Desperately Looking for lovely Pigeons to raise

[Kamau]

I currently own Ringneck doves and I raise them for pets. I have raised pigeons since I was 7 years old. Now I would like to go back into pigeons again. If there are any kind people to give me a paired pigeon, I would really appreciate.
It seems that there are no pigeons sold or for adoption in Georgia, Atlanta.
I have checked all the local pet stores and none sells any pigeons. its really annoying.!
Thanks
Email address: ringneckdoves@hotmail.com
Thanks!

[Trees Gray]

Hi Kamau,

Hello and welcome to pigeons.com

Thank you for your inquiry.

I too, developed an interest in pigeons when I was young, my dad got me some racing pigeons when I was 10 years of age.

Depending on what kind of pigeons you are looking for, there are pigeon clubs of all kinds with members located all over the United States.

You can locate clubs by going to the various club sites and ask if they can help you to find someone in your area to obtain birds.

Here is a website to a pigeon club locater.

http://members.aol.com/duiven/clubs/clubs.htm

[Pigeonpal2002]

Hi Kamau,

You could also check out your local SPCA's and/or animal shelters. There are often needy pigeons at them looking for homes.

[Kamau]

I send my best regards to pigeon.com.
This webpage trully is a piece of work.
Each time I log in, I increase my knowledge.
I have taken the pigeon that was found by Carina.
Its an adorable pigeon, sweet, calm, tame, and friendly!
Special thanks to Carina.
Also special thanks to Trees Gray who remembered my inquiry.
In the future I will need to find a companion for my new pigeon.
At this stage, I am unable to find it's gender.
Thus I will wait untill it matures and then I will get it a mate.

At what age do pigeons fully mature?
I know ringneck doves mature at approximately as early as 6 and as late as 8 months.
Is this the same for pigeons too?
What kinds of sounds do single pigeons produce?
Do they ever bow and coo?
Make any coos?
How can I determine the 'species' this pigeon belongs in?
Do homers and rollers share the same physical apearance?

Any helps or tips are appreciated!!!
Enjoying my new pigeon already!!!

[Trees Gray]

Hi Kamau,

Congratulations on acquiring your first pigeon. I'm so glad you have the pigeon from Carina.

Pigeons fully mature at 6 months of age. If memory serves me correctly, this one was born in August? ...so, it is still a little young to be cooing and bowing its head and roo-kooing.

Before you know it, though, he or she will become noisy and assert its place in your coop.

Pigeons will "roo-koo", make grunt noises when they are scared, will bow and do a 360 degree dance, especially the males, and they do have a low coo also.

Some different pigeons you can put together, but I keep my homing pigeons seperate from my rollers, and Satinettes, because they have different needs. Homers need more space, and need to fly outside so they have a special trap door.

Please check the following thread for pet pigeon care"

http://www.pigeons.biz/forums/showthread.php?t=10848

and one on homing pigeons:

http://www.pigeons.biz/forums/showthread.php?t=5760

[Kamau]

Thanks Trees Gray, again

I think I found out what my new pigeon is!
It looks exactly like Hamilton, who is owned by duiven007's; which is incubating eggs.
What kind of pigeon would someone call them to be?
I mean the exact type; are they homers, racers, rollers,....?
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...47462679ClWypm
Digging information, I am sorry if am posting too many questions that may seem to some borring.
I am in the learning process!
So, please bare with me!
Thanks

[Trees Gray]

Originally Posted by Kamau

Thanks Trees Gray, again
I think I found out what my new pigeon is!
It looks exactly like Hamilton, who is owned by duiven007's; which is incubating eggs.
What kind of pigeon would someone call them to be?
I mean the exact type; are they homers, racers, rollers,....?
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...47462679ClWypm
Digging information, I am sorry if am posting too many questions that may seem to some borring.
I am in the learning process!
So, please bare with me!
Thanks

Hi Kamau,

Don't worry about asking too many questions, we are here to answer them. If you go into the daily forum and look under resources, you can find out a lot about pigeons, though.

Why, that is my very own Hamilton, (father of Skye, my pet pigeon), he was not too happy with me taking his picture .

Hamilton is a homing pigeon and considered a "blue check, he is a 2001 bird."

If you look at some of my other birds, you will see Arthur and Ashley, who are rollers, not homers. They have stockier legs and crop area, and are a little smaller then my homers.

