UK pigeon owners

[biophiliac]

I'm only used to chickens for the best part! I'm still learning with the pigeons and I've never had a break before! You can't break a broody pigeon like a broody hen! I wish I could. I had another egg tonight I've had to remove! I'm gonna run out of falsies soon!

I feel ya with the broodies , haha. I just hard boiled 2 real eggs and stuck them under the 2 hens - removed theirs for boiling to put under the next pair that laid 2 a couple days ago. I actually feel bad cause they make such pretty babies. Pigeon math can be brutal!
I'm doing the boiled eggs for fear they might catch on to the plastic ones. lol

 

[CCUK]

I can order the pellets online. So it will be a couple of days. At least he is safe now. I'm impressed with the sick bay in the loft. He can see everyone and doesn't need to move around too much. The plastic eggs I got are weighted so are fairly realistic. But pigeon math, wow, brutal yes. That's how it got so out of hand at the stables. It was out of control. How many pigeons would you get if you had 5 pairs and let them breed for a year?!

 

[biophiliac]

I can order the pellets online. So it will be a couple of days. At least he is safe now. I'm impressed with the sick bay in the loft. He can see everyone and doesn't need to move around too much. The plastic eggs I got are weighted so are fairly realistic. But pigeon math, wow, brutal yes. That's how it got so out of hand at the stables. It was out of control. How many pigeons would you get if you had 5 pairs and let them breed for a year?!

I order mine online - Boiron brand. There are several very reputable suppliers. Remedies are relatively inexpensive so if you order some Arnica and some Aconite also you would have a good first aid kit for treating shock, bleeding, bruising and fractures - for birds or humans. Next time you get a bad cut or bruise take a dose of Arnica and prove it to yourself.

eta waaay over 100!

 

[CCUK]

Just ordered some from amazon. £6 for 80 pills. Won't be here till the 7th though. I'll jusk keep putting the cream on for now.

 

[Hokum Coco]

@Hokum Coco had a bird with an injured leg recently.

When I first set her leg then I used two toothpicks cut to size on either side of her leg with three zip ties "NOT" the way to go. The zip ties were cutting off the circulation to the foot.

The next day I removed the zip ties and cut two strips of Gorilla tape about 1" wide and and 1½" long. I then put the tooth picks back in place then positioned the tooth picks in the mid point of the Gorilla tape and pressed the over hang on the strips together glue on glue. Pressed them together to form a cast and trim off the excess. Put a second layer on top of the first using the seams of the first layer as the mid point on the next 2 strips. This gave the Gorilla tape cast a bit more integrity. The circulation has returned and I think the bird is going to make a full recovery in a perfect world. She keeps it elevated and hops around on the good leg. I had her in isolation for only 1 day and letter out to fly and roost with the flock the next. She wanted back and was making a commotion in isolation. I think almost any type of tape or even band-aids would serve the purpose. You may have to added extra layers to give the cast some integrity is all.

 

[biophiliac]

When I first set his leg then I used two toothpicks cut to size on either side of her leg with four zip ties "NOT" the way to go. The zip ties were cutting off the circulation to the foot.

The next day I removed the zip ties and cut two strips of Gorilla tape about 1" wide and and 1½" long. I then put the tooth picks back in place then positioned the tooth picks in the mid point of the Gorilla tape and pressed the over hang on the strips together glue on glue. Pressed them together to form a cast and trim off the excess. Put a second layer on top of the first using the seams of the first layer as the mid point on the next 2 strips. The circulation has returned and I think the bird is going to make a full recovery in a perfect world. She keeps it elevated and hops around on the good leg. I had her in isolation for only 1 day and letter out to fly and roost with the flock the next. She wanted back and was making a commotion in isolation.

Thanks for sharing your experience! I hope she continues to do well.

 

[Quacking Pigeon]

When I first set his leg then I used two toothpicks cut to size on either side of her leg with three zip ties "NOT" the way to go. The zip ties were cutting off the circulation to the foot.

The next day I removed the zip ties and cut two strips of Gorilla tape about 1" wide and and 1½" long. I then put the tooth picks back in place then positioned the tooth picks in the mid point of the Gorilla tape and pressed the over hang on the strips together glue on glue. Pressed them together to form a cast and trim off the excess. Put a second layer on top of the first using the seams of the first layer as the mid point on the next 2 strips. The circulation has returned and I think the bird is going to make a full recovery in a perfect world. She keeps it elevated and hops around on the good leg. I had her in isolation for only 1 day and letter out to fly and roost with the flock the next. She wanted back and was making a commotion in isolation. I think almost any type of tape or even band-aids would serve the purpose. You may have to added extra layers to give the cast some integrity is all.

Hope she's doing better.

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

When I first set his leg then I used two toothpicks cut to size on either side of her leg with three zip ties "NOT" the way to go. The zip ties were cutting off the circulation to the foot.

The next day I removed the zip ties and cut two strips of Gorilla tape about 1" wide and and 1½" long. I then put the tooth picks back in place then positioned the tooth picks in the mid point of the Gorilla tape and pressed the over hang on the strips together glue on glue. Pressed them together to form a cast and trim off the excess. Put a second layer on top of the first using the seams of the first layer as the mid point on the next 2 strips. The circulation has returned and I think the bird is going to make a full recovery in a perfect world. She keeps it elevated and hops around on the good leg. I had her in isolation for only 1 day and letter out to fly and roost with the flock the next. She wanted back and was making a commotion in isolation. I think almost any type of tape or even band-aids would serve the purpose. You may have to added extra layers to give the cast some integrity is all.

Thank you for sharing! I hope she continues to heal.

 

[Hokum Coco]

Thanks for sharing your experience! I hope she continues to do well.

What I like about this method as the swelling lessens and the blood drains to the bottom of the foot it is a simple matter to give extra support to the leg by clinching the glue on glue side of the tape together with no danger of cutting off circulation. I check on her daily. The Gorilla tape itself may have been all I need to form a cast on the pigeons leg. The two splints may have been overkill. Then again when I think about it the splints are stopping the glue from adhering completely around the leg which in itself may be a good thing.

 

[Hokum Coco]

Just a bit of an update on my pigeon with the broken leg. It still hopes on on leg to get around. However today for the first time I actually saw her put a bit of weight on the leg for the first time. This was to steady herself and and once or twice when she was hurrying to get to peanut treats she put more weight on it to speed up her hops.
Good sign things are going well.