Pigeon Talk

[cavemanrich]

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What breed is your pigeon???

 

[OhZark Biddies]

Pigeon poops it’s own portrait on a leaf

 

[Kessel23]

What breed is your pigeon???

Birmingham Roller

 

[Qwerty3159]

@cavemanrich thanks for the advice! I’m checking the eggs daily to determine which are the most/ least developed to figure out which I’ll get rid of.

A warning about staples:
A member on here unfortunately lost one of their pigeons that ingested a staple. I’ve definitely stapled things before in my loft, so I figured I’d pass on this information if any of you have done the same.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/help-egg-bound-pigeon.1485435/#post-24795267

 

[-Kiwi-]

Its been awhile since I last posted, but here's what going on with my flock!
Kiwi and Peach have expanded the flock with two new sets of babies that are grown now. One egg hatched last week. So now we have eight beautiful birds!
I've been taking them out on tosses, packing them all up in a carrier and walking them down the road a while and then releasing them. They've been doing well so far and usually beat me home. I'm planning on driving them down to a building a couple miles away for a toss this weekend. One problem I have is whenever they first get out, some circle a few times and then land in a tree and stay there, and the rest fly home, so that the birds left behind don't come home until later and putting them at risk for hawk attacks.
The middle pair of young pigeons have really found their wings and are the only ones that really get out and fly in between tosses. It's amazing to watch them fly.

One problem I've been having is them staying out at night instead of coming into the loft to sleep so that I can't catch them. I've been feeding only in the loft so that they come in but my mom has been giving them food on top of the loft even though I tell her not to :/

 

[sourland]

@KiwiAndPeachThePigeons123 Tell your Mom that feeding them on top of the loft is only fattening them for the hawks.

 

[Pigeon28]

Iv been letting my yb out daily and all they do is sit on the roof all day long I had a breeder escape over my head the other day and she was back within 10 after a quick fly. This gives me hope I may be able to loft fly them as well but my problem is that Im worried about the breeders taking the yb out too far as they haven’t routed and losing them all. If the yb were routing I may feel a little better about letting them all out…

 

[Old_Strain_Lover]

Iv been letting my yb out daily and all they do is sit on the roof all day long I had a breeder escape over my head the other day and she was back within 10 after a quick fly. This gives me hope I may be able to loft fly them as well but my problem is that Im worried about the breeders taking the yb out too far as they haven’t routed and losing them all. If the yb were routing I may feel a little better about letting them all out…

How old are they? Did they ever fly? are they molting? have you flagged them to get them in the air?

 

[Pigeon28]

How old are they? Did they ever fly? are they molting? have you flagged them to get them in the air?

The yb are just over 2 months. They had never flown as I hatched them at the new property. I haven’t been able to flag as they will sit on the top of our house and or garage once I get them off the loft roof. I had heard maybe a tennis ball?

 

[Qwerty3159]

The yb are just over 2 months. They had never flown as I hatched them at the new property. I haven’t been able to flag as they will sit on the top of our house and or garage once I get them off the loft roof. I had heard maybe a tennis ball?

I keep one of these on the loft to keep the pigeons off the roof. One or two sprays will get them flying again either to the loft or into the air, though I have one pigeon that actually likes it and will lift his wing lol