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  1. LamarshFish

    What does it mean when pigeons crave redstone grit?

    I feed my homers a mix of redstone grit and seaweed grit (which is mostly sea shells and other calcium and iodine minerals). In the past, my birds seemed to prefer the seaweed grit--they'd pick the seaweed grit out and leave the redstone grit for last or not even use the redstone grit at all...
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    Need advice for single hen / orphaned baby

    Hello all. It's been a while. Lots have kept me from doing more with my homers, mainly starting a family of my own. Anyways, about 6 months ago I had an unfortunate loss after loft flying my birds. I only had 10, and 3 of my 4 cock birds did not come home, leaving me with 6 hens and 1 cock...
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    Hatching chicks from an affair?

    I have a pair of birds, and really like the male, the female is ok but not great breeding traits. I don't separate my birds, so who they're paired to is who they are paired to, I don't have much control. This one nice male bird has had an affair with a nice hen of mine for months now, and I...
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    What happened to Versele-Laga products in the U.S.?

    My pigeons seem to prefer the seaweed grit made by Versele-Laga, imported from Belgium. I mix in normal red git, and they eat it, but they love the seaweed grit for some reason. I can't seem to get it anymore though. Everybody is sold out in the U.S. Just wondering if anybody knows what's...
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    Advice for a dying pigeon

    I've been lucky so far over my 6 years of keeping homers--I've never had one of my pigeons die inside my loft (only lost birds flying). I keep my loft very clean, and my birds get weekly pro biotics and apple cider vinegar and garlic in their water. They are very healthy. But last week I...
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    Ideas to mitigate losses loft flying after locking down for winter

    Years ago I made the decision to keep my birds locked in the loft from about late October through March, due to losses from hawk predation as they migrate. The resident redtails present year round and through summer, while they will kill and eat pigeons, seem to prefer ground critters. It's...
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    Single Section vs. Multi Section Loft-- Please Advise

    I still have my original loft, it's a small 4x4x6' loft with a relatively large aviary. I have 16 birds in there, about 4 too many, and that's only because I've been trying my best to replace eggs with fake ones, yet they've slipped 3 past me lol. The constant breeding, egg laying, hen...
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    Racing pigeon auctioned for record $1.25 million

    Wow. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/armando-racing-pigeon-auction-sell-record-pipa-a8829101.html
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    -40F temps with windchill here over the next few days

    Polar vortex here in Michigan. Night time lows around -10F, -40F with wind chill, and daytime high of -2F without windchill. My loft is out of the wind, but I'm wondering if there's anything else I should do with my birds. I could go nuclear and bring them in my garage one by one and keep...
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    Do you guys think chickens will destroy my lawn?

    Hi all. I'm not new to chickens, but I have never personally owned them. I have racing pigeons and chukars, so I'm not new to birds. My brother has LOTS of chickens, and I have several friends with chickens, so I know their behaviors and most everything I need to know to have them. But I am...
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    Upper beak broken shorter than lower

    I'm writing this about a 4 year old Chukar partridge I have, and I'm putting it in this forum section because it doesn't seem enough people view the "Chukar" section, and this problem IMO is generic across species such that whatever advice I can get from chicken owners is likely applicable. My...
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    Installed HD video cameras in my loft LOL

    I bought the Arlo Pro 2. It's a pretty expensive security camera. It came with two cameras and the hub. Long story short, my wife was not happy about the idea of the cameras in the house, because of the way they are always monitoring, it creeped her out. I didn't necessarily disagree. Then...
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    Mysterious squab death

    I came to my loft yesterday mornign to see one of a pair of two about 3 week old squabs (almost fully feathered) dead. No signs of being physically injured, just cold dead. Looked fine the day before. It's clutch made seems perfectly healthy. Anybody ever have an inexplicable death like this?
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    Feather Lice

    What do you all do to treat for this? Got a few squeakers to work in my loft as outcrosses and they were unfortunately covered in them. Keeping them in a separate cage until I can get this squared away. I dipped and soaked each of them in a borax bath, and when they dried I sprayed their...
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    Got my cock bird back--with a funny story

    I had a trouble maker cock bird of mine go missing. I had to separate him from the rest of my birds due to some aggressive behavior, probably because he doesn't have a mate. But I was still tossing him with the YBs for training. I did a silly 2 mile toss last Monday, and he never came home...
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    Squeakers who have had a look in the aviary

    What are all of your thoughts on squeakers who have reached the age where they venture into the aviary and have a few days of looking around out there, but then are relocated to a new loft with the expectation of being settled there? Do you guys think just a few days of views from an aviary...
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    Bully cock bird--what should I do?

    Last week I had one squeaker fledge the nest bowl, and within one day it got scalped. I took it out of the loft, cleaned the wound, and put it in a hospital cage to heal. It healed very nicely, and the bird is doing very well, and grew strong. I tried to reintroduce it to the loft, and one of...
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    What do you all do for your birds when you travel?

    Just wanted to hear what everybody does when they leave for extended periods. For me, if it's just a few days, I don't do much besides make sure they have fresh water and enough food. But if it's anywhere more than 3 days, I set up large gravity feeders and drinkers, I think they are several...
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    Very loud chuckars

    My male chukar squaks/crows here and there, and his noises are mostly limited to the months between March and October. I presume it is mating related, as it generally tracks the time frame the hens are laying. Lately, although I've had this male chukar for 4 years, he has decided to start...
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    Who vaccinates their birds?

    I've been thinking about vaccinating for PMV and maybe even paratyphoid/salmonella. The vaccines are pretty expensive. Just trying to weigh my options and see what everybody else does. Who vaccinates their birds? If so, what do you vaccinate for? Where are you getting your vaccines...
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