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Breed Of The Week - Victoria Crowned Pigeon DiscussionThe discussion thread regarding Victoria Crowned Pigeons is now open. Please enjoy these gorgeous birds. Here's a link to the article: Victoria Crowned Pigeon
Enjoy! Terry |
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That is one beautiful bird, and I'm probably one of many who would LOVE to have one.
Great job!! Thank you so much for sharing this breed with us and your time spent on this project.
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What a gorgeous bird.
I would also love to have one or two. The baby is adorable. Reti
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Many thanks, Terry, for the information about this gorgeous pigeon. I would love to have some too! I loved the pictures of the parent and baby.
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Thanks for having a look/read ladies! Yes, that baby is just way too adorable .. what a darling little crest it has!
Terry |
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they look awesome and nice coverage of this bird , I wonder how well they fly thou and I dont mean as in loft flying I mean as in terms of being out in the wild
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Hopefully somebody does know the definitive answer or can find it and let us know. Thanks for reading, Lakota! Terry |
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so Im guessing they are more like a pheasant then a pigeon which is also great cuz I do love those pheasants as well
never had the room for them myself but always wished to someday as my mentor had them as well in the golden ,yellow and silver variety ... more of a large open pen type of bird where you can just sit and watch the beauty of them as they do what they do for hours on end I wonder if they have a specail sound or if they coo as the pigein does .. things that make you go hmmm hehe![]()
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heres a nice link to some videos of this awesome bird but still have yet to find a link for its call
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Me either or I would have posted it!
Hope you or someone can find one .. that fellow in the one link (Tony Brancato) is somebody I think I have actually met at some point .. he is a So Cal person ..Terry |
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Only quibble -- it AIN'T a breed. It's a SPECIES. The Victoria Crown Pigeon is not a breed, breed is something bred by man. A species is something naturally selected and evolved. So the Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) is a species; racing homers, fantails, etc., are breeds.
And yeah, Tony lives locally. He's gotten rid of all his exotic doves and is back with pigeons, Danish Suabians and (soon) California Color Pigeons. Last edited by bluecheck; 15th February 2009 at 10:53 PM. |
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They are pretty tough, and get defensive of their nests and area like any other pigeon. The difference is that these guys are big enough to really beat you up. They were always kind to me though. I can't really say how much time they would spend off the ground in the wild, because it was hard to provide good perches for such a big pigeon. They were on the ground a lot, but they nested on perches. The pair I worked with was terrible at raising chicks. They either didn't incubate, or killed or abandoned the chicks. They only raised one chick successfully. The keepers hand raised the last one. Sadly I wasn't there for that, thought I did get to see it recently. They fledge at about half the size of the adults, which is kind of weird for a pigeon. This last chick was even on the local news. http://www.myfoxal.com/global/catego...autostart=true If you like pheasants though... check out pheasant pigeons. Its exactly like what it sounds. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pheasant_Pigeon I've only seen one, it was at that zoo, but after I had left... seems pretty cool though. |