Pigeon Talk

[sourland]

Funny how genetics work. It sounds you you have the dirty gene\jeans mastered.

Clean genes/dirty jeans - story of my life. Or so I claim.

 

[Qwerty3159]

Does anyone know what these wispy feathers are caused by? I thought he’d molt out of them but he’s going on like nine months of age. The ones on his neck are most noticeable but he also has some that look a little tatty on his wing shields. He’s always had them, and his sister does not.

 

[cavemanrich]

I don't have any genetics knowledge, but I do have an opinion,,, I think it makes him UNIQUE, and HANDSOME

 

[backyard pigeons]

Does anyone know what these wispy feathers are caused by? I thought he’d molt out of them but he’s going on like nine months of age. The ones on his neck are most noticeable but he also has some that look a little tatty on his wing shields. He’s always had them, and his sister does not.

I dont know. A few of my birds have them. I don't think its genetic, but rather a lazy bird not preening its feathers enough.

 

[Old_Strain_Lover]

Does anyone know what these wispy feathers are caused by? I thought he’d molt out of them but he’s going on like nine months of age. The ones on his neck are most noticeable but he also has some that look a little tatty on his wing shields. He’s always had them, and his sister does not.

It's somewhere in the line of your birds and now popping out in their young. It's a genetic thing (2 separate things though). The wispy ones on the neck aren't something anyone is looking for, however the ones on the wing shields are something that the never to be forgotten Charles Heitzman used to look for in his Sions. His thinking was that it was caused because the feathers were thicker and it was something he thought was better than normal... I don't necessarily agree with him on that, but you can't argue with the results he was getting with his birds...

 

[Qwerty3159]

Thanks for that info. I wasn’t sure if it was an indicator of a problem with diet or something. I kind of like the neck feathers, they look a bit like rooster hackles when he gets cooing

 

[WVduckchick]

@backyard pigeons congrats on the show!!

 

[WVduckchick]

Found the first egg of the season in a nest yesterday. Temps are dropping quick today though!

 

[-Kiwi-]

A Valentines Day pair of eggs for Kiwi and Peach! Its been really cold here but im not too worried.

 

[WVduckchick]

Now at 5 eggs... 2 pairs, plus a first egg in a third nest. Guess these birds have their cycles in sync.