baby pigeons beding?

[Kylo_Hen!]

For nesting material grass, twigs, pine needles, wood shavings, even commercial wood pellets, make good nesting material.
As far as bedding I have tried wood shavings with poor results when pigeons fly in the loft the wood shaving tend to migrate to the perimeter of the loft and leave the middle of the floor bare.

I am trying commercial wood pellets used to burn in pellet stoves for loft bedding on the floor. It is too soon yet for me to give an opinion on them.

do you need a heater lamp?

 

[Kylo_Hen!]

I use shavings and straw. I don't recommend sawdust because squabs are helpless, blind, and small and would probably ingest it.

okay!

 

[Thepigeonguy]

do you need a heater lamp?

Nope, the parents will do it all. A heat lamp would do more harm than good. That's a good question though.

 

[Hokum Coco]

do you need a heater lamp?

I personally do not use heat or light of any kind in my loft or chicken coop for that matter. I am retired however and my time is my own. If I were still working I would consider some sort of system to keep my water thawed. That would be it.

 

[Thepigeonguy]

I personally do not use heat of any kind in my loft. I am retired however and my time is my own. If I were still working I would consider some sort of system to keep my water thawed. That would be it.

Ah, yes for water that would be super helpful in the winter.

 

[Kylo_Hen!]

I personally do not use heat of any kind in my loft. I am retired however and my time is my own. If I were still working I would consider some sort of system to keep my water thawed. That would be it.

oh if you have babys

 

[Hokum Coco]

oh if you have babys

In a perfect world they stop nesting in the winter months but there are surprises. That is when I put my nest bowls inside here (during the night mother babies bowl and all). I did not do that until the babies were over a week old and the mother was unable to keep both of them warm.

I only had to do it one time when eggs hatched on Christmas Eve. Both squabs survived with no heat and no problems. That is until a weasel got in and killed all my flock of about 40 birds in one night in March.

I since renovated my loft and rebuilt my flock and am now up to 44 birds as of today.

Here is a picture of Frostie and Snowman (both parents were solid whites) shortly after they left the confines of the Styrofoam cooler.

 

[Hokum Coco]

One thing I can say about wood pellets after just a couple of days in my loft is they seem to stay put and do not migrate to the perimeter.

Also I love the aroma so far but it only been a short time.

 

[Hokum Coco]

I am trying commercial wood pellets (used to burn in pellet stoves) for loft bedding on the floor. It has been close to a month now that the pellets have been in use. My ammonia smell is gone and the pellets are starting to disintegrate into sawdust. Overall I am happy with the result It also stays put on the floor and does not migrate to the edges like other bedding I have tried. If you are unhappy with your current bedding and having issues.

I would recommend it.

 

[LamarshFish]

Baby pigeons parents build their nests, usually out of stick or straw shaped material, such as straw, twigs, pine needles, etc. Fanciers often use tobacco stems because the nicotine repels parasites. That's what I use. I leave them in a spot in my loft in a pile, and they build their nests when they need to. If you don't want to waste the materials, and don't want a mess, wait until you know a pair needs to build a nest, then put the materials in the loft, and within a day or so they will use it and build the nest. Otherwise, if the materials are in the loft when they don't need to build a nest you will notice they will just make a mess of it. Pigeons are very curious birds, and they like grabbing things and moving things around.