They've actually been on a mix of recovery formula and soaked pigeon seed mix that my adult pigeons eat. I honestly doubt it's malnutrition, unless I'm missing something?
They get about 30% recovery formula for the protein content, the rest is, as I said, soaked seed with added grit.
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These two are actually my indoor pigeons' kids! First baby pigeons I've ever raised. Honestly, the main reason is that I need the experience for the future. I'm normally working on wildlife resques, but have branched out more to domestic species.
There's a small flock of feral pigeons in my...
Thank you so much for this response!
This honestly makes a lot of sense. First time I'm having baby pigeons, and goodness they are CHUNKY.
I'll put that in my notes and they should be good to go once I get everything ready for them 😁
Hi, I'm preparing to handraise 2 pigeons, and the last piece of information that I haven't been able to verify through multiple sources is a brooder temp chart for babies 5 days +
The chicks will be 5 and 6 days old in two days, which is when I'm planning on starting the handfeeding.
I'm...