day, etc and they would return to the coop. I have not let them out of the coop at my house yet, until one escaped this past weekend and he surprisingly came back and was walking...
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    Newbie questions

    How high above the floor of the coop should the nest boxes be? It looks like they are flush in rhe picture above
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    Newbie questions

    Im planning on building a very basic coop to accomodate 3 hens. The enclosed picture is the basic idea im going to use. A few questions i have. Do the chickens poop and all outside on the ground or will they go inside the house? Or both? What should i put on the floor of the house? What goes...
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    New guy from Ga

    Im not really wanting to raise any chicks. Is it common to buy a young laying hen? If so what age should i be looking for? How long will a hen lay in her lifetime approx? Im guessing at least a few years. Also if i have 3 hens, would it be ok if i went with 3 different breeds? Say i had 2 hens...
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