Pigeon Talk

[Pyxis]

I think it's the Romanian NNs, and I would like a pic also!

I think so!

Is this your tumbler pair? Or flillbacks? Either one, I would love a picture of them

Yes, it's the tumblers! I did also give my cream yellow bar frillback pair some more hay and the male is doing a fresh nest. He's been trying to entice the hen but no eggs from them yet.

 

[Pyxis]

Quick cell phone picture. That's her in the nest. I see he's putting hay over the top of her. I'm not an expert, but I don't think that's quite right, lol.

Looks like some has actually made it into the nest, though.

 

[biophiliac]

Quick cell phone picture. That's her in the nest. I see he's putting hay over the top of her. I'm not an expert, but I don't think that's quite right, lol.

Looks like some has actually made it into the nest, though.

Perfectly normal! She will grab it and place it where she wants.

 

[backyard pigeons]

Quick cell phone picture. That's her in the nest. I see he's putting hay over the top of her. I'm not an expert, but I don't think that's quite right, lol.

Looks like some has actually made it into the nest, though.

It's good enough to tell their pretty! Thats funny with the hay. He's learning I guess!

 

[Pyxis]

It's good enough to tell their pretty! Thats funny with the hay. He's learning I guess!

They're 2017 hatch, so this shouldn't be his first rodeo, lol. I think he's just very enthusiastic about having hay to make a nest finally. He pulled all the hay that you see in the picture into the cage.

 

[biophiliac]

They're 2017 hatch, so this shouldn't be his first rodeo, lol. I think he's just very enthusiastic about having hay to make a nest finally. He pulled all the hay that you see in the picture into the cage.

They are very cool. Of your fancy breeds, I like them best.
It seems to me the fancys are more sensitive about breeding, my homers crank out eggs like crazy. Today I found a whole nest had falled to the floor from its perch in a cardboard box atop a small stand. The nest contents were all over the floor. Thankfully the plastic eggs were safe! I restored everything to it's place and dad was back on the nest within a minute.

 

[cavemanrich]

Speaking of chipmunks, I had a cardinal on a nest of 3 eggs in a bush outside my bedroom window. I set up one of my wi-fi cameras on it. A few days later, I checked the nest and the eggs were gone. No sign of shells, nothing!
Finally went through camera footage last night and guess what ate them?? A chipmunk!!

Cardinals need to take a class in Building 101.

They are all non banded, the ones he missed, so he can't really do much with them since he can't race them. so perfect for me!

You LUCKED OUT ROYAL

I was just wondering what happened to the 2-3 squirrels that were waiting for the pigeon feed every morning last fall. I haven't seen even one this year.

They may have traveled SOUTH and ended up by me. Caveman WELCOMES ALL squirrels. This one is eating ration of BOSS. I went thru 3,, 50 lb bags since autumn. It is also for birds and some for my chickens.

The red is the nest. It’s more obvious in the video, but he’s holding the egg in his little front paws and sucking the filling out. I hope they hadn’t developed very long.

Start feeding them their preferred meals, and maybe they won't bother the nests. Is that a squirrel or a chipmunk.??? I was not aware chipmunks climbed trees,,,, or at least very high. Low bush,,,, and it is free for all to many predators.

Please don't take this the wrong way, but these types of posts really concern me.
Why are you shooting animals that are just trying to survive?
Those guns hurt horribly, and that's on a person. The chipmunks or the squirrels are native, and your cats are the invasive species. Outdoor cats each kill hundreds of birds and small animals a year as it is.

It is completely natural for squirrels to eat birds' nests. The bird populations are long adapted to endure occasional nest predation. The issue that results in their decline is the unnaturally large numbers of cats in urban settings, most of which are fed and able to live at very high population densities but which still kill for fun. Birds can't deal with that pressure as well. In many areas, cats live at densities 10x or more that native predators would have lived at. That is a lot of pampered predators to avoid.

We don't have many outside cats here thankfully - coyotes moved into the city a few years ago, and killed most of them. And we have never had so many birds as the past couple of years. I saw my first oriole, and several species of warblers this spring!

Agree with you TOTALLY.

Heavy metal birds! That's determination for you!

ROFLM heine O,,,,,,,,

 

[backyard pigeons]

Ccuk, any signs of the birds? Could you loft fly your strongest birds so they may retrieve them?

 

[CCUK]

Ccuk, any signs of the birds? Could you loft fly your strongest birds so they may retrieve them?

No. No sign of them. I let them out on Friday afternoon and they all returned. They stayed in Saturday and they have been out this afternoon and there all back. I fear that they are gone.

 

[CCUK]

Well it's been a weekend of mixed emotion, ups and downs. I lost one of my ex battery hens on Friday night. She has been unwell for a while and living in my house. She collapsed on Friday and couldn't stand or eat. I had to finish it. I was a little upset to say the least. RIP Rosie 3yrs 8mths.

A week ago I had a PM from another UK member saying that she was being forced to rehome her 4 hens because she wasn't allowed to keep them where she lived. She was unaware of this when she got them and had grown incredibly attached. She wanted me to take them. I agreed and gave spent all week making preperations for them. Short story they arrived yesterday, she drove over 160 miles to bring them to me. She was so upset and it was probably the most humbling thing for me that she believed that I am the best option for her hens to be safe and well cared for. The bar had been set high. This is Roo a buff Orpington,

Pedro a rhode island red,

Lilah a light Sussex

and Jelly bean a cream crested legbar(possible cross?)

They are 4 very sweet hens and in very good health. That was yesterday.
Today we were at the stables and I found one of the two hens that they have there had died in the night. She was quite an old hen but still sad. Well now for the good news that is actually about pigeons! The lady that owns the stables had an avairy that she puts any pigeons that get injured or babies that have fallen out of nests, she's as soft as we are! She had a lovely youngster that I think is probably about 9-10 weeks old. It had never flown out side of the avairy. It is a little beauty and now it's mine!

I'll have to keep it in for a while but hopefully it will settle and become part of the flock! I also think it's a he.
Sorry about the long post but it's been a crazy weird emotional weekend.