My two pigeons have eggs that are soon to hatch and I wonder if there is anything I can do differently to help keep the chicks (and parents) healthy? Such as change feeding habits, add supplements and so on. I very occasionally add avipro to their water, and that is really the only supplement I...

Hello, newbie here , my two ringneck doves that I house indoors recently hatched chicks a couple weeks ago. The chicks are learning to fly so they spray about a metric ton of sawdust into my carpet everyday. Our household is signed up to a "no junk mail" list but we still gets a bunch of random...

I have a pair of maiden pig's expecting baby chicks in the next 3-4 days. They have been super committed to sitting on the eggs regularly and I do not anticipate any problems... However, that being said, I'd like to know a bit about what to expect (as in, what is normal and good) and things to...

Hatched today and feeding well. Gandalf (left) 13 grams and Greta (with the bed hair) 12 grams. I bet the three amigos will be nosing around the bator tomorrow but they won't meet them for some time yet. Love at first sight Snuggles Gandalf Greta

Two pigeon chicks have been born on our 5th floor apartment balcony in a large pot with a tree in it. Now a week later the father during the day leaves for extended periods of time, up to 3 or 4 hours...mama comes at night. Our concerns are that there is a lot of waste,( pigeon poops ) on and...

Hello everyone. This is an emergency. My chicks were hatching when the mother-to-be suddenly fell seriously ill and didn't return to her eggs. She spins her head, can't fly, can't even walk properly and doesn't eat at all. She can't even stand straight. Looks like a mentally ill person who's not...

Normally when we go to buy the pigeon in the market the chicks are available at low price but unable to identify their gender, How many ways we can find out their genders, by touching them at the age of 1 to 1.5 months, and majority of chicks that are available, they are siblings of the same...

Hi, What do you think? Near the window of my bathroom, two pigeons made ​​their nest. I do not know but my chicks seem somewhat special. One has claws feathers (this chick emits sounds similar to those of a seagull, or "gluk-glok") and the other has also feathers on the neck raised towards top...

Hey, One of my russian tumbler pairs has been setting on their eggs for the past 2 weeks(Around 17 days) and every morning and evening. They get off their eggs, and I glance in to their nest. Well this morning when I glanced in, one of the chicks started hatching, but the egg had blood around...

I treated my breeders for paratyphoid, worms etc as recommend by this site prior to breeding. I now have 5 pair of babies and all looks well now except so watery droppings i see on the floor of the loft that concerns me. Is there something safe I should use to head off any prob;ems with the...

The present day 24 year old college man in me wants to say: The pigeon egg I have been talking about recently in my " Winter Breeding/highbloodpressure" and "How to keep the loft warm" posts has hatched today. The inner child in me wants to say: OMG IT HATCHED IT SO ADORABLE !! OMG YAY ITS...

Hello. The net says that canker can be bred out of the flock. I know ACV is suppose to help prevent it. When the egg from canker parents were put under normal pairs, the chicks developed canker. I currently believe it is possible to breed out canker : any thoughts? Thanks.

I have a satinette squabs, and I believe I put homer bands on them. I'm guessing it should be ok. How many different size band are there and what pigeon breed can fit what size?

if I have to hand feed 1 day old chicks, and I do not have baby chick formula available, can I feed them raw eggs? someone mentioned raw egg white, someone mentioned boiled yolk... as they are all eggs, so I think maybe raw egg will work, and it is liquid, which is easy to feed tiny chicks...

I have a pair of Feral Pigeons in my barn that are taking care of 2 squabs. Their nest was on a beam about 5 inches wide and, with all of the cats, raccoons, opposums, etc, none of their young have survived long enough to join them up in the rafters. It seems once they leave the nest and...

I rescued 2 pigeon chicks and they have been doing really well after some initial problems with slow crop and air in the crop. They are now over 3 week old and just starting to feed themselves and are nearly ready to fly. But yesterday I noticed one had a few spots. Examining them, I can see...

Please can anyone help me! Today I rescued 2 abandoned pigeon squabs / chicks. They were found wrapped up in newspaper inside a sealed supermarket plastic bag on the street! They are starving and are very thin emaciated. I took them home to try to hand rear them, but I have no idea how to...

I believe I posted here a few months ago asking about pigeon nesting behavior as I had inherited a couple of pigeons and was curious as to what was going on. Anyhow, the mother laid two eggs that hatched about a week and a half ago, and they had been diligently caring for the chicks up until...

Hi everyone. Wondering if anyone can help me here... I have a female donek who has mated with my Indian fantail male, and although they have hatched three sets of eggs this year, the babies keep dying. The longest any of them have lived for is 2 weeks. The parents are feeding the chicks and are...

i'm happy 2 pairs of my pigeons had their first brood of chicks hatched today this morning~! it's PM4:15 in here right now~ i'm happy because the blue bar and white flight pair had their first chick and the other egg cracking this morning(after the first brood of eggs was unsuccessful due to the...