Please help! Not sure if these squabs can stay warm!

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The picture of your squab is amazing. I saw that and thought, that's how my squabs looked at 10-days old, and then I saw in your text, it was 10-days old!

I'm sad for the loss of your other one but this one does look like he'll be just fine in this cold weather season.
 
purslanegarden said:
i was wondering about this myself, because my pigeons were doing the same thing. early on, they sat on the nest (and the squabs) almost all the time. then just about 1 week later, i saw several times, no parents at all on the nest. the parents just flew around the loft as if they had no care in the world. but somehow, the babies were still doing ok over the span of several more days, not having frozen yet due to the cold temps. good to know this is normal behavior.
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I was noticing the same, except I think you are just catching them at the times they are eating and drinking for themselves and filling up to feed the squabs. They need breaks to eat, drink and poop. My squab is now two weeks old and they are still sitting on it the majority of the time, likely because it is single digits arctic freezing here in Michigan right now. I'd imagine pigeons usually don't brood young when they're this old, this squab is quite big and it is getting to the point where it looks pretty awkward watching the parents try to sit on it, but it is so incredible that they do it. Homers really are incredible parents.

This squab has earned the name "Frost," being incubated, hatched and raised in single digit and sub zero temps, with not even a day exceeding 10 degrees (F). I hope he pulls through all the way, because I'd say this kind of hardiness and good parenting are good genes to have in my loft!
 
sourland said:
Sure improves it's chances of not ending up as dinner. Never name your food.
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Ha, VERY TRUE, funny you say that. I bought my first bird dog 3 years ago, and to start him off as a pup I bought two chukars (a game bird very similar to quail) to let him sort of play with and romp around on, and after that I was just planning on eating them (they are tasty birds). Well, within a few days of having them my wife gave them names, and now they live in a chicken coop in my backyard, with a nice run, feeder and heated drinker and all. And I have a hard time even shooting other chukars while I'm hunting just because we have named ones at home, just because they remind me of them. The hen passed away a few months ago at the ripe age of 4, but the rooster, "Wheezy," is going strong. Here he is one night when it was sort of bright outside because of the snow and the moon, sitting where he usually sits, perched at the door of his chukar mansion.
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I got a baby roller mix surviving out in the wind rain snow n freezing temps with it's father being full roller n only parent, as mother disappeared. It is developing nicely, but not as large fat and stuffed full fast moving crop normal.for mine. Course father refusing to feed it layer only feeding whole corn, so I every so many days when daddy is off, I bring it in n feed some layer pellets and warm water, keeping in till I see daddy circling.
 

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