Pigeon Bulletin Board?

[biophiliac]

Hygiene always a good move. In nature pigeons have a flat surface at best with some twigs and feathers they bring in. Wind dries the gumdrops faster than in your coop safe from drafts.
Your babies are growing like weeds. Probably faster,
Take a pix every day and at one month view as a slide show. Its AMAZING.

I have pics from almost everyday...but just skipping ahead to day 21, this - girl?- has weaned herslef already! Eating and drinking on her own, even the bigger seeds and thawed peas for greens. I love her alert posture -just need to clean the blob of poop on her band.lol

She-#833- started eating as soon as she came out of the bowl. I had kept a dish of seeds in the nest box for the parents, .... maybe an example of observational learning. I have a drinker and grit for them in there too.

 

[Kiki]

I have pics from almost everyday...but just skipping ahead to day 21, this - girl?- has weaned herslef already! Eating and drinking on her own, even the bigger seeds and thawed peas for greens. I love her alert posture -just need to clean the blob of poop on her band.lol
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She-#833- started eating as soon as she came out of the bowl. I had kept a dish of seeds in the nest box for the parents, .... maybe an example of observational learning. I have a drinker and grit for them in there too.

NO way! This is a Palomita?

 

[biophiliac]

NO way! This is a Palomita?

yes
this is the other Palomita -#832- copies his sister. lol

 

[Kiki]

yes
this is the other Palomita -#832- copies his sister. lol
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I can not believe how grown up they already look.

 

[Kiki]

Wait so you know they are male and female now too?

 

[biophiliac]

Wait so you know they are male and female now too?

No, just pretending.

 

[Kiki]

No, just pretending.

 

[CCUK]

So this is you??

Great story Scott - thanks. I like to hear of lady racers - your DW sounds cool!

Do you fly your birds very much?

 

[cavemanrich]

I see you changed your Avatar... Is that the one you released???

 

[CCUK]

Well it's a homing pigeon... I released it and it came home..my home! I'm going to take it to work tomorrow and release it further away. Hopefully it'll go back to its owner! I'll miss the little bird but it's tickled my fancy! Got me planning!! Just don't tell the wife!