Pigeon in Ohio (cinci area) need new home.

[Hawsegal]

Originally Posted by conditionfreak

There is a feed store in Wilmington, called "Buckeye Feeds", and they sell both pigeon pellets and several different types of pigeon seed mixtures. It is almost next door (just a block or two north) of Wilmington College. They have pigeon feed mixtures,with and without corn and at least two different brands of seed mixtures (their own and "Sommers"). They also have red and grey grit (I recommend the red grit).

The 50 lb. bags of seed mix will run around 13 dollars or so,. "With corn" cost less than without corn, but my pigeons seemed to like the corn mix best.

I currently use Purina Pigeon Pellets, Nutra Green and Nutra Gold. They order both for me, but have the seed mixtures always in stock.

I highly recommend the quality and prices of pigeon feeds at Buckeye Feeds. Many of the flyers in Cincinnati, come way out here to get their feed from Buckeye Feeds.

Oh my goodness!!! I'v pretture sure I spent over $65-70 for a seed mix with corn mailed to me from Foy's! Heck, I'd rather drive to Wilmington in an ice storm than do that again!

My three that I still have don't care for the peas that are in the mix, however they DO like the smaller seeds. Do you think that pellets mixed into the seed mix would be helpful? How much are the pellets anyways?

They don't do much here except live their little pigeon lives. No homing or racing so I imagine they don't need a pro formula.

[conditionfreak]

I don't know the cost of reguler Purina Pigeon Pellets, but the Purina Nutra Green or Gold is about 17 bucks for 50 lbs.

If you are going to get Purina Pigeon Pellets from Buckeye Feeds, you will most likely need to order it a week in advance. Sometimes they have some in stock (because of me I believe), but to be sure before you make the drive, you should call them and order it.

I recommend the pellets over seed. But the birds will choose seed over pellets anyday. It takes them a couple of days to get used to the pellets, and after that they go for them well. I personally think that pellets is the way to go for optimum health. What could be better than each and every morsel of food they consume, having ALL of what they need, food wise. Pigeons as you know, will pick out what they like and not eat what they don't like. With pellets, each bite is the same and nothing is wasted.

If you go into using pellets, be prepared to accept that the first day or two, the birds will not want to eat it.

Mixing pellets with seed will result in the birds picking out the seed and thereby throwing the pellets around onto the cage floor and most likely never eating it. As long as they are getting SOME seed, the will just ignore the pellets. So, I do not recommend mixing seed and pellets. But you can try it if you are worried about them going hungry. I believe in a total immediate change over instead of a gradual change over.

They will not starve themselves to death. Trust me on that. A pigeon can go for a week without eating and not have it affect them a whole lot. Look how long birds are in containers without food, being shipped from one side of the country to another. But they will eat pellets when they are hungry, in a day or two after you start giving them pellets only.

If you prefer the seed mix, it is always available at that feed store and is cheaper than pellets.

I believe the Purina Nutra Green is 14 percent protein and the Green is 18 percent protein. I feed different ones of those two, at different stages of development and race season. Usually mixing it to my own (or their suggestions on the bags) formulas.

Diffinitely buy your pigeon seed from Buckeye in Wilmington, rather than having it shipped to you. It will only cost you the few dollars for gas to get their and back, instead of that high price you quoted. The brand name "Sommers" is the higher end mix of their seed. But I don't see much difference in that and their in house mix. Both are very good seed IMO.

[Hawsegal]

Sounds like a winner to me! I'll have to let them plow through the 50lbs of seed mix that they have now (and maybe let my chickens have a bit) before I try pellets

Thanks for all the info! For a regular in home no homing or racing pigeon, which pellet would you feed?

[TAWhatley]

Crows are a protected species under the Federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act and also under all state laws that I know of .. that makes them illegal to have as pets. I know people do have them, and I know they are incredibly smart and wonderful birds. Just be careful what you post on the internet. It's my job to tell you all this.

Terry

[conditionfreak]

I would feed Purina pigeon pellets. Whatever is the cheapest. If you are not racing pigeons, it should be more than adequate.

Concerning the crows. That strikes me as sort of funny. I have no clue what the laws are now and you are probably right. But when I was a young kid, there was a fifty cent bounty on crows.

Maybe that is why they are now protected.

[spirit wings]

Originally Posted by conditionfreak

I would feed Purina pigeon pellets. Whatever is the cheapest. If you are not racing pigeons, it should be more than adequate.

Concerning the crows. That strikes me as sort of funny. I have no clue what the laws are now and you are probably right. But when I was a young kid, there was a fifty cent bounty on crows.

Maybe that is why they are now protected.

we had a raven when I was a kid, the base housing MP's had to take him away as he kept trying to land on unsuspecting citizens, He took all my marbles and small toys and horded them on our roof... later my dad let me go up a latter and see what all was up there.. I found coins and all sorts of "treasure".. come to find out he went to a nice rehabber living far out away from popultated areas so he did not scare anyone any more... that was in the early 70's, so we did not get fined for having him then... but now it is different.

The "seagull" bird sounds real nice... I always like that coloration in homers.

[Hawsegal]

Originally Posted by conditionfreak

I would feed Purina pigeon pellets. Whatever is the cheapest. If you are not racing pigeons, it should be more than adequate.

Concerning the crows. That strikes me as sort of funny. I have no clue what the laws are now and you are probably right. But when I was a young kid, there was a fifty cent bounty on crows.

Maybe that is why they are now protected.

Do you happen to have the address to Buckeye feeds? I can't find it online to mapquest it

[conditionfreak]

Oh dear. I am embarrassed. I have been telling you it is Buckeye Feeds and it is actually "Buckley Bros. Inc."

Everything else is correct except I had the name wrong.

Their address is P.O. Box 845
320 E. Main street
Wilmington, Ohio 45177

phone #1-937-383-2040

They apparently also have locations in Washington Court House and South Bloomfield. I have those phone numbers if you want them.

Truly sorry about that. Where I used to get feed when I lived up north, was called Buckeye Feeds. (getting old and senile, you know)

By the way. Unless several of my cock birds are gay, Gabby is now named Gabrielle.