Pigeon Playmate!!!

[tmarr]

Very excited! My adopted racing pigeon 'Joan' brought a mate over to her shed. It didn't go inside just sat on the roof for a bit. I'm wondering if my pigeon is a male (would this be more a male type behaviour?) As this new pigeon was rather scrawny! It is ringed too, so if it stays I'll check for its owner. Do you think they're from the same coop and is there a possibility more might visit!!!

 

[GitaBooks]

That's cool!
The new one could be either male or female, but if they really are a pair then they will probably stay together, either at your place or the other birds. I'm not sure if others will visit or not.

It would be cool if the owner let you keep him/her so that your rescue could have a buddy.

Best of luck!

 

[Hokum Coco]

Very excited! My adopted racing pigeon 'Joan' brought a mate over to her shed. It didn't go inside just sat on the roof for a bit. I'm wondering if my pigeon is a male (would this be more a male type behaviour?) As this new pigeon was rather scrawny! It is ringed too, so if it stays I'll check for its owner. Do you think they're from the same coop and is there a possibility more might visit!!!

You may be correct on all your assumptions;

Then again you may be you could be off base on all or some of them. You are now just starting to experience some of the wonderment in raising pigeons.

Just to go off on a bit of a tangent on raising pigeons

There is a breed of pigeon known as Thief Pouters

One year I rescued a feral pigeon that had so much drive it would often work stray pigeons and bring them back to the loft. This intrigued me so much that I decided to check into this trait even further.

Anyway, anybody here fly thief pouters, Horseman or Spanish?

(apparently they are not good parents and any eggs or squabs should be fostered out for best results)

Even though I like the aspects of the breed, their ability to work amazes me.

If its not bred to work, then its not a thief pouter to me.

The mandate and origins of these birds were to seduce or "thief" pigeons back to ones loft, and the captured pigeon would become lunch.
To me that is interesting because pigeons are probably the only bird found on every continent (except Antarctica) , so they could be food for many people.
I know it sounds harsh right now, but people had to do what they had to do to survive, and somebody physically unable to go catch/hunt a meal, one might be able to raise a pigeon to do the work for him, with minimal cost.

It slowly progressed into a sport as in Scotland they call it flying the "doos" and people fly their own pouters against other people pouters and try to capture them.

I do not have nor never did have any of these said birds.



In the bizarre catagory is the Blue Pouter, pictured below, which is an ornamental breed with long legs, an extruded body, and an amazing inflatable crop.




There are quite a few types of Pouters, and the function of one type, the "Horseman" Pouter is to serve as a "thief" bird. It turns out that a swollen crop is a bit of a turn on to female and male pigeons, and so pigeons can sometimes be seduced to follow the Horseman Pouter back to it's coop.

Click on the blue words in quotation marks to learn more on the subject (should work I hope in a perfect world.)

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[tmarr]

Wow! That's really interesting! I had no idea that this existed, it's amazing! Will have a read up on it, thanks!

 

[Hokum Coco]

Wow! That's really interesting! I had no idea that this existed, it's amazing! Will have a read up on it, thanks!

There must be close to 500 different breeds of pigeons I am guessing.
Click the link to have a look at some:

https://www.google.ca/search?q=pige...ChMIuaGf2ra9xwIVAmk-Ch25RwPB&biw=1080&bih=555

 

[tmarr]

I'm hooked lol