Pigeon Talk

[backyard pigeons]

Are those german beautys? I dont know why, but for some reason they arent to pretty in my opinion, well i like the looks except the beak.

 

[Pyxis]

Are those german beautys? I dont know why, but for some reason they arent to pretty in my opinion, well i like the looks except the beak.

I think so. I'm not sure why I was thinking they were a middle eastern breed. Yeah, I agree, I don't find them appealing either.

 

[Hokum Coco]

Yes, I blame the cold,

I lost squabs to the cold also. Loss seems to be a constant factor when you are a pigeon fancier. This is how to combat the problem once the squabs are too large for the parents to incubate move nest bowl and all in total darkness into this.

This is frosty and snowball these squabs thrived in the Styrofoam cooler.

 

[WVduckchick]

I lost squabs to the cold also. Loss seems to be a constant factor when you are a pigeon fancier. This is how to combat the problem once the squabs are too large for the parents to incubate move nest bowl and all in total darkness into this.

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This is frosty and snowball these squabs thrived in the Styrofoam cooler.

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Great idea!

 

[WVduckchick]

So question.... when will the squab come out of the nest? And when it does, is that when mom and dad will teach it to eat on its own, or will they keep feeding her for a while?
(My setup was for chickens, so I’m making necessary modifications as I go. Dumb and unprepared)

 

[biophiliac]

So question.... when will the squab come out of the nest? And when it does, is that when mom and dad will teach it to eat on its own, or will they keep feeding her for a while?
(My setup was for chickens, so I’m making necessary modifications as I go. Dumb and unprepared)

The squabs increase their body size so massively in the first two weeks that it takes a few more days for their legs to catch up. It varies when they pop out of the nest the first time, as I recall it's sometime betw the second and third week. They can't really walk much at first and it's funny to see them wobbling around. If they pop out early it often seems accidental and I'll put them back in.
When they do get out of the nest and begin walking, I put a small drinker and a small dish with seeds and some grit mixed in, into the nestbox.. The parents will eat and drink from them and the babies learn by observation and begin imitating them. The parents will continue feeding them until they can eat on their own, even after they hit the loft floor if necessary.

 

[WVduckchick]

The squabs increase their body size so massively in the first two weeks that it takes a few more days for their legs to catch up. It varies when they pop out of the nest the first time, as I recall it's sometime betw the second and third week. They can't really walk much at first and it's funny to see them wobbling around. If they pop out early it often seems accidental and I'll put them back in.
When they do get out of the nest and begin walking, I put a small drinker and a small dish with seeds and some grit mixed in, into the nestbox.. The parents will eat and drink from them and the babies learn by observation and begin imitating them. The parents will continue feeding them until they can eat on their own, even after they hit the loft floor if necessary.

Awesome. Thank you. I’ve been doing a little more reading, and with your added input, I think I’m good for a bit.

 

[backyard pigeons]

My birds always like to stay home for awhile. Lol. Mine typically come out at 3-4 weeks and once they come down they typically eat and drink on their own. My two sqeakers will fly back up to their box after feeding and thats where they stay.

 

[biophiliac]

Awesome. Thank you. I’ve been doing a little more reading, and with your added input, I think I’m good for a bit.

I'll toss in one other idea - put a tray or somethinng under the seed dish. They first start to play with the seeds and spill them all over. That would save alot getting wasted in the straw bedding.

 

[biophiliac]

My birds always like to stay home for awhile. Lol. Mine typically come out at 3-4 weeks and once they come down they typically eat and drink on their own. My two sqeakers will fly back up to their box after feeding and thats where they stay.

My homer's are mostly like that too. They typically learn to feed themselves while still in the box. Only my runty little #744 was still begging for food after coming down to the floor and couldn't fly back up to the nest box til recently. He is now showing some decent flying skills in the pen. The star flyer in the pen is Interloper who can do a perfect figure eight with an extra perfect circle at the top - inside the 4x10 area!