Pigeon Talk

[sourland]

Sometime after your squab is 2 weeks old the parents may start another clutch.

When this happens, some cocks will brood the squab in the evening while the hen is on eggs. Others will not and some squabs will be lost. This is why I never put my pairs together until mid Feb.

 

[biophiliac]

If not, would it need hand reared from that point or can it care for itself?

It would need some extra feeding if the parents abandon it. Only once happened to me when a pair of hens moved away from their baby to a new nest box.
@WVduckchick - your chick is old enough you could handle it a bit everyday so its real tame.

 

[sourland]

If not, would it need hand reared from that point or can it care for itself.

I have never had a cock stop feeding young even when setting another round of eggs. The bigger problem lies in chilling of incompletely feathered squabs this time of year.

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

Youll be well prepaired for your pigeons! How long have you been stalking the pigeon threads!?

I sure hope so..
I got hooked when helping with hatching on the other thread. New absolutely nothing about pigeons but figured hatching one bird cant be much different than any other.. hoped I should say.. and it worked out well with all the help from the others there..

It would need some extra feeding if the parents abandon it. Only once happened to me when a pair of hens moved away from their baby to a new nest box.
@WVduckchick - your chick is old enough you could handle it a bit everyday so its real tame.

When do they usually begin feeding on their own?

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

I have never had a cock stop feeding young even when setting another round of eggs. The bigger problem lies in chilling of incompletely feathered squabs this time of year.

Oh ok. I get that!

 

[WVduckchick]

At least Lisa will be prepared. I just jumped in head first!
I have plenty of room for them now, but maybe I shouldn’t let them make another nest so soon...that is even if they try, because of winter. I have another bowl there, but they haven’t put any nest material in it yet.


All this brings up another thing I’ve been thinking about... Inbreeding. I was watching one of those videos and he mentioned that one of his groups of birds were all the same family. Many generations from the same line with only limited crossings thrown in. I’m pretty sure he said he started them in 1991! So how important is new blood lines in pigeon breeding? I don’t even know if Bonnie and Clyde are related.

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

At least Lisa will be prepared. I just jumped in head first!
I have plenty of room for them now, but maybe I shouldn’t let them make another nest so soon...that is even if they try, because of winter. I have another bowl there, but they haven’t put any nest material in it yet.


All this brings up another thing I’ve been thinking about... Inbreeding. I was watching one of those videos and he mentioned that one of his groups of birds were all the same family. Many generations from the same line with only limited crossings thrown in. I’m pretty sure he said he started them in 1991! So how important is new blood lines in pigeon breeding? I don’t even know if Bonnie and Clyde are related.

Well.. until its my turn and Ive forgotten everything Ive learned here while in a fit of panic...

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

And with that Im off to bed.. y'all have a great night!

 

[backyard pigeons]

You should NOT do sibling to sibling. Only parent back to offspring but i dont even do that. I wouldnt allow free loft breeding unless you started with 4pairs minimum. So that way there will be enough blood diversity

At least Lisa will be prepared. I just jumped in head first!
I have plenty of room for them now, but maybe I shouldn’t let them make another nest so soon...that is even if they try, because of winter. I have another bowl there, but they haven’t put any nest material in it yet.


All this brings up another thing I’ve been thinking about... Inbreeding. I was watching one of those videos and he mentioned that one of his groups of birds were all the same family. Many generations from the same line with only limited crossings thrown in. I’m pretty sure he said he started them in 1991! So how important is new blood lines in pigeon breeding? I don’t even know if Bonnie and Clyde are related.

 

[WVduckchick]

HELP! Neither parent is in the nest bowl with the baby now. They are on the roost just above her. It’s now dark. Supposed to get to 27F tonight. What do I do?