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  1. Qwerty3159

    Pigeon Talk

    I agree! I did toss out the first set of eggs he produced with one of my hens because I didn’t want them to hatch while I was on vacation, but now that I’m back, I’m eager to breed from him. “Rocket” is settling in nicely. I banded him with my own bands as well, he’s here to stay :)
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    Pigeon Talk

    I’m always impressed by the power of a bird’s gizzard to process such foods. Once in a while I will have wood ducks walk up from the water to gorge on acorns in the yard. The girls aren’t letting him leave:
  3. Qwerty3159

    Pigeon Talk

    I’m glad he was okay! I still remember a few years ago I had to grab one of my young birds and hold him upside down with his beak open after he swallowed the biggest acorn I’ve ever seen and was stumbling around trying and failing to get it up. That was the only time I’ve had anything like that...
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    Pigeon Talk

    New blue bar showed up bright and early after my flock did a loft fly today, trapped inside, flew out again with them later in the day and came back in again tonight. Really weird band on this guy though, I can see he has a racing chip but there is absolutely no information on it. He is...
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    Pigeon Talk

    I haven’t had so much as a mouse get into this loft since it was built... I guess he went in through the trap door yesterday and I didn’t notice and locked him in all night, poor guy. At least he was a really polite cat and there’s not a feather out of place. It could’ve been a total massacre...
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    Pigeon Talk

    Typo on my end, but still 17 is pretty old. I am still on the hunt for a similarly elderly male pigeon that I can try to pair her up with. Her old mate was just a random young bird that unfortunately got taken by a hawk and she has been a widow since. That’s interesting! I have lost more males...
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    Pigeon Talk

    My loft maxes out around 10-12 birds so I am typically only adding 1-2 young birds each year to the flock to offset any losses to predators. There’s definitely different schools of thought as far as flying these birds goes, having separate lofts for old and young birds, etc. I’ve been doing...
  8. Qwerty3159

    Pigeon Talk

    I know I wouldn’t go back! I think this is another area where the intelligence of pigeons is under appreciated :)
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    Pigeon Talk

    I’m in the general vicinity of that area and below is my ranking of the local raptors, beware of armchair ornithology: Broad winged hawks (BWH) are the best. Like you said they technically could, but I’ve never had an issue with them and my pigeons and the neighbor tells me the same for the...
  10. Qwerty3159

    Pigeon Talk

    Very nice colors! If you choose not to roll them, do they do so on their own?
  11. Qwerty3159

    Pigeon Talk

    A while ago I got a pair of giant runts that had some tumbler mix in them. I was able to let them out around the yard a handful of times but unfortunately the male was killed by a falcon, which no fancy pigeon is a match for. I still have the hen, and since she was always much smaller and fitter...
  12. Qwerty3159

    Pigeon Talk

    He’s doing pretty good now, filling out and looking a lot more normal. Still a very petite homer, but I’m not as concerned with his size as my last post :)
  13. Qwerty3159

    Pigeon Talk

    You never know. I lost a fancy pigeon and I got a call when turned up unfortunately dead over 150 miles away...
  14. Qwerty3159

    Pigeon Talk

    I used a seller from China on Amazon that allowed me to print custom snap-on bands with just my phone number. Doesn’t work as good for identification purposes of course when they’re all banded the same, but I think it’s worth it in the event you lose a pigeon. I was skeptical ordering from...
  15. Qwerty3159

    Pigeon Talk

    One of the best ways I’ve been able to tell is by introducing a foreign hen or young pigeon. Usually, when a cock sees a brand new hen/potential hen for the first time he is often compelled to start strutting and tail-spreading. The males tend to be bigger, louder, more aggressive and dominant...
  16. Qwerty3159

    Pigeon Talk

    I’m really hoping he’s a male. I wasn’t able to find much literature on how stunting effects egg laying. Obviously I won’t be breeding, but even with a female pair it seems likely that some eggs will be laid. So hopefully he’s a male and we don’t have to think about that at all :fl Here is the...
  17. Qwerty3159

    Pigeon Talk

    Not bad! He could definitely be a lot bigger still so I’m starting to face the reality that he may be stunted forever. He’s been mostly-grown and eating like an absolute pig for well over a month now. No parasites or anything like that, he’s always been healthy with a strong will to survive in...
  18. Qwerty3159

    Pigeon Talk

    I’ve heard nothing but good things about breeds such as Old German Owls or Satinettes. These fall into the coop/garden category. Fantails are a popular choice and with good reason. I do love my homers though. Nothing beats seeing them fly together!
  19. Qwerty3159

    Pigeon Talk

    He was very stunted and starved by the mother. The day I pulled him, I had returned from a work trip of several days and it seemed she hadn’t fed him at all. He’s been feeding himself now for a couple weeks so I think it might just be a waiting game. Slowly but surely all the feathers are...
  20. Qwerty3159

    Pigeon Talk

    He’s still pretty tiny. But he’s starting to get better at flying, probably another week or two in isolation until he can defend himself and he can go in with the others.
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