Pigeon Talk

[cavemanrich]

I'm debating pulling it from the parents when it's older to finish handfeeding it so that it's friendly. The parents are pretty skittish and I'd like the baby to not be that way.

I personally would not do it,,, Reason; I think parents raising lil one may encourage them to have more offsprings.
Of course you are keeping an eye on lil Junior. I think handling him, may be sufficiently good to keep him on the TAME SIDE. And of course if parents do become deadbeats, and abandon feeding, you can just intervene.

 

[CCUK]

There's a baby!

I saw the top half of a shell tossed from the nest, so I carefully looked, and yep, there's a baby in there!

That's great news! I have an archangel egg due this weekend too.

 

[CCUK]

No go. They had been spending a bit of time off the nest today. I candled it and it looks like a early quitter. The next eggs will be removed and put under one of the racers.

 

[backyard pigeons]

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Pileated woodpecker working a carpenter ant infested tree near the loft

I love those things! I have a few in our yard. There sounds are so cool!

 

[backyard pigeons]

There's a baby!

I saw the top half of a shell tossed from the nest, so I carefully looked, and yep, there's a baby in there!

Yay! Hopefully he makes it. We need some pictures.

 

[KiwiandPeachthePigeons]

My pigeons just layed two new eggs!

Fingers crossed they hatch into two healthy babies!

 

[biophiliac]

My pigeons just layed two new eggs! View attachment 2108048View attachment 2108049
Fingers crossed they hatch into two healthy babies!

Yay! Those are beautiful eggs.

 

[cavemanrich]

The next eggs will be removed and put under one of the racers.

Or

 

[Qwerty3159]

@Pyxis I'm glad you were finally able to get that pair to breed successfully!

I love those things! I have a few in our yard. There sounds are so cool!

I get three other woodpecker species in the yard and they all come to my feeders but this was the first time I saw one of the pileateds more than a passing glimpse as they flew by. I knew they were big but I wasn't expecting them to be crow sized.

My pigeons just layed two new eggs!
Fingers crossed they hatch into two healthy babies!

Congratulations!

 

[memphis]

Congrats Pyxis!! Cant wait for pictures!!