Pigeon Talk

[cavemanrich]

should I stick one under each of the other hens or just let them be? They were all within a day of being laid to each other.

I would,,, what can you loose

 

[Pigeon28]

Well the egg that pipped yesterday am still hasn’t hatched but has made some progress. The second egg that I wasn’t sure about also pipped today, so hoping they both are able to hatch out themselves.

edited to add photo of first squab

 

[Pigeon28]

Had 3 more hatch today so that makes 5, should have 6 in the am. Looking forwards to see what colors I get from my ash red and red grizzle? Or dun as the person I got it from called it.

 

[Pyxis]

Got in my shipment of All-In-One and some NPA bands, plus some snap on bands from Foy's today. Gonna dose the pigeons with the All-In-One at the pre-breeding season dose and hope for a successful season this year.

 

[Pyxis]

Rojo is behaving very aggressively to the new cock. He chases him nearly all the time. If he tries to fly down to the feeder to eat, Rojo comes down to chase him away until he flies back up and lands on the door to the loft.

Thoughts on what to do about this? I will add a second feeder but if he's just gonna keep chasing him away from both that won't really help.

 

[Qwerty3159]

Rojo is behaving very aggressively to the new cock. He chases him nearly all the time. If he tries to fly down to the feeder to eat, Rojo comes down to chase him away until he flies back up and lands on the door to the loft.

Thoughts on what to do about this? I will add a second feeder but if he's just gonna keep chasing him away from both that won't really help.

I have a similar situation with my three stooges and I found having a separate feeder helps. Two of them eat inside the loft and then my extra male has his own cup outside in the aviary. I also have two separate waterers for them. I have literally a dozen perching options for them but the cocks still fight because they only want a certain perch when the other bird is on it. They might work it out on their own. Is the other cock defending himself or just running away? My two are father and son and pretty evenly matched, usually a few wing slaps get thrown and then they break it up.

One of my favorite pigeon behaviors is the way they lay down and prop themselves up on one wing, it always looks a bit ridiculous.

 

[Pyxis]

Is the other cock defending himself or just running away?

Just running away. No real fighting, just Rojo being a jerk and chasing him all the time.

 

[Pyxis]

Look, first egg! This one belongs to Amarillo and I assume Rojo:

I'm gonna put a bowl with a nesting pad in there and hope they use it.

 

[Pyxis]

Yep, it's Rojo's egg. He was in with it when I went to check on the birds this evening. They have accepted the bowl and have made a sparse nest in it:

 

[MageofMist]

Squabble is now displaying behaviours more like a male. Thought he was female due to behavours prior when interacting with the other birds (gently preening, trying to hold beaks, squatting and so on) but has started doing behavours more in line with males towards me, and has a jealous streak as one will see at around the 2:12 mark, when I try to give a sunflower seed to Snowbell and Squabble gets offended. Is Squabble just jealous, or is Squabble male?