Pigeon Talk

[Qwerty3159]

I only have a maximum of eight (the reason I only hatched one baby at a time this spring, from my two unrelated families) and colors are all over the map so at least so far I’ve been able to keep track in my mind.

Definitely harder to keep track of when they are pure white, but I have only had two of those and both are now gone – both rescues, one significantly larger, the other with a drooping wing so a moment’s checking told me which one I was looking at.

As time goes on, particularly if I end up with more blue bars, I may have to change my practice and band!

I used a seller from China on Amazon that allowed me to print custom snap-on bands with just my phone number. Doesn’t work as good for identification purposes of course when they’re all banded the same, but I think it’s worth it in the event you lose a pigeon.

I was skeptical ordering from overseas but it went just fine, they were a LOT cheaper than regular closed ring bands and didn’t take that long either.

 

[avjudge]

I used a seller from China on Amazon that allowed me to print custom snap-on bands with just my phone number. Doesn’t work as good for identification purposes of course when they’re all banded the same, but I think it’s worth it in the event you lose a pigeon.

I was skeptical ordering from overseas but it went just fine, they were a LOT cheaper than regular closed ring bands and didn’t take that long either.

I generally figure that an animal lost around here (northern New Hampshire woods) is way more likely to be found (or have been found) by a predator than by a person, but it may make more sense to band my pigeons than microchip my cats, since a pigeon can wander farther, even if mine generally don’t. Do you have a link for the bands you bought?

(If I remember correctly my plastic eggs were shipped from China, bought on Amazon. As in your case, they took a while to arrive, but were the cheapest and do the job!)

 

[Amer]

My lazy pigeons hate flying so I never worry about them getting away much.
Sometimes Beauty and Boffin get excited and start flying in the air but they love their pen too much for me to free fly them.

Too much risk for something they probably wouldn’t even attempt. If they ever did they’d probably get eaten.
I’d like to get some flying pigeons some day though.

 

[Qwerty3159]

I generally figure that an animal lost around here (northern New Hampshire woods) is way more likely to be found (or have been found) by a predator than by a person, but it may make more sense to band my pigeons than microchip my cats, since a pigeon can wander farther, even if mine generally don’t. Do you have a link for the bands you bought?

You never know. I lost a fancy pigeon and I got a call when turned up unfortunately dead over 150 miles away.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1666072281...-3JqLrLRM8BqEemtBrrlbTkFALoilrDxoCAnkQAvD_BwE

I can’t find the original seller I used. But this is essentially the same product. I trust eBay reviews, and one thing to note is this seller is using laser engraving so there is no risk of the markings being rubbed off the band. Mine are engraved too with just my phone number and I don’t have issues with poop being stuck in the engraving or anything like that, they’re always legible even from afar.
I also ordered a mixed bag of colored snap ons that I use to mark babies when I swap them between pairs for fostering (I have more inbred pairs that don’t breed than not) so I can track who belongs to who.

 

[Qwerty3159]

Qwerty3159​

How is your pigeon progressing.?

He’s doing pretty good now, filling out and looking a lot more normal.

Still a very petite homer, but I’m not as concerned with his size as my last post

 

[Qwerty3159]

A while ago I got a pair of giant runts that had some tumbler mix in them. I was able to let them out around the yard a handful of times but unfortunately the male was killed by a falcon, which no fancy pigeon is a match for.
I still have the hen, and since she was always much smaller and fitter than the male she has adapted quite well to living with homers full time and flying with them. She burns out much faster than they do but I have a few older, lazier pigeons that are more than happy to descend early with her. She’s been in and out more than a hundred times now. The falcons aren’t much problem here and losing the pigeons to them is just rare bad luck!

 

[Amer]

He’s doing pretty good now, filling out and looking a lot more normal.

Still a very petite homer, but I’m not as concerned with his size as my last post

What a nice color!

A while ago I got a pair of giant runts that had some tumbler mix in them. I was able to let them out around the yard a handful of times but unfortunately the male was killed by a falcon, which no fancy pigeon is a match for.
I still have the hen, and since she was always much smaller and fitter than the male she has adapted quite well to living with homers full time and flying with them. She burns out much faster than they do but I have a few older, lazier pigeons that are more than happy to descend early with her. She’s been in and out more than a hundred times now. The falcons aren’t much problem here and losing the pigeons to them is just rare bad luck!

She looks so silly and red up there!

 

[cavemanrich]

Still a very petite homer, but I’m not as concerned with his size as my last post

This is a long shot,,,, but consider contacting Maury Povich,, and find out who the pigeons' daddy is.

unfortunately the male was killed by a falcon, which no fancy pigeon is a match for.

Its always sad to loose a pet.

 

[WVduckchick]

I took a slow motion video of my pigeons this morning. There's so much going on! Check out the eye blinks, and the head shake.... and the flight out of the water is amazing to me!

 

[PeterHer]

Not everyone choice of breed but here are some of my Parlor Rollers. Just sharing pictures.