I agree with the above poster.
If you simple let her go she is very likely to just try to return home.
You need to try to gradually introduce her to a feral flock in your area.
My last hand reared rescued pigeons were release at a temple about one mile from my home. I used to take them down then each day in a cage and that is where I fed them.. so they got used to the place as somewhere to find food. (the monks feed the pigeons there each day).
In the cage they could see the other pigeons.. some even coming up to the cage and cooing at them.
After a couple of weeks I let them out there... and fed them with the other pigeons.
As they were eating a sneaked off home.
They did not return that evening.. so I was hopeful they would stay there. But the next morning they were back at my house! I had to keep taking them there and feeding them. After 3 more days they came back again, but as evening came they flew back to the temple. Each day they came to my house for the afternoon.. then went back. Eventually they only came about 2 X a week. As I never fed them there they had no motivation to come back.
I was very touched when, one day, they came back with their new mates....As if they were showing them where they came from. They came less and less frequently.. until now they never come back.
I have been back to the temple.. its about one year later. One of my pigeons is still there and she and her mate have 2 young now. The other pigeon has gone... but I am hopeful it just joined another flock.. as there are few predators here and no one will kill them.
So good luck with you baby! You have left it a bit late.. because now she has laid eggs she is very settled to your home. Keep us all posted.