[Kamau]

Well, thanks a whole lot again.
There is good news I would like to share.
The first day that I had received the pigeon, I had placed it in a cage.
I exposed the the pigeon to the ringneck doves.
At first, the doves seemed to be alarmed. They could not figure out what was in the cage. All they could see was a strange bird, whose double their sizes.
Yesterday, the doves calmed down. They seemed to be lesser freightened and they never minded about the pigeon. The pigeon was gettiing excited to go out of the cage. It was flapping its wings. I decided to let it out into the aviary.
It flew right onto a perch. The doves were little bit alarmed. After a while they coexisted with their new visitor. I was scared that the pigeon may be the one that may cause havoc, and chase the doves around; rather, it seemed that the doves were covering their positions and the pigeon was the one who was chased around for the first few hours.
Some single males came to give the new arrival a welcome bow and coo. The birds began to respect one another. I have not seen any fights at all. I have constantly been keeping my eyes on them. Further more I have taken a photo of the doves taking a bath, while the pigeon waits its turn. The problem is I don't know how to post it in here!
So far so good.
This early morning when I released the pigeon into the aviary for the second day, it jumped right onto a small bench. There was a young dove. The pigeon started to flip its wings and produce some coos 'wak croo doo' something like that.
I am really happy that the new arrival has officially been accepted.!!!
I will take some more photos; but will need to know how the procedure of posting is.
Thanks

[Trees Gray]

Hi Kamau,

I'm glad to hear the birds are co-existing and that the pigeon is happy in his new home. I would keep a close eye, as once this pigeon gets familiar with the doves. he may be more aggressive.

They may do just fine as the ratio of pigeons vs. doves is definitely in favor of the doves, if it was the other way around I think the pigeons would be more aggressive.

It might have been better to keep the bird isolated for a time being, not only so the doves could get used to seing their new friend, but also that you could make sure the bird is disease free. I hesitate to say anything, as this bird probably was treated for every disease, but it is just standard procedure to isolate any new birds from already existing flock, just to be sure. The length of time of isolation would depend on the background of the bird introduced. I usually give a week of isolation when purchasing a bird from a fellow homing pigeon fancier that I know, but usually several weeks if I buy from a pet store. I will wait even longer if I do not know the background of where the bird came from.

If you would like to show us your pictures, you can click into manage attachments, (just below where you post )and upload pictures from your picture file, or if you have a website you can just give us the web address so we can go look at your birds.

[Kamau]

I would like to see

[Kamau]

The attachment thing isn't working for me.

The attach files link isn't working at all! I mean its not clickable

hope this works!
http://www.geocities.com/dovcomego/collections.html
and also
C:\Documents and Settings\zoom\Desktop\collections2.html

[Kamau]

These are my "adorable lovely Doves"
I wanted to post under the "doves" section,but couldn't find it!
Enjoy!!!
http://community.webshots.com/album/479357992ehEEWI

[Trees Gray]

You have some absolutely beautiful doves. They are just gorgious.

I love the picture of the three sitting one justbelow the other, the Peaceful doves picture. They are so precious!

Thanks for sharing!

[Kamau]

Hello folks.
It has been a month or so, since I had received my new pigeon pet.
I justed wanted to share the condition of my new pet pigeon.
It has co-existed with the doves.
It seems that the new pigeon has become ''one of the doves''.
They eat together, play, fly, and have other fun activites together.
I am very fascinated with this type of behavior.
I have read in so many messages, posts, and articles about the dangers of placing doves and pigeons together.
I guess mine are different and I am one of those lucky folks.

I have nice photos that I have taken today.
Some people may wonder to tell the difference between a pigeon and a dove!
Well comparing the sizes is the most distinctive aspect.

I can't wait untill this pigeon matures, so as to get it a mating partner.
Thanks!

http://community.webshots.com/album/506098043hQWWzF

[tms1950]

I`m not an expert(yet) at pigeons & doves,but I have placed the handicapped pigeon that`s up for adoption in with the mourning doves that were too young to release at the end of the season.He seemed lonely and watched them in the indoor flight cage they were in, so I`ve put him with them for the last two weeks and they get along fine. I wasn`t aware that some people think there could be a problem doing this. In fact,I often put small,compatable wild birds in the same aviary as long as they are the same size. Could someone tell me what the issue might be with putting pigeons & doves together?