Eggs are hatching!

[Thepigeonguy]

DAY 7

 

[Thepigeonguy]

Wow sorry I didn’t mean to post it that many times.

 

[Thepigeonguy]

Day 14. If you look close you can see the foot feathers growing, however it looks revolting, like spikes everywhere. Some are actually pretty big too.

 

[LamarshFish]

Whoa, how did they create that huge mound of poop in the corner? It reminds me of some other post I saw recently, that said the pigeons were actually moving the poop around. That cold explain the very tall mound of poop in the corner.

As far as feet goes, yes, I have been turned off by chickens with extra toes, too (not silkies..I'm talking regular chickens with extra toes!). I guess too much inbreeding is a bad thing!

Yup, they are poop "aimers" lol. My squabs and brooding parents will hang their butts over the nest bowl in order to poop outside their nest bowl rather than in it. Just goes to show, pigeons don't just poop automatically like many people think, they can control and aim it to some degree! And, they also will move it around when it's in their way or somewhere they don't want it!

 

[Thepigeonguy]

So with the baby 19 days old the parents started another clutch. I’m pretty happy.

 

[LamarshFish]

My baby never developed fuzz

I believe that happens with all white or mostly white pigeons.

 

[Thepigeonguy]

Well I’m not an expert on them and I haven’t flown them so I can’t tell you much. This website is the best for turkish tumblers. http://turkishtumblers.com/
It’s an awesome sight and I highly recommend it, however it will occasionally have server trouble. If it doesn’t work the first time wait an hour or 2 then try again.

 

[Hokum Coco]

I have lost quite a few birds over the winter I am down to 23 adults. Snowy owls have move in and lay in ambush along with some grey coloured hawks crow size. That have chased my birds but never caught any in my sight.

Loss is part of the pigeon game and it is heart breaking at times.

 

[Thepigeonguy]

At 31 days old he’s eating fine. I expect him to change his coloring when he molts( I believe this happens).

 

[Thepigeonguy]

Unfortunately, when I went to feed them this morning I found the 2nd egg rolled out of the nest. The really sad part is that the baby had been trying to hatch. I picked the egg open and found a fully developed( by which I mean helpless) baby. The fist is how I found it and second is after opening. If there are more than 2 pictures it was an accident.