Pigeon Talk

[CCUK]

It's -8° and only getting to +1° today! I know the birds are cold hardy but I still feel bad for them...

https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lon=-89.25773620605469&lat=43.239200361809#.XErmvFVKhdj

Hope you have your woollies!
We had a couple of frosts and it's 10c outside now at 1940hrs!

 

[CCUK]

Probably the January HAL. I haven’t really been talking about them much. These were eggs I pulled from a broody nest, thought she wasn’t interested in sitting, so a bunch of them had been outside for several days in fluctuating temps. And some are new layers, so not good odds lol
Started with 22, only 7 made it to lockdown. Just checked and my first 2 internal pippers have already died.

But I have another incubator with 12 more, and my broody girls finally stuck to the nest. Hard to tell how many they have. Lol

I thought you were thinning your numbers?

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

Its the pic I posted here:



She's a really gorgeous bird. I'm so anxious to see what their offspring come out like.
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By the way, I'm hatching call ducklings this weekend, so the pigeons may soon lose the avatar throne for a little while. But they will regain it quickly, I feel sure.

She really is a pretty girl!

Bantam cochins are a broody bunch!! At least mine are.
I've had 4 or 5 try to cram in one nest box at the same time.
Look at t different age ranges: All hatched and raised by broodies in the same pen.
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But they don't get much cuter, so I have a hard time telling them "No".
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I loved my bantam cochins and yep, broody all the time..

Oh wow! That's definitely the cutest picture ever! I can understand how come you ended up with so many!! Well speckle has been on her own in the cage today and when I got home she had her head down and bum all fluffed up sat on an egg! She didn't move when I took it! But she back to running/hopping around my living room now. I wouldn't want to have to try and break her especially whilst I'm trying to fix her!
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It's -8° and only getting to +1° today! I know the birds are cold hardy but I still feel bad for them...

https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lon=-89.25773620605469&lat=43.239200361809#.XErmvFVKhdj

We had sunshine today finally..
Much warmer than where you are but still uncomfortably cold to me.

I thought you were thinning your numbers?

So did she..
But.. I think the call ducklings are for a buyer.. i think..

 

[biophiliac]

Much warmer than where you are but still uncomfortably cold to me.

I can sympathize, its all relative to what you are acclimated to. I believe its been unusually cold for you there recently.

 

[casportpony]

Wish I could send all of you some California weather.

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

I can sympathize, its all relative to what you are acclimated to. I believe its been unusually cold for you there recently.

It really has.. but honestly I start wanting the wood stove goin when the temps drop to 60..
The older I get the less I tolerate it..

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

Wish I could send all of you some California weather.

Thanks... I wish you could too!

 

[CCUK]

Meet millie!

 

[biophiliac]

Meet millie!
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Very cute! She is sister to Speckles?

 

[WVduckchick]

Meet millie!
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She’s a beauty!!

I had a mille rooster (named Adonis, because he was so gorgeous). Considered breeding the color but never found a suitable female for him, so I finally sold him.