Pigeon Talk

[backyard pigeons]

And yes! It sure does beat buying one. Saves me $50+ bucks!

 

[biophiliac]

I may have to stop interacting with her and just treat them as hands off cage birds to stop giving Olive mixed signals.

Once the babies are a week or so old you can start engaging with them - lots of fun!
You can even take the babies at say 2 weeks and finish feeding them. The parents don't get too upset about that.

 

[cavemanrich]

Squeakers! These 2 are now integrated to the flock after hand feeding the final 2 weeks before weaning. Very tame.
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You may have to return with them back to the Salon. The clippers may have been dull

The feral showed up this morning! I'm so happy! I'm nervous letting him out again, but that's no life for a feral being locked up.

I had a feeling he would return,,,, because of of flock.

Were only in this place until the rebuild is done and would they train to three dif homes like that? First his place, then this rental, then home? Would i just need to wait until they have offspring and train them that way to make them reliable?

My personal suggestion,,,,,,,,, wait until you will be in your permanent location.

Yeah, I really like him though. so he isn't going on any tosses! I would almost,,, almost, breed him, but I don't think I will.

My view differs,,,,,,, I would take him on tosses, as well as breed him,,,,,, Unless you are breeding for certain colors/looks/patterns.

 

[biophiliac]

ou may have to return with them back to the Salon. The clippers may have been dull

The boy named one of them 'Ears' for those stray downy hairs. The dark one he calls 'Q', dk why.

My view differs,,,,,,, I would take him on tosses, as well as breed him

I would also.

 

[backyard pigeons]

my view differs,,,,,,, I would take him on tosses, as well as breed him,,,,,, Unless you are breeding for certain colors/looks/patterns.

ok. So even when I'm getting out to several miles?

I would also.

ok. Can he keep up on tosses?

I don't think I'm gonna breed him, because I don't have many homer hens. Though maybe to a roller, to get some pretty pigeons...

 

[memphis]

BP... glad to hear your feral showed up!

Serin...I think Olive is hormonal and trying to figure out motherhood for the first time. She's going through a lot. Give her some time.

 

[Qwerty3159]

I just had by far my worst hawk attack.
Today I noticed some runny green droppings so decided to give each of the 3 affected birds a 4 in 1 tablet. I find it difficult to give the birds pills by myself as I need one hand to hold the bird, one to open the beak, and one to stick the pill in, so instead I was swaddling them in a towel and releasing them onto the landing board to go in for a feed. They were headed in when a juvenile Cooper's darted out and scattered the birds. The three that were out were the cockbird in my avatar, his mate, and then the bird that was oily/soaked a few weeks ago. The hawk went after the bird in my avatar first but he flew straight through an oak tree which caused the hawk to turn for his mate. She flew headfirst into the wooden fence in my yard and hit the ground but I managed to scare the hawk off of her. It went after the two remaining birds and chased my black cockbird off into the woods while the last one took off into the sky. Neither have been back yet.

The hen who hit the fence was basically dead when I found her and I figured she had done some severe damage to herself. However she has since snapped out of it and is eating, drinking, and moving normally so maybe she got lucky.

 

[Qwerty3159]

I only had one bird with the yellow tail stripes painted, it was my dark cockbird. The hawk was a juvenile and seemingly pretty desperate so it didnt seem to work. In hindsight it was stupid of me to let them go back in by themselves instead of putting them back in. It seems cruel to me to keep them locked up but it seems every time they're out they are attacked.

 

[CCUK]

I just had by far my worst hawk attack.
Today I noticed some runny green droppings so decided to give each of the 3 affected birds a 4 in 1 tablet. I find it difficult to give the birds pills by myself as I need one hand to hold the bird, one to open the beak, and one to stick the pill in, so instead I was swaddling them in a towel and releasing them onto the landing board to go in for a feed. They were headed in when a juvenile Cooper's darted out and scattered the birds. The three that were out were the cockbird in my avatar, his mate, and then the bird that was oily/soaked a few weeks ago. The hawk went after the bird in my avatar first but he flew straight through an oak tree which caused the hawk to turn for his mate. She flew headfirst into the wooden fence in my yard and hit the ground but I managed to scare the hawk off of her. It went after the two remaining birds and chased my black cockbird off into the woods while the last one took off into the sky. Neither have been back yet.

The hen who hit the fence was basically dead when I found her and I figured she had done some severe damage to herself. However she has since snapped out of it and is eating, drinking, and moving normally so maybe she got lucky.

Good god. It seems like these hawks have got your birds well in there sights. Good news the hen seems to be OK after hitting the fence. The two that are missing may come back later when it starts getting dark or first thing tomorrow morning. If they haven't been had. I'm hoping that they are quite hawk savvy now. They should be able to out fly and out manoeuvre one. The biggest risk is coming into land. You need to get this avairy built pronto. About the 4in1, why don't you get the liquid? Its far easier to administer in the drinking water and is a five day course.

 

[Qwerty3159]

Good god. It seems like these hawks have got your birds well in there sights. Good news the hen seems to be OK after hitting the fence. The two that are missing may come back later when it starts getting dark or first thing tomorrow morning. If they haven't been had. I'm hoping that they are quite hawk savvy now. They should be able to out fly and out manoeuvre one. The biggest risk is coming into land. You need to get this avairy built pronto. About the 4in1, why don't you get the liquid? Its far easier to administer in the drinking water and is a five day course.

Yes in the open sky they're much quicker than the hawks. They aren't half bad at escaping them but the constant hawk pressure means their luck runs out.
I'll try the liquid that seems like an easier and faster solution.