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I need to thin out the group that I have, it's a little more than I can take care of now at this time. I don't know the species name for them but they look like a typical pigeon. No fancy tail feathers or feathers on feet, or 5 toes, etc I'm currently thinking of doing 6-8 of them are...

So the tub is set right-side up, and they birds just kind of land in it as needed, do their business whenever they want, and then you take the tubs out and wash away the poop? Or the tub also has some kind of material, like pine shavings?

Right, but what about the pigeons? Any info on their behavior in this kind of situation? Oh , wait. never mind.

could it be food supply also? if you don't have enough food to be feeding the babies, then sometimes the stronger one will get attention. that makes the weaker one eventually get too weak and die off. if it's both of the babies, then it still could be food-supply related, but there would also...

Thank you everyone. I had heard about the idea of not feeding the pigeons as much to keep them hungry so they would return to the coop but I had thought, my birds are not flying outside the coop that much, so providing ample food was OK. However, it certainly makes sense to still only give...

This year, I tried corn cob. It absolutely turns to mush when it gets wet. I didn't lke it because it totally looks like poop and I have no idea what is a poop area and what is not a poop area. I suppose it's good for composting though, once I removed it from the floor! Now admittedly, there...

I suggest not to let them breed during winter time. I had some birds do that 2x and the babies were OK for a while, but invariably, something happened. Maybe a freak cold or something, that just made things colder than what the parents could provide for the babies, or maybe the parents were...

I'd suggest to let it continue on its way but that doesn't mean you can't feed it and give it water and let it have some strength first. And then since your interest in pigeons has been initiated, then try to get your own pigeons to start raising them up.

It's not just that he flew away and may not want to come back, it's also that he might have wanted to come back but met with an untimely end, since there are many predators of pigeons. My suggestion is like others have said before -- don't let out any birds that you can't afford to lose. This...

I knew it was a matter of time but I now see evidence of rodents visiting my pigeon coop at night, taking food and water as well, I'm sure. I pretty much can only think of every night, having to go cover up the food and water trays with some kind of heavy bucket/pail/diy container of some...

Thanks for the info. I did consider pine needles also, but I don't have enough on ground and they are more expensive than pine shavings or straw where I am. Ok I'll try to add a thicker layer. The way the straw looks is that you think you have put down a thick layer but then over time, it...

My pigeon coop is a converted chicken coop on the ground. It's tall enough for them to fly around in. No more chickens, but I currently have 9 pigeons. I used straw for the chickens, and while they kicked it around, they would also kick it back, so that there really were not any bare spots...

One of the squabs I had didn't really walk on his own until a slightly older age. That was when he came out of the nest and had to chase his parents around for food. He also gradually began flying/walking and over time, got his legs stronger and then walked normally. The other case is that if...

Thanks, that brings up some question that I never knew the answer to. It seems like it would be possible to use the wrong size then, so that as a baby, maybe the band size was OK, but as an adult, it is too small, and may restrict or even deform the growth of the leg. Is that right?

I know that some pigeons are usually banded when they are just a few days old, as well as adults may be banded or their bands may be changed. But I don't know which sizes to get for the birds at these different ages. Any tips on what sizes I should have in stock and where to get them? I only...

The thing about predators, air or ground, is that they just need to show up one time to see your easy bird targets and then you'll wish you had taken more precautions. I could go days or weeks without incident..but then one incident happens and I have lost one or more birds. This goes with...

I have fortunately been able to move my squabs several times, without any negative impacts. I can't say that is always the pigeon parent behavior, but at least for me, I would say I've been fortunate. I move them because either the original nest gets all pooped up after a few weeks, or in one...

I think it's better to say, they lay 2 eggs before sitting on the eggs seriously for the hatching process. Whether 2 eggs will hatch, depends on the fertility and other external conditions, including skill of the birds (though that gets better as the bird gets more experience). And then as far...

I have friends who do not have aerial predators, and their pigeons are able to go in and out all day/night long. Apparently no night predators either, at least nothing that goes after the birds (maybe something, like rats, that might go after the eggs...and the parents would be around to help...

I wonder if they became worried that their big baby is not eating crop milk but instead scratching at the ground for food!