Pigeon Talk

[Fields Mountain Farm]

Thank you my friend.

Hang in there and dont beat yourself up over it. You do the best you can and no doubt the wing issue was hard to detect while she was caged and you were focused on her head injury. You'll get her sorted!

 

[biophiliac]

in·ter·lop·er
/ˈin(t)ərˌlōpər,ˌin(t)ərˈlōpər/
noun

1. a person who becomes involved in a place or situation where they are not wanted or are considered not to belong

So there's this feral bird I'll call Interloper, trying to join my flock. He roosted last night on the edge of a vent cover on the outside of the loft and joined mine when they came out to fly...still hanging around.

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

in·ter·lop·er
/ˈin(t)ərˌlōpər,ˌin(t)ərˈlōpər/
noun

1. a person who becomes involved in a place or situation where they are not wanted or are considered not to belong

So there's this feral bird I'll call Interloper, trying to join my flock. He roosted last night on the edge of a vent cover on the outside of the loft and joined mine when they came out to fly...still hanging around.
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Huh.. wonder if he belonged to someone and is familiar with a loft..or just has his or her eye on one of yours for a mate?

 

[Thepigeonguy]

1. a person who becomes involved in a place or situation where they are not wanted or are considered not to belong

So there's this feral bird I'll call Interloper, trying to join my flock. He roosted last night on the edge of a vent cover on the outside of the loft and joined mine when they came out to fly...still hanging around.

Ha ha, what do you plan to do with him if he stays? Fire up the grill? (that would be nasty to eat a feral though so...)

 

[WVduckchick]

in·ter·lop·er
/ˈin(t)ərˌlōpər,ˌin(t)ərˈlōpər/
noun

1. a person who becomes involved in a place or situation where they are not wanted or are considered not to belong

So there's this feral bird I'll call Interloper, trying to join my flock. He roosted last night on the edge of a vent cover on the outside of the loft and joined mine when they came out to fly...still hanging around.
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No leg bands? I take it you don't want him around. What can you do?

 

[holm25]

I shoot loads of feral pigeons and eat them. Better than a domestic.

 

[igorsMistress]

hi
I hope you don't mind that I follow along. We don't have pigeons now, but we have in the past and I enjoyed them a lot. I still like to read about people's experience with them.

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

hi
I hope you don't mind that I follow along. We don't have pigeons now, but we have in the past and I enjoyed them a lot. I still like to read about people's experience with them.

Welcome to the loft!

 

[WVduckchick]

hi
I hope you don't mind that I follow along. We don't have pigeons now, but we have in the past and I enjoyed them a lot. I still like to read about people's experience with them.

Hi you! Welcome aboard.

I should probably warn you, we may entice you to want to have some again.

What kind did you used to have?

 

[igorsMistress]

Hi you! Welcome aboard.

I should probably warn you, we may entice you to want to have some again.

What kind did you used to have?

Thanks! I would love to have some homers again. I always got a rush when I opened the loft in the morning and they'd go out to fly. It was my favorite chore.

Some were just wild pigeons that my husband and a friend caught to help out at a grain plant. They sold many of those for dog training but I picked out the birds that seemed to be pairs and had nice coloring.

We had some fantails, a few homers, frillbacks and a beautiful pair of Capuchins we named Fred and Ethel. I loved those two, super sweet and would eat out of my hand.

We get plenty of wild pigeons here and my chickens sometimes kill them so I don't see pigeons in my near future