Pigeon Talk

[Pyxis]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/pomeranian-pouter-pigeons.1310245/

In case anyone needs any more pigeons

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

Thought I'd do a midweek toss. Let them go from my usual place, they went straight up turned and were gone. I jumped in the car, they were waiting for me when I got home!
View attachment 1776527
This is how long it took me to get back! I think I'm going to start going a little further now! They should beat me back everytime! I may invest in an ETS timer.

Wow! Great toss!

Pretty good, and she's not even a racer. A number of mine can walk faster than me...

You should see me chasing down ducks..

I checked Bugsy’s eggs tonight... infertile. I couldn’t remember how long they had been there, so I left them, but I’ll grab them tomorrow. It’s long enough, they are definitely clear.
But Bonnie’s single egg looks great! I apparently missed it for more days than I thought. It’s about halfway along!

sorry about Bugsys..
Congrats on Bonnies tho!

View attachment 1777402

Small update on my birds:
I've returned and everything seems well. From the mess in the loft it seems whatever the adults have is continuing to come and go as there is a fairly even mixture of normal poo and greenish mess. My 4 in 1 should be in soon so hopefully that takes care of things.
Both squabs are doing quite well and are around the 30 day mark.

Awful news guys... So, I have 5 racing homers, I had three males, but then I purchased a mated pair. So then I had 4males one female. Well, the 'pair' isn't a 'pair'. I now have FIVE males and ZERO females.

NOoooo! Dang it.. I hate that for you!
I hope you can get it worked out to get some females...

 

[backyard pigeons]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/pomeranian-pouter-pigeons.1310245/

In case anyone needs any more pigeons

Pyxis, your in big trouble!

 

[Pyxis]

Pyxis, your in big trouble!

Nah, they're pretty, but I've never been a fan of the pouters.

 

[backyard pigeons]

Nah, they're pretty, but I've never been a fan of the pouters.

Me either. They are a bit to odd. Now if they were NN's.

 

[backyard pigeons]

@Pyxis are you still waiting for eggs? Well, mine havent been breeding either, and I decided to put card board in the from of the boxes, with a small hole, so they had more privacy. It worked! A pair of mine that hasn't laid an egg for 6 months just laid one.

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

@Pyxis are you still waiting for eggs? Well, mine havent been breeding either, and I decided to put card board in the from of the boxes, with a small hole, so they had more privacy. It worked! A pair of mine that hasn't laid an egg for 6 months just laid one.

Way to go!

 

[Pyxis]

Alright pigeon friends, I am about to start the loft, FINALLY. So, what is the minimum size you all would go? It's going to have to be something divided, and I hope to put an aviary attached, so with that in mind, how much aviary space and how much indoor space would you all recommend? Let's say I want to keep five pairs of each breed.

 

[backyard pigeons]

Alright pigeon friends, I am about to start the loft, FINALLY. So, what is the minimum size you all would go? It's going to have to be something divided, and I hope to put an aviary attached, so with that in mind, how much aviary space and how much indoor space would you all recommend? Let's say I want to keep five pairs of each breed.

I personally LOVE walk in lofts with some space. So I would do 6 by 8 minimum. And then the more aviary space the better. Maybe 4 ft out and then 8 ft long going on the wall of the loft.

 

[Pyxis]

I personally LOVE walk in lofts with some space. So I would do 6 by 8 minimum. And then the more aviary space the better. Maybe 4 ft out and then 8 ft long going on the wall of the loft.

So here's the issue, this loft is going into my backyard in town, and I don't want to have to try to get a permit for it. So it can't be that big. It has to kind of fly under the radar.