baby feral pigeon 25-27 days old

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Greetings pigeon lovers

Three years ago you all helped me with a feral pigeon I found with a mangled foot. I took him to a "wildlife organization" which promptly put it down saying it could not survive on one foot. I then found out this was false from some posts which followed.

Sooooo, as fate would have it I have found a baby feral pigeon who
i think is 25-27 days old. He seems strong and healthy. He is fully feathered with very few yellow hairs on his head. He can get some are but can't fly. I found him beneath an overpass in a horrible part of town on a busy road. So adorable. For obvious reasons I am not taking him to any wildlife organizations - for fear they might feed him to a red tail which I've heard happens.

So here are my questions -
Should he be eating on his own?

And more specifically, I found him at about 2pm. He would not eat. I left him in a box with some pigeon seed, some water and doughy bread and went to work till 9:30pm. He's been pooping all over me since I got home - does this mean that he ate while I was gone?

If not this means I have to force him to eat right?

And do I feed him soaked pigeon seed, baby food, or soft bread - all answers I have seen on the net - which I also don't trust. I want info from pigoen lovers - the real experts.

I would so appreciate some help because I am worried sick that he is not eating. Thank you so much!