Pigeon Talk

[backyard pigeons]

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!

You should see my portueguese tumblers! They will hover for 30 seconds straight! They will circle when i need to catch them in the 6 by 8 coop! I once had a RUNT that could perch on this tiny board up higher than all the others. Never got bothered and was all alone up their and the highest of them all. But sadly it was caught by a coopers once. It was prob about 1/3 the size of reguler bird. Its hatch mate hatched 48 hours before it.

 

[CCUK]

Sad but valuable lesson learned. One of the squabs didn’t make it. Looks like it’s been dead for a couple days or so. But the other seems fat and healthy.

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Spoiler: Dead one

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Oh no. I'm so sorry. I'm a little behind on the threads.

 

[CCUK]

Oh its real! After all it all started with 4 pigeons for me...

And now 26.

I started with one! Now I have 14! but I lost 3

 

[CCUK]

Sorry, gotta show off my dinosaurs a bit

Here's Ciara:

And Desi:

Desi doesn't pose as nicely for me, lol.

Your emus look amazing! Kind of makes me want a couple! Are they noisy? My neighbours must think I have a zoo going on already!

 

[Pyxis]

Your emus look amazing! Kind of makes me want a couple! Are they noisy? My neighbours must think I have a zoo going on already!

They are quiet They whistle as juveniles but it's not loud. Mature females 'boom' in the mating season though. Mature males grunt.

 

[WVduckchick]

Bonnie and Clyde were both outside this morning, so I took the opportunity to bring the little one inside to weigh her. 132 grams at 11 days, sound about average?
And photo op, of course
I also picked some of the poop out of the nest and added some more shavings and straw. Clyde was back on the nest a bit later.

 

[biophiliac]

She's a cutie! I think the weight is prob normal. The only weights I have for squabs were older, maybe 2 weeks and I think they weighed in around 180gr at first. Keep in mind some of my homers are large birds! There is quite a difference in the weight before and after feeding. If you are seeing her with a nice full crop most of the time things should be good.

edit to add: I doubt splayed leg will be a problem but you are aware to look for it, right?

 

[WVduckchick]

She's a cutie! I think the weight is prob normal. The only weights I have for squabs were older, maybe 2 weeks and I think they weighed in around 180gr at first. Keep in mind some of my homers are large birds! There is quite a difference in the weight before and after feeding. If you are seeing her with a nice full crop most of the time things should be good.

edit to add: I doubt splayed leg will be a problem but you are aware to look for it, right?

I hadn't looked up any weights, but she feels heavy! Especially coming from such a small egg just 11 days ago I'll try to keep a weight log for reference.

And I did know they can get splay leg. The slick scale caused her to slide her leg out, but I put her on the carpet and she seemed to keep them under her. And in the nest, she seems fine to stand, but I'll definitely keep an eye on it. Little fat body will need some strong legs

Oh, and I heard her peep finally... when I put her back in the nest. Cute little sounds.

 

[biophiliac]

I hadn't looked up any weights, but she feels heavy! Especially coming from such a small egg just 11 days ago I'll try to keep a weight log for reference.

And I did know they can get splay leg. The slick scale caused her to slide her leg out, but I put her on the carpet and she seemed to keep them under her. And in the nest, she seems fine to stand, but I'll definitely keep an eye on it. Little fat body will need some strong legs

Oh, and I heard her peep finally... when I put her back in the nest. Cute little sounds.

I love the 'wing wiggle' that accompanies the peeping to solicit food. Even in adults I can spot a very subtle wing wiggle at the sight of peanuts for example. So the peeping is why the youngster are called squeakers I guess.

 

[WVduckchick]

A friend at work named her for me. I showed her the pic and she said looks like a little Bugsy. How perfect is that, with Bonnie and Clyde as parents?