What colors of offspring are possible from a recessive red hen to spread blue cock pairing? I have my first round of babies from these two lovelies due today(: They are serbian highfliers, thanks for looking!
Update: Thank you so much for the info veryone, I've adjusted the heat in the brooder (had him a little too hot) this morning I checked on him and he had emptied his crop yay! Just now gave him his first meal, full crop of pigeon seed soaked overnight and warmed up, ate like a champ. Looking...
I came accross this picture on a pigeon breeder facebook group, some one posted it asking what they are. Ive never seen anything like it, so unique and punk, i love it! Id love to know what breed these are, or if they arnt a recognized breed if anyone knows any info about the project or who is...
I'm having a pigeon emergency. First off, she has a vet appointment in the morning on Friday as soon as I get payed. I hope she makes it that long.
I'm looking for advice or ideas of what I can do for her until then. The vet wouldn't give me any suggestions, just said to bring her in ASAP...
Hi there! Ok, here's the situation: I'm working on a breeding project with very limited stock and I'm wondering about who I can breed to who. I have one bird from very nice stock, the bird that inspired this project, that I got from my grandfather before he passed. I have him paired to a female...
Hello, I'm in the process of rehabbing a feral pigeon I found with a broken leg. It's going well and I've decided id like to keep him/her and let them live with my homers when he's healed. My question is what precautions and things do I need to do before introducing it to my birds? I am worming...
Hi, I've got a Serbian highflier hen that I've had about two months. She had started to have very wet loose stools though and I fear she may be sick. She doesn't have a mate yet, but laid some eggs recently and although I took them away she has been doing quite a bit of sitting. The size of the...
Just wondering if any one has seen this coloring before? I've bred pigeons for five years and never seen these wing markings before, are they something special? The bird is mostly white but the tip of each primary feather has red, and so do the primary coverts, perfectly symmetrical on both...
Embarking On A Breeding Project...
I am proud to announce I have finally officially embarked on a Project I've been planning quite a while. I've got a brand new loft and adequate space to start my breeding. First, some back story to explain why I'm mixing breeds. I know many pigeon keepers are...
One of my hand raised pigeon youngsters who is about two and a half months old suddenly can't walk. Her feet are purplish blue and swollen and she can't seem to move them. The weather has been very mild lately so its not frost bite. I have cleaned the feet/legs and there is no string or anything...
One of my hand raised youngsters who is about two and a half months old suddenly can't walk. Her feet are purplish blue and
swollen and she can't seem to move them. She is still eating and drinking and I have her deprecated from my other birds. Any one seen this before? Any suggestions? I'm...
I have a pigeon that was born completely bald, none of the yellow fluff that all the baby pigeons I've seen before have. It's sibling had the normal amount of fluff. After a day or so, the father bird started ripping the poor bald one apart. I took him away and hand raised him. He's turned out...
I've raised pigeons for 4 years and I've never seen this color before, does anybody know what it's called? He' hasn't molted yet he's a boba month and a half old. He is that dark brown color over most of him but has a lighter tawny on his wing tips..[/IMG][/IMG]
Several months ago one of my favorite birds(Dale) was attacked by a hawk. He had always been an athletic bird, very strong flyer. It had him on the ground but flew off when I came running it luckily left him there. I thought he was a goner for sure, he had very little coordination and couldn't...
One of my pairs hatched out their first babies four days ago. They are both growing quickly and seem vigorous and healthy. How ever one of them has almost no yellow fluff on it. I have a fair bit of experience with baby pigeons and I have never seen anything like it. It's sibling looks totally...
four months ago I bought 4 baby button quail that were down on their luck. I got them from a pet store that made the aweful decision to keep day old button quails and week old bobwhite quails in the same ten gallon aquarium. the bobwhites mutilated several of the poor little buttons, and I got a...
I have a half homer half roller male pigeon. he does not roll or display any other roller traits. his mate is a full blooded homer. if they were to have babies, would they be considered homers and have the homing instinct? any one have experience with cross bred homers? thanks!
I had a pair of homers incubating an egg for a little over a week. (by some weird fluke the hen only laid one egg) i candled it and it was developing. the mom was taken by a hawk yesterday, and so far dad is staying on the nest, including over night. is there any chance he might be able to hatch...