I have 9 White Homing Pigeons. The oldest is 4 months old, the youngest 7 weeks old. I have been letting the birds fly and explore from my loft. They do great! When the leave they leave hungry. They fly for approximately 1 1/2 - 2 hours then return. Here's where the problem lies. (A month...
Is it possible to have a pigeon in the loft eat eggs? I had two nests in the corners of my loft. One had 2 eggs the other 1. Today when I went out to feed my birds all the eggs were gone. I found one partial shell stuck to a bird and the remains of another by their waterer. Thoughts? The...
I currently have 20 pigeons under a year old. In the next 2 weeks I'd like to purchase 10 more pigeons that will be 6 weeks old. Am I ok to put these pigeons together in the same loft?
I've got 25 pigeons. Usually they all pile into the feed when I feed them. Today only about half fed. The rest stayed on their perches. The last couple of days we've had nothing but snow & rain. No sunlight at all. The loft is draft free. Temperatures at night in the upper 20's-30's. I...
I'm purchasing 20 white pigeons. The current owner stated they've never been out of his loft. Some of the older ones are over a year old. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance!
Just curious could eggs be floated instead of candling before they are locked-down? The water on the egg would contribute to raising the humidity for the lock down, we raise humidity anyways? Thoughts?
Has anyone experienced this? My Roo pasted away two weeks ago (4rs old). For 2 weeks after his passing my gals didn't lay an egg. We're just getting back to normal around here. Next question, any thoughts on how to introduce the new guy to the ladies?
I have separated my Roos from my hens. (Giving the hens a break.) Each Roo is in his own 1 x 2 pen. I have hens in groups of color; Golden, A & M, Jumbos, and Range. I have some eggs in the bator that have these color genes and I purchased others with silver genes. Down the road I want to...