ID and set up - New

[miss hen]

I just got 2 pigeons (shared with a friend). I have put them in with my golden pheasant as I saw a breeder had his set up that way, the pen is 8 x16, 8 ft tall at the front and back 3 ft drops to 6 ft.. I need some help as I have never had pigeons before.

What type of pigeons are these?
Is there a way to tell the sex?
Do they need anything special in the pen? ie a box or more roosts? I have posted a pic below, this is an older pic - right now there is a christmas tree in there
Should they be okay with the pheasant?
One is banded and one isnt, do I reband or call and report that I bought it and band the other?
Should I do a separate pen for them where they can fly and come back?

 

[miss hen]

I am still having trouble figuring all of this out. They seem ok and I have a box to screw to the wall up high for them, if no one can help with other questions can someone at least tell me if the box should have a front on it with a door opening or just be open? Should it have a roost inside? I am in Ontario so we have snowy winters.

 

[larrylofts]

the pen looks good is the north side the solid end birds need to be protected from the north wind have heard that pigeons and pheasants have been housed togather just have to watch and see what happens the pigeons look like rollers the one in front a red baldhead other a ash red white flight bands are just to id if you want you can band the bird with a band what does it read can tell a little about it that way

 

[miss hen]

Thanks for your reply. The birds all get along well. The open end faces North East which has to be the worst in a way. In my mind at the time I was thinking the wind usually come from the south west but I wasn't thinking that the worst came from the ne. I have a wooden box I can put up for them to go in, should it have a door to enter or a perch inside? It would be about a ft x a ft and a half and about 10 inches deep. I wrote down the band # but can't find it now.

 

[laughingdog]

a box with one open side, or hole cut in jus slightly bigger than them so thy and young can get in and out, though youll need a landing board for them to get in it if you have just big enough hole cut out to get through. they look like rollers, the one being a show roller, other probly a mix, so dont freak out of they start back flipping in air after a while, though this bred in genetic anomily will result in them being targeted a lot more than other birds as food, from other animals that snese this as natural deficiancy and weakness. so youd probly do better keeping the parents cooped up and flying young, if theyre prized to you. the box if you want to breed, should be long enough for four large dog bowls, and wide enough for two large dog bowls, to be put in, looking like you have space for two rows of four lengthways, but only two will be needed in each back corner. that size is just what ive found works best for the birds, but many make much smaller and they do ok, but my birds make very little mess that is very easy to scrape out with a large cheap paint scraper this way, as droppings dry quick and allows young room to move about before forced out for room to stretch, as well as plenty of room to court and mate by parents and get away from your pheasants if needed, just in case. some pigeons seem to meed more calcium maybe in form of grit, but found that that only applies if feeding some commercial pigeon feeds as well as wild bird seed, and maybe scratch chicken grain feeds ( i buy cheap caged bird grit n gravel with calcium from food store in pet dept.). ive fed some brand of layer pellets and had no trouble and nothing but great results, but never got name of brand, and current dumar layer crumbles are not working out great at all.. good luck with your new rollers, they are great and easy pets to keep, and easy to move with you and be confined or flown from even city apt if needed. lol!