Pigeon Talk

[biophiliac]

@holm25 I LOVE those pouters! Not sure what to say about the Jacobins.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

I finally got a video of my pigeons bathing. they are so funny. I put a small square tub in there and they all jumped in together. I sort of figured they would take turns. They don't seem to mind though.

They are just soaking it up ain't they!

Neat birds. Only have a pair that I’m gonna have for a little project.

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Where the heck is its head??

 

[backyard pigeons]

Neat birds. Only have a pair that I’m gonna have for a little project.

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So pretty! They can pull down the feathers enough to see, right?

 

[Pyxis]

Well now I have a dilemma, of the good variety, lol. He has no silver cocks, so I was thinking I would just get another pair from him. What I wanted to do is either a black hen and a blue cock, OR he has a pair of this gorgeous color called cream yellow bar. I want them but I'm not too sure if breeding the offspring from them with other colors will work.

But look how pretty they are

 

[holm25]

Not my bird but my picture. They can see just fine in front of themselves when showing and then when relaxed they can somewhat see to the sides as well.. These bird is an Almond Jacobin I saw at the BCPPA show.

 

[WVduckchick]

Well now I have a dilemma, of the good variety, lol. He has no silver cocks, so I was thinking I would just get another pair from him. What I wanted to do is either a black hen and a blue cock, OR he has a pair of this gorgeous color called cream yellow bar. I want them but I'm not too sure if breeding the offspring from them with other colors will work.

But look how pretty they are

Very pretty! Are all their beaks that long? I hadn’t noticed it before.


In other news, I checked Shadow’s eggs tonight. One egg was collapsed. Not broken, but the shell must have been soft/weak and was crunched in. The other egg looked infertile, so since they’ve only been there a few days, I went ahead and pulled both eggs, thinking it may take her a few days to lay another if I just took the one that was messed up.
Can/will they eat oyster shell? I’ve given her some layer feed, along with her regular feed sometimes, but not every day.

 

[WVduckchick]

Not my bird but my picture. They can see just fine in front of themselves when showing and then when relaxed they can somewhat see to the sides as well.. These bird is an Almond Jacobin I saw at the BCPPA show.

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They are odd looking, but look at that beautiful face!
I wouldn’t mind having some of those.

 

[Pyxis]

Very pretty! Are all their beaks that long? I hadn’t noticed it before.


In other news, I checked Shadow’s eggs tonight. One egg was collapsed. Not broken, but the shell must have been soft/weak and was crunched in. The other egg looked infertile, so since they’ve only been there a few days, I went ahead and pulled both eggs, thinking it may take her a few days to lay another if I just took the one that was messed up.
Can/will they eat oyster shell? I’ve given her some layer feed, along with her regular feed sometimes, but not every day.

Yep, they have longer beaks. Lol, but anything would look long compared to the beaks on your frills! Well, almost anything. There are some breeds that practically don't have a beak at all.

In other news, I had a look at the genetics, found out how the colors worked, discovered I could actually make sex links breeding the yellow bars to silvers, and decided to go with a cream yellow bar pair.

 

[backyard pigeons]

Well now I have a dilemma, of the good variety, lol. He has no silver cocks, so I was thinking I would just get another pair from him. What I wanted to do is either a black hen and a blue cock, OR he has a pair of this gorgeous color called cream yellow bar. I want them but I'm not too sure if breeding the offspring from them with other colors will work.

But look how pretty they are

your the one looking at them everyday, so it's up to you! (Although we will need to have lots of pics!) It is a very pretty one though! Do you want variety or want consistancy?

 

[shawluvsbirds]

Well now I have a dilemma, of the good variety, lol. He has no silver cocks, so I was thinking I would just get another pair from him. What I wanted to do is either a black hen and a blue cock, OR he has a pair of this gorgeous color called cream yellow bar. I want them but I'm not too sure if breeding the offspring from them with other colors will work.

But look how pretty they are

That is beautiful indeed!!
Wow. Hard choice!

Not my bird but my picture. They can see just fine in front of themselves when showing and then when relaxed they can somewhat see to the sides as well.. These bird is an Almond Jacobin I saw at the BCPPA show.

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Ok I like that one
I can see it's head.