I have a question about a breed

[Animal-lover339]

Good morning,so yesterday I bought tumbler pigeons they are just chicks so I'm not sure they are a pair yet but I just wanted to know if they are actually tumblers and what breed of tumblers are they

 

[sourland]

I hope that I am wrong, but to me they look like crosses of some sort.

 

[Animal-lover339]

I hope that I am wrong, but to me they look like crosses of some sort.

Ohhh okay thank you I hope they aren't crosses but I'll still love them even if they aren't tumblers,at what age do the begin to tumble?

 

[sourland]

With my Birmingham rollers they generally started after about a month of free flying. 'Free flying' is not a correct term - about a month after I started allowing daily flights.

 

[Animal-lover339]

With my Birmingham rollers they generally started after about a month of free flying. 'Free flying' is not a correct term - about a month after I started allowing daily flights.

Ohhhh okay I'm not sure how old these are but they already fly if I let them loose will they fly away or should I let them loose in the other house?

 

[sourland]

Do not just let them loose. You should have a landing platform on your loft. Build a settling cage to cover that - if you can include the roof in that cage, do so. Allow the birds to acclimate to the cage for a month or so before removing it. There will be losses when you fly them especially if they get hawk struck on an initial flight. Good luck, and remember never fly birds that you can not afford to lose. You may want to breed from these prior to flying them.

 

[Animal-lover339]

Do not just let them loose. You should have a landing platform on your loft. Build a settling cage to cover that - if you can include the roof in that cage, do so. Allow the birds to acclimate to the cage for a month or so before removing it. There will be losses when you fly them especially if they get hawk struck on an initial flight. Good luck, and remember never fly birds that you can not afford to lose. You may want to breed from these prior to flying them.

Thank you very much for the info you have a point I almost lost a great pair of blue bar pigeons but thank God I caught it in mid air ,my birds usually land on the second floor and they usually sleep there too they fly and then land there or on my other cages,I usually keep them in the second floor and after a month or two I let them loose depending the bird because like you said some I cannot afford to lose

 

[sourland]

Here if I allowed that all of my birds would have been hawk killed.

 

[Animal-lover339]

Here if I allowed that all of my birds would have been hawk killed.

There are hawks here too but for some reason I've never lost one I lost two a blue bar but he was sick so I'm guessing he could've been stolen and a high-flying white pigeon I'm almost sure she got lost

 

[backyard pigeons]

To me, they do look pure. I can't say for sure what breed they are... Let me do some research.