Pigeon Angle wing?

[Hokum Coco]

I have a squab that seems to be developing angle wing on it's left wing. I had seen this condition in ducks but never pigeons. Any one else experience this? I will add a picture at a later date.

 

[sourland]

In over 60 years of raising pigeons, I have never raised a squab with angel wing. Looking forward to seeing the picture.

 

[jak2002003]

I have a squab that seems to be developing angle wing on it's left wing. I had seen this condition in ducks but never pigeons. Any one else experience this? I will add a picture at a later date.

last year I had a fantail pigeon squab start to develop Angel Wing.

I only notices when I happened to look into the nest. Both winds were bent out at the joints.. to the side of the squab.

I only had to add more nesting material.. making a deeper hollow in the middle.. and put the squab in that 'hole'. The sides of the hollow help its wings up in the prober position. I was going to use some tape to tape them to the body.. but I was lucky and that was enough.

A week later the wings were in the normal position and the squab grew into a healthy adult and normal wings.

I think in this case it was because the outer wing feathers came through too early and they 'unsheathed and were big and heavy. They weight was causing the wings to bend out at right angles. Something I have never seen with any of my others pigeon squabs.

Please try taping the wings in the correct position.

Make sure you check each day to made sure the chick is still comfortable and not grown too much.. you will need to adjust the tape every few days as they grow so quickly.

Good luck.

 

[Hokum Coco]

last year I had a fantail pigeon squab start to develop Angel Wing.

Good luck.

Thank you for the heads up. I took the nest bowl out of the nest box. Where I only have the one squab I may try your deep nest method (this squab seems to have only one wing tilted out.) It that does not work I will go with the tape.
This squab is being fed chicken meat builder that may be part of the problem or maybe just poor genetics.

Thanks again Jak2002003.

 

[jak2002003]

Thank you for the heads up. I took the nest bowl out of the nest box. Where I only have the one squab I may try your deep nest method (this squab seems to have only one wing tilted out.) It that does not work I will go with the tape.
This squab is being fed chicken meat builder that may be part of the problem or maybe just poor genetics.

Thanks again Jak2002003.

Your welcome.

Its interesting that the feed is chicken meat builder. I think that is the problem! And I think that was the problem with my squab!!! You made me remember one fact...

The parents were eating Chick Starter Crumbs in large amounts, preferring that to their pigeon seed mix. They are 'free range' and were eating the chicken food from the feeder I have outside my chicken coop. My other pigeons won't touch the chicken feed.

Must be too much protein affecting growth. I think we solved the mystery here

 

[loftkeeper]

this is common in pigeons for the wings to look that way but al ways turn out ok start looking closer at young in nest from about ten days til feathered out need to have have something to keep there legs under them I used carpet padding and hay for there feet to grab to prevent splayed legs

 

[Hokum Coco]

this is common in pigeons for the wings to look that way but al ways turn out ok start looking closer at young in nest from about ten days til feathered out need to have have something to keep there legs under them I used carpet padding and hay for there feet to grab to prevent splayed legs

My nest boxes accomodate my feed bags almost perfectly in most case (more by good luck than management I might add) This is what I use for liners in my nest boxes.

 

[Hokum Coco]

this is common in pigeons for the wings to look that way but al ways turn out ok start looking closer at young in nest from about ten days til feathered out need to have have something to keep there legs under them I used carpet padding and hay for there feet to grab to prevent splayed legs

You were dead on. The squabs wings look perfectly normal now.