Pigeon Talk

[Serin]

I am an animal rights activist and I am against killing animals for any reason (beyond humane euthanasia to prevent suffering and self defense i.e; if you're attacked by a lion.) I try to avoid parts of the forum that discuss it but it seems to come up even in the more innocuous seeming threads... wild animals should always get the right of way. They have been pushed to the fringes of their former habitats by development and all the so-called overpopulated species are many magnitudes less numerous than us. It is our responsibility to protect captive animals from wildlife, not to destroy wildlife.

The "pest" animals people have no issue offing matter no less than anyone's pets. Animals don't only matter if people like them.

Unrelated but a stoat isn't a rodent. It's a mustelid, in the carnivoran family. It's basically a ferret and not far from a dog on the tree of life. Certainly has all the same cognitive and emotional development.

Now off my soapbox...

 

[Serin]

New pics of Jingle. Jolly is doing fine too. Two weeks old. I’m proud of the parents.
And I got my 2020 NPA bands. I love the red! View attachment 2001575 View attachment 2001576 View attachment 2001577

These satinnete babies are really something cute. I remember when I had my ringneck dove and he was that age, they're just little snuggly lumps.

 

[WVduckchick]

I agree to respectfully disagree. Sorry, WV, I apologize for the hijack - I'll exit your thread.

I think we are civilized enough on this thread to agree to disagree on certain topics, and enough to discuss our points of view without attacking each other.... which is exactly what we did. So there is no need for anyone to exit the thread, unless they were personally offended.

(p.s. anyone personally offended should avoid the predator section. It gets much more heated over there!)

 

[memphis]

That's one of the reason I like this thread. Folks aren't jerks here and can tolerate a differing opinion. And the shared information & experiences are so helpful!

 

[ChickenTenderKesha]

So back to pigeons.. how likely is it that a new pair would lay a second set of eggs in a nest? Or do I have 2 females

 

[WVduckchick]

So back to pigeons.. how likely is it that a new pair would lay a second set of eggs in a nest? Or do I have 2 females

You mean they already have one pair of eggs? Or do you mean another set of birds?


Oh @sourland I have to take back half of your chicken dinner. I found Skye on Bugsy’s eggs. So apparently he IS the father, and Brick was just hanging out with Bugsy. I’m still not sure which gender Brick is, so I guess anything is still possible.

 

[ChickenTenderKesha]

You mean they already have one pair of eggs? Or do you mean another set of birds?

It’s only the two pigeons in the cage. I was going to collect the first set of eggs to swap them out and discovered a second set of eggs in the nest alongside the first set.. both of them take turns on the nest and I wasn’t watching them constantly so I don’t know who laid what eggs

 

[Serin]

That would be two hens I think.

 

[Old-clucker-55]

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[memphis]

The Skye/Bugsy/Brick situation is getting interesting!!