Hello to everyone, new here

[NachtOwl]

Hello,

My name is Justin, a native to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, I now live in Wheeling, West Virginia and have so for 15 years. I am a licensed master falconer and have held federal permits and state permits in three different states. I currently have only three owls, but have reared chickens, quail, partridge, ducks and pigeons of various sorts. I am interested in raising chickens in the coming spring but for fall I am hoping to find some 'run-of-the-mill' or so called 'barn pigeons' not wild, for sale around my area.

Thank you and I look forward to chatting with you all,

Justin

 

[DobieLover]

Hello Justin, and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
Good luck finding your pigeons.

 

[NachtOwl]

Hello Justin, and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
Good luck finding your pigeons.

Thank you Dobie - I also hope to pick up some ideas on raising chickens in my back yard. I had a sweet little bantam rooster years ago we named 'Elvis' who seemed to fall in love with my Citron Cockatoo...I pictured a country farm boy meeting an exotic woman from a distant land kind of thing in my head - haha - anyway, I then had Shamu's or Thai fighting chickens which I obviously had only for ethical reasons, they were cool, and reminded me of little T-Rex's.

 

[Jenbirdee]

hi Justin! Nice to meet you!

 

[NachtOwl]

hi Justin! Nice to meet you!

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Nice to meet you too Jen

 

[muddy75]

 

[janiedoe]

Welcome to BYC, Justin.

 

[N F C]

Hi Justin, you can find a lot of info in the Learning Center: Learning Center Articles. And of course, questions are always welcome in the forums.

Thanks for joining us!

 

[TwoCrows]

Hello Justin and welcome to BYC!

Wow, Falconry, I've always wanted to try this, I've always had a fascination with birds of prey! I once got to hold a young injured then rehabilitated Red Tailed Hawk in my arm, I grinned for a full week.

Best wishes finding the Pigeons you seek.

 

[Jener8or]

Cool! Keeping owls would be incredible! Do you have any pictures of them? I just think they are magical. Being a falconer sounds very neat. I've thought about having some pigeons as well, but never have; good luck finding some! Welcome to BackYard Chickens!