Pigeon Talk

[WVduckchick]

3days to first egg. Thats my vote! Lol.

Are you kidding me?!!??

 

[backyard pigeons]

WHAT? You dont want eggs? No i know you said its cold there. But would you let them try? Or pull the eggs?

Are you kidding me?!!??

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

Yes you are lucky to have started young and you have so much knowledge about them already. I got my first 6 birds last Dec around this time and I was thinking about that yesterday. Here are 5 of the first 6 all huddled in one nestbox when they first arrived - see how clean? haha

You asked about color changes as they age...

The hen next to the red check molted into the bird below with much more white.
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Hello WVduckchick I'm a newbie to pigeons too I have one nun pigeon, (I thought it was a helmet pigeon I just learned to tell the difference today) a helmet pigeon, a pair of rollers, and a pair of homers. I would like a few frillbacks, a few German modenas, and a few capuchin reds. My dream bird is the capuchin red.

Hello and welcome! Its nice to have you with us!

I'M SO HAPPY!!!!!!! I found capuchin and modena pigeons cheap only 3 hours away well maybe that's a little far but it's worth it.

Also atm one of the oops babies #744 now 7 weeks is in poor shape with crop canker I believe. Gave the second pill(ronidazole, 10%) this morning. I have hir inside for warmth but she can't eat and has lost weight. She strongly resisted feeding her thawed peas. I believe this is due to significant canker lesions in the esophagus/crop area, probably making it difficult to swallow. It may have spread to her sinus as one eye is mostly closed. Lesions only became visible in the mouth 2 days ago and are larger now. She has always had a struggle being the much smaller of the squabs. The organism that causes canker is present in most pigeons but is normally suppressed by a healthy immune system. If I had started treatment sooner her chances would be better.

edit added: breathing is labored, more today than yesterday. Again, I suspect this is due to canker in the sinus and esophagus.

I hope she gets over it soon!

Finally got some pics of the homing pigeons and some pics of the helmet and the nun pigeon in their new home in the barn.

To my surprise, Bonnie is in the nest bowl with Bugsy tonight.

 

[Misfits Farm 92]

Yes thats likely why they laid eggs. And what you saw this morning is the cock trying to get the hen to come and start building a nest together.

Ok I will buy them a nest box and give them some straw. When I put them in the new cage that had bedding the female pigeon was doing something to the ground I figured she was foraging but she may have been looking for nest materials.

 

[WVduckchick]

WHAT? You dont want eggs? No i know you said its cold there. But would you let them try? Or pull the eggs?

I’d rather not have to decide.
Was hoping she wouldn’t lay again so soon.
Oops Sour told me to order wooden eggs. I forgot. Are those for her to sit on (swap out with the ones she lays) or will she not lay if there are wooden ones in there?

 

[backyard pigeons]

She would likely lay two, then sit. But like you said, you would swap them out.

 

[sourland]

3days to first egg. Thats my vote! Lol.

I am afraid that I was thinking the same thing.

 

[sourland]

I’d rather not have to decide.
Was hoping she wouldn’t lay again so soon.
Oops Sour told me to order wooden eggs. I forgot. Are those for her to sit on (swap out with the ones she lays) or will she not lay if there are wooden ones in there?

For swapping out. Then allow them to brood the fake eggs as long as they will.

 

[WVduckchick]

I am afraid that I was thinking the same thing.

Geez, did you do your dance without telling me??

For swapping out. Then allow them to brood the fake eggs as long as they will.

Ah ok, gotcha.

 

[backyard pigeons]

@Field Mountains Farm have you made a decision on loft type/setup? Walk in or not?