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Just getting back into pigeons after a few years. Rebuilt loft and got it all ready. But, I need birds! Looking for racing homers in Utah. If you know of anyone selling young or old birds in Utah let me know, Thanks!

My main hen Ginger has always been in the picky eater side. She seems to go thru phases where she's really only interested in one or two seeds in the mix I've made. It used to be she was crazy about safflower then white millet, then French green lentils. Now she's into milo, rape seed, and mung...

And now he isn't eating much and is weak (can't seem to fly in the screened in porch). Is it time to comfort him for a gentle passing or are there other suggestions? Thank you. He's been a member of our family for so long! He lives with my mom in Topeka, KS.

Birmingham Roller pigeons,,,,,,So ok, i just started up , and i saw a bird yesterday, throwing up some seed,, not to sure if tht is normal, but i asked myself what should i have on hand for treatment, when its called for, also with new birds should i consider treatments, or innoc's, not sure if...

Hey everyone! Got a complaint from the city so I was forced to cut down on some birds along with my set up. I have one loft to fly birds from. This includes both young birds and old birds. Loft is 9 foot X 9 foot X 9 foot high. It's built inside of a large shed. PLAN I was thinking of...

Hi all, New here. Bella is my 14 yr old female ringneck. She has always been broody a few times a year but she has no interest in her dummy egg or nesting at this point. She has been broody looking for two months. This is the first season she has not produced an egg. Do they stop this as they...

how old are the birds you enter in old Bird races.do older birds fly faster then younger birds? If you had a late hatch and you're birds were 6-7 months old would they have a chance against old birds.I know typically birds that raced the year before are entered.and also not to fly young birds...

Hi, my oldest pigeon in the coup, Spot (she's white with brown and black spots and a black tail), who is about 8.5 years old stopped being able to fly up to the coup about a week ago. She looked sick with crust around her eyes and could barely open one, so I treated her with Dacoxine 4 in 1...

does anyone have any advice? well i got some racing pigeons a while back from a local club. After i got them i decided i did not want prisoners.. so i plucked there flights and let them walk around for a month and now there starting to fly...so i only lost 2 so far and its only been a week....so...

Two brothers (12 and 14) in Oregon are looking for good quality Homers to start a pigeon 4-H project (including breeding). The birds don't need to be show quality and do need to be reasonably priced. The boys have raised chickens for several years and understand the responsibility of caring...

Hi, please forgive any ignorance as I am very new to pigeons. I recently found a weak racing pigeon in my garden, and after taking care of it for a few days we managed to capture it and report its ring number. We then managed to get in touch with the owner after a week or so. The owner told me...

I have five year old feral pigeon, a cock.. Is it true that untamed pigeons are stressed and need a break? How can i calm them and make them tame? Is it also true that feral pigeon has a less chance to win races? :confused: