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    Possibly sick youngster

    I have a female racing homer about 5 months old. We released her with our flock for their first 10 mile training release on Tuesday the 27th. She did not return with the flock, but instead came in 2 hours later, huffing and puffing. We decided to keep her in, and give her rest for 3 days. 2 days...
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    Fostering question

    I had a pair of homing racers, who was sitting on eggs, then 3 days ago the cock went missing from a loft fly, yesterday the hen left the eggs, so I put them both under a pair that laid eggs a day before these were laid. I have another pair nesting right now that laid 1 week before these eggs...
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    New birds

    Just came in this morning 😁 new birds are always fun, and I just wanted to share. We got 3 pairs of Trenton white homers, and 1 pair silver Janssens.
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    Pigeon colors and modifiers

    This is a Janssen pigeon, fairly young, and I was wondering what his color/modifiers would be called. He/she has white flights, which I believe would come from a modifier? His/her mother is a blue bar, and his/her father is a blue bar with white specks around the eye and 2 white flights on each...
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    Pigeon eye question

    New to reading pigeons eyes, and I'm curious about the dark shading that extends from the pupil out to the health circle on one of my cocks. What is this? What causes it? What does it signify (i.e. distance, speed, breeding)? And is this a good breeder sign or a poor one? He seems to have it...
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    Breeding question

    I have a cockbird sitting on one baby, his mate has not returned for a few days. This was their first baby, and they are relatively young birds. I know there is a possibility that she will still return. I have four original pairs of pigeons, and she was one of them. My question is, if she does...
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    Pigeon partial paralysis

    I have a pigeon approximately 1 year old. She is showing paralysis of the legs, at intermittent periods (days apart). Her wings and neck work fine, her eyes are clear, her feces appear to be slightly watery, but the solids show a normal amount urates vs. Fecal matter, the liquid portion is...
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    Pigeon partial paralysis

    I have a pigeon approximately 1 year old. She is showing paralysis of the legs, at intermittent periods (days apart). Her wings and neck work fine, her eyes are clear, her feces appear to be slightly watery, but the solids show a normal amount urates vs. Fecal matter, the liquid portion is...
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    Pink algae in incubator

    I've been chain hatching in two incubators. My main incubator (not the hatching one) I've discovered pink algae growing in it. I cleaned it out immediately when I noticed it. The incubator is a nurture right 360. I'm concerned this algae may affect my hatch rate. I've read that pink algae isn't...
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    Cockerel with potential vision problems

    I have a young lavender ameraucana (sp?) Cockerel with lighter eyes than the rest of my flock. He seems to be okay, other than he is very sensitive to light changes, and doesn't seem to have peripheral vision. He follows movent in the front, but doesn't react to anything beside him, unless it...
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    Will my pigeon abandon her nest if I touch the eggs?

    I'm fairly new to pigeons, and my pigeons have started nesting. We are about 16 days in. I'm scared to touch the eggs though because I've read that if you touch them the pigeons will abandon their nest. I handle my pigeons daily, transferring them from their over night cage to their day time...
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    ISO pigeon keepers in South East Oklahoma

    We are looking for pigeon keepers, and lofts in South Eastern Oklahoma. We are looking for racing homers, and would like to get into the sport. We are equal distant between Oklahoma City, Tulsa, and Dallas. We've contacted the pigeon racing clubs from Dallas as we have friends that live in that...
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    Free lofting questions

    We are currently making our first loft. We hope to be getting our first racing pigeons soon after. We plan on free lofting our second generation of birds. I've got a few questions on how to accomplish this. First, how do we keep the birds we want to keep in, and allow the rest to go out in the...
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    Respiratory illness

    I've got a strange respiratory illness moving through my flock. So far none of my chickens have died from it. it started with one of my roosters. He was fine that morning, running around picking as usual. 20 min. Later he was falling over, couldn't stand up, he was wheezing, and had thick ropy...
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    New pigeon help

    My neighbors, because we casually mentioned we would like to get into pigeons, went out and got us two sets of pigeons. We don't have a loft yet, so currently have them in a dog crate inside, with pine shaving floor. I have no idea if they're male or female, I believe we have two fantails, one...
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    Sick roosters

    I have a flock of 4 month old crevocuers, mixed with 3 month old ameraucanas. 2 weeks ago all of my flock appeared happy, and healthy. Then in one afternoon one of my roosters started swaying, falling over, and couldn't stand. I suspected snake bite because the symptoms literally appeared in...
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    Is this a blood ring?

    I'm fairly inexperienced at candling eggs, but today is day 7 on my guinea and americauna eggs. Can somebody tell me if this is a blood ring?
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    Button quail gender

    Wondering if anyone can help me figure out what gender these buttons are. They're almost 7 weeks old. The third on im sure is a male, but does anyone know what his coloring would be called? As a chick he was yellow. Pics 1&2 are one bird, pics 3&4 are one bird, pic 5 is one bird, and 6 7 & 8...
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    Pullets or cockerels?

    Just wondering on gender. Hoping for pullets. 😁 They're all mutts, so not sure about breeds. I got the eggs from a friend of mine, and popped them under one of my broody girls.
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    Huge Snake problems

    I've got 4 week old chicks, and 6 week old jumbo coturnix quail (the coturnix are separated in an elevated cage covered with 1/4 " snake wire, which is not working) this past week I've pulled 5 different 6-8 ft Rat snakes out of my coop. They're decimating my eggs, they've gotten 5 of my chicks...
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