Pigeon Talk

[h2oratt]

In all the years that I have been raising pigeons I have lost only one young squeaker to drowning. I had the bottom of a 45 gallon plastic barrel with 5 gallons of water it in it. I came out later and found a young fully fledged squeaker that had drowned in the barrel.

It has only happen to me that one incident.



There are as many different breeding pens as there are pigeon fanciers
Check it out: https://www.google.ca/search?q=pige...oHoBQ&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=960&bih=515&dpr=1.5

Mistakes can be made no matter which method you choose to sex your pigeons.
I find the best way to sex a bird is to ask another pigeon. I have made mistakes myself thus gay pairing. Not so much lately as the decades pass. I figure I can guess the gender of a pigeon once it has fledged with about 80% accuracy even higher if it is an adult bird.

Check out the link the pigeon bowing and circling is ♂ the bird walking is ♀. Males tend to be more iridescent and a bit larger than the ♀ as a rule of thumb.
One think for sure if it lays an egg it is "FEMALE" ♀!

Ok, my fantail is doing that dance with me. Does that mean it’s a male? I am not keeping him single by choice. I found this fantail. I am unable to contact the owners.

 

[biophiliac]

Ok, my fantail is doing that dance with me. Does that mean it’s a male? I am not keeping him single by choice. I found this fantail. I am unable to contact the owners.

Lol So if we ask him he will say you are a female pigeon?

 

[h2oratt]

I finally got a contact number for. WFC. The man said the man with all the records has not turned them over. What a shame. What# the point of banding your bird if no one has the records. I guess I am going to put him up for adoption.

 

[biophiliac]

I finally got a contact number for. WFC. The man said the man with all the records has not turned them over. What a shame. What# the point of banding your bird if no one has the records. I guess I am going to put him up for adoption.

Very disappointing indeed!

 

[biophiliac]

my fantail

Are you sure you don't want to keep your little buddy? You can claim to have a rare black mini peacock!

 

[WVduckchick]

@shawluvsbirds here’s the post I was talking about.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/pigeon-talk.1276029/page-314#post-20960805


Love is in the air here. If I don’t see 3 sets of eggs within the next few days, I will be shocked.
That leaves me with 4 birds that I’m not “positive” on gender, but I might have gotten lucky and have equal numbers of males and females.

 

[biophiliac]

https://twitter.com/backt0nature/status/1092906842924171274

Edit - Likely a bird with an amputated leg. I hope he belongs to the musician.

 

[Pyxis]

Where is the most cost effective place to get this done?

I use IQ Bird Testing. They are also who did my emus for me. It's $13.99 for a feather test or $11.99 for a blood test.

 

[Serin]

Hi everyone. Look who I picked up today. Her name is Olive.

 

[biophiliac]

Hi everyone. Look who I picked up today. Her name is Olive. View attachment 1669644

She is a darling! Do you have a mate for her?