Everyone Post Your Pigeon Pics!!!!!

[casportpony]

Sadly my pigeon babies both died. Other crops weren't emptying as they were supposed to and they would roll their head around oddly. I guess I wasn't much cut out for pigeon raising, I've only had bad luck since I got them. Perhaps I should restart with pigeons in a better year.

So sorry.

-Kathy

 

[OTTB228]

So sorry! Baby pigeons are extremely hard to raise from an egg, I've had no luck either. They seem to really need crop milk for the first few days maybe to get the right culture from the parents.

Pigeons are dang near impossible to hatch and hand raise. Most folks who want/need to hand raise leave the squab with the parents for about two weeks before pulling them to hand feed. Even then, it is hit or miss. There are some guys that are pros at it, but it takes a LOT of practice and experience.

Edited to add: I forgot to mention if you are still losing parent raised chicks, you might reevaluate your feed. I went through a period where I lost dang near every single chick. They would live about two weeks, then just fail to thrive. I changed the flocks diet and I haven't lost a chick since. Nutrition plays a HUGE roll in reproduction

 

[OTTB228]

@OTTB228
those frillbacks are beautiful!

Thank You!

 

[silkiecuddles]

Not really! I actually got my best 3 birds for $2 each at a Poultry auction. The rest have either been given to me or I've paid between $7-10 each. It seems like a lot of breeders around here have one or two frillbacks just because and then end up realizing they aren't going to do anything with them so they give them to me.

Oooh nice. Are there better quality ones that cost more or is it all pretty much the same? $2, wowzers

 

[casportpony]

@caesargirl

 

[casportpony]

@caesargirl did a fabulous job raising her first two from eggs!

-Kathy

 

[caesargirl]

@caesargirl

Oh yeah! Saw those beauties and fell head over heels!!!! Started research immediately! Apparently Maine is no mans land when it comes to pigeons though. This is going to be a challenge to find some.

 

[casportpony]

Has anyone here seen any of John Heppner's or John DeCarlo Jr's pigeons?

-Kathy

 

[Lozuufy]

@caesargirl did a fabulous job raising her first two from eggs!

-Kathy

x2!

 

[casportpony]

[@=/u/352358/caesargirl]@caesargirl[/@] did a fabulous job raising her first two from eggs!


-Kathy

x2!

I have one that's the same age as her two, but mine is probably half the size and not flying yet!

-Kathy