domestic pigeons

Hi... I am in Alberta, Canada. It's pretty cold and snowy here right now. Tonight I was walking my dog, just before midnight, and he found something in the snow... I proceeded to call and pull him (thinking it was a bone or rotten food)... he finally came to me with the thing in his mouth...

My purpose in opening this new thread is to invite your comments who how you might be dealing with this magnificent predator. I had a young bird escape from the loft the other day, and within minutes, my resident Cooper claimed his first victim for 2005. I am hearing of a lot of fanciers who...

Runts for sale. I have runts of all color just tell me what you want and i most likely have it. IF anybody is interested please post a reply. Asking 30 dollars a pair.

Hi My wife and I found a pigeon in our driveway this morning. From looking at Sara's pics I would say he is about 4 weeks old, maybe a little less. Most of his wing feathers are grown but he still has traces of down on top of all his feathers. We think he must have been out on the ground all...

I need to know which breed of pigeons is the biggest in the world. Send me the answer to [email protected]

I need immediate help. I have been feeding a few hundred pigeons and sparrows where I work in an industrial area, for a few years. The landlord has threatened to poison them if I don't stop feeding them. What is the safest way to stop feeding them, so they don't get sick or worse? I feel...

OK. I found this pigeon. Well, it found me I guess. I was walking outside of my apartment to throw away the trash when I see this pigeon fall from a tree to a pile of leaves. I walked over to it and it doesn't react at all. I know its alive though because it is standing up and breathing and...

Et All, A few weeks back, I aquired 2 new hens from a local racer's loft. One of the hens is an 04 BB. The other hen is a 96 which he said is a homer & pheasant pigeon cross... he has several of this variety and they're really interesting in color and reportedly home and race well at short...

Pigeon keepers lose battle but insist war not over! Pigeon Radio will be going live with breaking news speaking With Paul Hanna, the Chicago Concourse President and Bill Mitiu, AU director of the Plains Zone. Visit www.pigeonradio.com tonight Sunday at 8 PM Central Standard Time December 19...

Well, I had an interesting week with my pijjies last week. I took my birds out to fly, they returned home, but did not trap in immediately. They had been on lock down for many days because they caught a respiratory infection, so I would suppose they did not want to trap in for fear they might...

I heard you are suppose to let the pigeons out to fly around!!!! Well I saw this thing called pigeon poison. They wont eat that when you let them out to fly around :eek: . Just wandering!!!!!

Hello, I'm new to the group. I have a pair of adopted domestic pigeons, don't know what kind, they just hatched 2 squabs about 2 weeks ago. Things have been pretty much ok until yesterday. Yesterday morning I saw Papa bird doing a weird flapping motion and he was leaning forward on his chest...

Hi Everyone! Just curious to know if anyone on the list raises Archangels? I just acquired a young pair of black selfs I think are just beauitiful. This is a new breed for me so I would appreciate anyone sharing any finer points about them...

Hey all, Anne Ellis has one for me, a hen, well she doesn't know which is which YET. She said in about a week or so she'll have them figured out. I can't wait, neither can Charlie! I the hen is in my price range! Anyone out there that can help with mating or when they mate? ~David :D

Hey Everyone, Just to clarify a few things I've said earlier and to give some insight....all domestic pigeons have an inate "homing" ability. Rock doves are the ancestors of ALL domestic pigeons and rock doves have always possessed this homing ability naturally in varying degrees. Throughout...

First I'm so excited I found this board! It looks great. Long story short....2 pigeon eggs hatched in my hanging plant 8/12 we decided we were going to raise them. Yesterday after days of research went to try to touch...they flew off! Recaught 1, put him back in nest and he stayed the nite. The...

Hello Everyone, Along with Bob, my pigeon who is on the road to recovery, I now have two others with PMV. Like Bob, these two were in my yard, walking in circles and backwards, looking up, etc etc. I found Tiny yesterday - "he" is the smallest pigeon I have ever seen, but appears fully...

Hi- I've posted here before about hopefully aquiring some racing homers. Now however, I'm not sure what the best type of pigeon for me is. About me- I'm 14 years old, and I live right near Washington DC. My dad is helping me to draw up plans for a loft, which I'll keep in my back yard and...

Hi all, I need some expert advice. There is somewhat of a battle being waged at work, where the two King Pigeons I've posted about previously have settled in. One camp here wants to leave the pigeons alone. They see no reason to remove them to some home where they'll be caged and no longer...

well, the saga goes on folks... Im not sure what happened to the last notice. Maybe it expired. But for those of u who've been kind enough to offer advice, the babies are getting bigger, starting to stretch their wings, on the shelf above the TV. The parents continue sleeping nose to nose on the...