Pigeon pair decided to be sneaky: HOLY COW I HAVE BABIES NOW! what do I do?

[Alicia G]

I finally got some pics of the new arrival! I would have got them sooner but my frillback is just nasty! Only when I'm near the baby though. My brother has named him Rufus

Momma is an Old German Owl



I had to hold Poppa because he is a bit saucy

 

[Hokum Coco]

Well according to my inside outside thermometer
the mercury plunged down to -10.8C = 12.6F .
The squabs Jack & Frostie survived with no problems.
The youngest is now 1 day old!

 

[laughingdog]

the foster parlor tumblers of mine are doing great it seems, though the parents all stopped feeding for a day after had to putz and switch systems around ect, but now crops are so full on most that the are big as and bigger than rest of birds at times and look ready to pop a leak ect.. lol should i stop parents from feedinjg till the crop is so stretched out? never had this trouble before. on other hand one is so fat now it can no longer roll over and over all over nest or get stuck on its back as when it first hatched before was about a week old (hilarious to watch it get excited though!).

 

[Hokum Coco]

I would let nature take its course laughingdog. Sounds like they are as healthy as a trout. I live in Canada and have new squabs that just hatched December 28th. I placed a Styrofoam meat tray under the nesting material. We had -16 Celsius temperatures and the squabs are doing fine; their eyes are open now. (No insulation, No heat, No light). I am thinking I may employ a Styrofoam cooler for material for making a shelter when the squabs get to the size they can not be incubated by the parents easily. Pigeons have enough brains not to eat the stuff.

 

[Hokum Coco]

Canada Squabs Jack & Frostie 6 and 7 days old respectively. Eyes are open now. Hatched December 27 & 28 2012. Temperatures today -20 wind chill -34 Celsius and continuing for 6 more days No Heat, No light No moisture NO PROBLEMS!

 

[Hokum Coco]

I gave in to grand daughter demands somewhat; This if the nest box for Jack & Frostie not exactly as shown but pretty close (smaller entrance is all).

I will remove it once they are fledged.





.I should have know pheasants love Styrofoam as much as chickens!

 

[3forfree]

I worked in an iron foundry in Michigan and raw material was delivered by rail car and trucks to an inside storage area. Pigeons would occupy the rafters inside the building and make nests from pieces of iron that was everywhere. the nests they made would constantly be added to and as the years went by they would get taller and smaller. They would lay 2 eggs in each nest but when the first egg hatched the second one never had a chance as the nest was too small for 2 squabs. So we would climb up into the rafters using a bridge crane and ladder and remove the newly hatched squab and my workmate would take it home, leaving the second egg to hatch and grow. We tried to take a nest down from the rafter just to get an idea of how big it was, but couldn't lift it due to the weight.the building wasn't heaated and these birds thrived in the cold environment.

 

[Hokum Coco]

I know pigeons are a hearty lot for sure!
Just wondering if you remember any fool birds hatch squabs in December like my pair just recently have??
Michigan I would imagine you know what winter is all about!

 

[3forfree]

There was squabs year round, never had to worry about not finding any.

 

[Hokum Coco]

Took these pictures this morning.
Jack & Frostie are now 13 & 14 days old.




Doing well in their Styrofoam nest box.
I seem to be getting a lot of brown in some of the offspring of my White Doves??