Pigeon Talk

[memphis]

He's handsome. Keep us posted on his house adventure! Serin's Olive is wonderful in the house!

 

[cavemanrich]

My male Figurita Wallace.

@cavemanrich hes a 5 year going on 6 year male Valencian Figurita! I'm pretty sure the smallest of all domesticated pigeon breeds.

My BAD,,,,
I just assumed Figurita Wallace was pigeons name.
My pigeon flock was not very big, so all my pigeons had names
Many peeps here have flocks too large for that, and thus refer to their individual pigeons as their Band Number designates so.

 

[WVduckchick]

Lol I have been away from this thread for awhile! Update though: I sold all my homers just this weekend to focus on my poultry as I set up a more organized and breed specific set ups for my chickens. In turn im down to ONE pigeon! My male Figurita Wallace.
Now I must convince him to become a proper house pet after all 5 years of his life has been loft living.
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He's a beauty!!

 

[WVduckchick]

I gave away some cockerels over the weekend. The guy fell in love with my pigeons. He said he has always wanted some to fly, but he really liked mine. I'm going to try to get in touch with the man that I got a few of my birds from, as he lives up close to this guy. But he wants some of mine also. I told my husband, that's one of the benefits of giving away free cockerels.... usually results in future customers, after they see all I have. He also loved my bantam cochins, and his little boy wants to show some of them.

A few recent pics. Does anyone know if the blue leakage on the chests will molt out, or disappear as they mature? I have quite a bit of it, so I need to figure out what to do about it.

 

[casportpony]

Those are beautiful!

 

[mixedUPturk]

I gave away some cockerels over the weekend. The guy fell in love with my pigeons. He said he has always wanted some to fly, but he really liked mine. I'm going to try to get in touch with the man that I got a few of my birds from, as he lives up close to this guy. But he wants some of mine also. I told my husband, that's one of the benefits of giving away free cockerels.... usually results in future customers, after they see all I have. He also loved my bantam cochins, and his little boy wants to show some of them.

A few recent pics. Does anyone know if the blue leakage on the chests will molt out, or disappear as they mature? I have quite a bit of it, so I need to figure out what to do about it.
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word of mouth and repeat business are two of the largest advertisements i have.

 

[tacothechicken]

My BAD,,,,
I just assumed Figurita Wallace was pigeons name.
My pigeon flock was not very big, so all my pigeons had names
Many peeps here have flocks too large for that, and thus refer to their individual pigeons as their Band Number designates so.

Haha oh i do that too! Hes just the only fancy bird I have so hes not hard to tell apart I was up to 35 birds this summer and I was just like "one of the pigeons-" no specification cause I could barely keep track except for my saddles and a pretty almond-ish line I had

 

[Serin]

@WVduckchick

The blue feathers won't molt out, they are mismarked from a show standpoint. To maintain a show standard, birds with feathers out of place are culled out, either sold as droppers like Olive was, given to dog trainers or just have their necks broken, if the facebook groups I've lurked in are any indication.

There are bird mutations where they lose dark coloring over time but pigeons, at least pigeons with pied mutations as the owl-types have, develop their adult patterns by the time they leave the nest.

 

[backyard pigeons]

I gave away some cockerels over the weekend. The guy fell in love with my pigeons. He said he has always wanted some to fly, but he really liked mine. I'm going to try to get in touch with the man that I got a few of my birds from, as he lives up close to this guy. But he wants some of mine also. I told my husband, that's one of the benefits of giving away free cockerels.... usually results in future customers, after they see all I have. He also loved my bantam cochins, and his little boy wants to show some of them.

A few recent pics. Does anyone know if the blue leakage on the chests will molt out, or disappear as they mature? I have quite a bit of it, so I need to figure out what to do about it.
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they won't molt out, but they are still pretty. Though not show standard. It's up to you if you want to breed them. I would, and then sell them by word of mouth to trustworthy people like the one guy who wants some. Sats are experiencing an amazing wave of popularity now, so you wouldn't have a hard time finding homes for them.

 

[Marivaal]

For everyone who breeds and then either sells/gives away their pigeons, how do you get the word out there? I'm not really trying to make a profit, I would just enjoy having a flock and then giving away whatever babies come out of it.