Recent content by NewPigeonOwner

This is so interesting! I had no idea! The parents of the babies are mostly white so when we got two mostly brown (red) babies, I was surprised. And now this! The strange thing is that the dad also had much more color on his neck when we first got him back in June. Even the dad is getting whiter!

This is the same bird. Photos are a month apart. Is it normal for pigeons to change colors as they get older? He is two months old. We went away for three days and I swear he almost looks like a different bird!!!

Thank you! I was worried he had mites or something.

Any idea why this birds feathers look like this on his neck? Is something wrong? It looks like new feathers coming in like they did on the squabs? But also looks unhealthy?! Only one of our pigeons has this. Tia!

I have no idea what breed they are. We assume just homing pigeons? We tried to get some from a rescue but none were available so we purchased them from a gentleman on craigslist. They weren't any fancy breed and he said they hadn't been trained. Although I think my white bird with feet feathers...

I would love to have a 50x50 aviary! HA! But my husband agrees with you and thinks they need to be able to free fly. I'm just so scared that when we let them out, the pair currently sitting on eggs, won't come back. I don't think I could hand feed squabs! And unfortunately I don't have a...

they are so cute! thank you for sharing!

Thank you all for your responses! My husband believes the birds need to be able to free fly. I, of course, am still worrying about all of the what if's and am having to accept that occasionally we will lose a bird. We definitely have hawks and other predators so I could never clip wings and let...

We bought 10 pigeons on June 16th 2020. One passed away sadly a couple weeks later. Then about two weeks later, a pair laid two eggs and we had two healthy squabs hatch July 21st. They will be 6 weeks old tomorrow and are flying and feeding themselves now. Their parents have now laid another set...

I’d love to see a pic of the blinders if you get a chance!

Funny you should mention getting him on eggs! Another newly mated pair just laid an egg in a bare nest box and they haven’t sat on it at all. So I put straw under the egg but they still have not sat on it. They just laid it this morning, is it too late to stick it under the bully? Will he start...

Thank you for all the tips!

I don’t currently have a separate cage but clearly I need one!!! I have a cat carrier! Is that too mean/small? He’s really not letting anyone near all 9 of them!!! His original mate died like a month ago but he is pretty much mated up now with a new bird. So she follows him and they will both...

Ok so we added 6 more nest boxes to the second row. The second row all have tops so no one can perch above them. Now this big bad bully bird who used to think he owned the top left three boxes, now thinks he owns the entire 6 on the left and the three on the bottom right! I was hoping this would...

Thank you!