my dove has been ill for the past two weeks, she has difficulty breathing, she is tired and sleepy, her poop used to be ok but now it has a yellowish oily tint to it, the urates i mean. she is being medicated with anti-inflammatory (0,03ml x1 every 24 hours for 6 days), baytril (0,03 ml x 1...

Where can I find leg bands for my babies if (when) they hatch? And, if the parents are hatching them, how old do I put them on, and if I get in the nest to put them on, won't the parent's abandon them? Also, my hubby is wondering, can we feed them some gamebird crumbles along with their pigeon...

i was walking home from the grocery store, and yes, i had just picked up my bag of seed mix for the week to feed my feral flock. i go to christie pits park in toronto ontario and they ar ejust lovely there. i herd a cooing in the distance, and recignized it as being a pigeon dove, the ringneck...

One of my pairs of pigeons laid two eggs. According to what I've heard, they should hatch a week from this coming sunday. Can anyone tell me, do I need to place a pan of water in their pen so that they can keep the eggs moist? Also, do I change their diet, once the babies hatch (if they do)...

I just got 4 rollers 2 weeks ago. I work at a feed store. I bought a 50 lb. bag of pigeon mix with corn. It seems they waste alot of the corn and big stuff. I have access to many grains, as we have a feed mill and make our own horse,bird, chicken feed etc. I am wondering, does anyone know what...

If you're looking for a healthy treat for your birds, try lentils. It took my birds a few days to become familiar with the new taste, but now they are as popular as safflower seeds!

Hi All, I want to know more about feeding Garlic to Pigeons. I have read some mentions here about how they like it. Now, what does this mean in practice? One breaks apart a garlic bulb and peels some and cuts it into bite sized pieces? And they may peck at it as the like? I know raw garlic...

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...

Hi there everyone, this is my first post... I had 6 pigeons (homing) given to me on monday. and never owning a pigeon before, i found this group and I have been reading this forum since last saturday... I have followed all the links i have found along the way, and searched and read almost...

I know this is a pigeon forum but I was hoping someone could help me with my dove... I have two female ringneck doves who are 19 years old. They have been very healthy all of their lifes. I noticed that one was sleeping a lot and her droppings were very liquidy and green. Then one day...

Hello folks, This is my first post here, but I have been "lurking" about reading posts and gleaning what I can to further my knowledge about proper care of the little ones, that seem to come in droves, needing help in some fashion or another.... I am a Wildlife Rescuer, yes I have a...

a local pigeon flyer has just came and visited my loft and has told me i have bad coccidiosis. i was wondering what is the best thing to use, that is not too expensice since i am only 15 and cant afford much.

Hi,I rescued a baby pigeon from a crow attack last week Friday, the crow was on top of the baby pigeon and pulling its feathers out! I think it may have fallen out of its nest and thats how the crow got to it. I took it to the local animal hospital and was informed that if I handed it to them...

We were driving today and almost hit a pigeion. He wouldn't get off the road. We looked in the rear view and he almost got hit by several cars so we pulled over. He wouldn't get out of the way of someone walking across the road and the guy kicked him. I'm not sure if he got hit by a car, I...

There is this oh so cute in my eyes little pigeon at one of the buildings I take care of. I started feeding her about a year ago when I noticed that she would take these prolonged dives in the dumpster looking for food and then show up at my vehicle @ lunch time looking very pathetic. We took...

What is the best food for feeding feral pigeons? The ones I feed seem to favor bread over anything including seeds. I don't know why but they'll go straight for the bread and leave the seeds for later. They also seem to like sunflower seeds the most. I've read somewhere that pigeons are not...

:) :) :D :D hi im looking for people who goes out of there way to buy loafs of bread to feed them, like i do! and like to hear from you if you do the same! i live in chicago ill, in the 11th floor apt, with 3 cats! so i cant have a bird in side! but thats ok, i like to go walking to...

hi me again .how can you tell if the wing is broken and not muscle damage. the wing looks like he is trying to hold it up but uncomfortably(if any one can understand that) no wounds at all, and feet are warm now but they was not at first.brought pigeon home and put in cat carrier in front of...

Hello, I was surfing the net looking for information about pigeons :cool: . I live in an apartment on the 10th floor in Miami, Fl. A pigeon recently made a nest on my balcony floor (which has fake grass) and she laid two eggs. She moved the nest a few times during the course of 3 or 4 weeks, and...

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...