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Sattinettes? or they are called Oriental Frills,
They are part of the owl family of pigeons. rather on the rare side in this state. not many breeders and even less that show them.
Personally I dont keep mine in with the chickens, I keep them in a cage in the rabbitry, cleaner and there is less chance of the chickens roosting on their cages and messing up their feathering.
a small loft at the top of a chicken coop can and does serve them well. for eease of cleaning and husbandrey though I would keep them in a bird cage type coop.( wire floored)
Which ones have the clean feet? And right now I have them in aone of those green bottom GP cages with perches and shavings because I have never had pigeons and never thought I wpuld have them! But they were so small and cute i had to! Thanks for the advice on the best place to keep them in the coop. I was concerned that maybe they should not go in there because of diseases that one might get from the other.
That can happen but its rare for disease to be transmited unless its indavertantly brought it, which is why quarenteen is key to healthy birds.
clean feet migh just be because they are young yet, unlike feather legged chickens sometimes it takes a little while for the feathers to come in on pigeons.
My satinettes dont get full feathering on their feet untill they are about 2 months old.
if you go to this site it gives a ton of information on the Owl family of pigeons, they are a very nice bird, I just love the short hook beak. and the satiny look to the feathers.
http://animal-world.com/encyclo/birds/doves_pigeons/oldgermanowl.php
click on the links in the box to learn more.
