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  1. Need help !

    Hey guys found this guy in my terrace today. I have no idea if I’ve posted this to the right place. However he can’t fly and won’t drink or eat. Came across your site and was wondering if anyone here can help tell me how to care for this guy. Not sure if he’s even a baby but based on images I’ve...
  2. Sick or Injured Pigeon and Dove Discussions
    hi guys, somebody from my old workplace just dropped off an ill young pigeon. The bird seems to be an adolescent, and fairly ill. It has very little spirit and is sitting, feathers puffed out, facing into the corner of the box, as though hiding its head. It also has absolutely no tail flight...
  3. I found a pigeon or dove - now what?
    Hi everyone. Hopefully someone out there can identify this little fellow (girl) for me and tell me at what stage of development s/he is at. We were walking along Glenelg beach front (South Australia, Australia) when my husband pointed to something right next to me. As someone who tends to...
  4. I found a pigeon or dove - now what?
    At about 11:30pm last night I encounter a very docile pigeon. He let me first pet him then pick him up and he perched on my finger. I have very limited experience with birds, so I thought about the situation. I thought I would prompt him to fly. I tossed him up a couple feet, he flapped but...
  5. Sick or Injured Pigeon and Dove Discussions
    This morning my dad saw a pigeon outside and it was just going around in circles and was limping a lot. It tried to fly but couldn't so my dad bought it inside so it can be in the warmth and maybe help it. It has calmed down a bit but we can't do much and we don't want to leave it outside...
  6. Sick or Injured Pigeon and Dove Discussions
    I found a feral pigeon at a bus stop this past Thursday that appeared to have an injured leg. It was in a box (had crawled inside or someone had put it there). I brought it home to keep it safe (lots of predators where it was). We have it in a large box, and have made a nest for it per...
  7. Archive - Pet Pigeons And Doves
    Hi everyone, I'm New at this so I just got some Homer pigeons for my coop that i just built and i'm just wondering How long before i can let them out and fly and hope they come back?
  8. Adoption Forum for Pigeons
    Hi, I have a pigeon that can not fly, he is banded and the previous owner was going to put him down, so I kept him. I noticed lately that he is not eating the wild bird seed I am giving him. I only have experience with wild pigeons and it is what they eat. Can you give me some Ideas of what a...
  9. Sick or Injured Pigeon and Dove Discussions
    First of all, this is my first post here and also I have apologize for my language, english is not my native language. but I'll try to explain my problem. I've had a young pigeon for 5 days now, it was found lying in the street. We took it to a vet, and the vet said it was healthy but weak...
  10. Sick or Injured Pigeon and Dove Discussions
    Hi all I help out on a farm. Long story short the farmer needed his silo and went to clean it out to discover a great many pigeon eggs, baby pigeons of all ages..too many dead pigeons etc. He needs the silo for his cows, so he permitted me to "rescue" what I could before it was scraped...
  11. Archive - General Discussion
    my pigeon now stays with the chickens we have,since i dont think its humane to keep the poor thing in a bird cage,instead of buying a #50 bag of pigeon feed which is quite expensive,can they live on chicken food,flock raiser/or chicken scratch,i have my chickens on layer pellets,which i know is...
  12. I found a pigeon or dove - now what?
    Hi~ I'm new around here, but a long-time bird lover. I currently live on a college campus located in the city, and so naturally there have been pigeons around, but one has me (and my suitemate) a little worried. It was when I noticed a single pigeon returning to my dorm's courtyard alone that...
  13. I found a pigeon or dove - now what?
    Hello everyone, I am after a bit of advice regarding an injured pigeon - It first turned up in our back garden in May and basically it looks like one of its wings is broken and it can't fly. Its left wing droops down a bit and when it tries to take off it only gets airborne for a few feet...
  14. I found a pigeon or dove - now what?
    It looks like a pigeon - but all white, with red and white feet. It's been haging around my house for over a week (more like 2) now. It did (sort of) fly away when I tried to catch it once....flew into the neighbor's garage door that is. When I went to leave for work yesterday, I backed out of...
  15. Archive - Wild or 'Feral' Pigeons
    Yep you read the title right, The only problem is I wanted to feed them the other day and he stuffed them all with bread some of it was even stale :( I brought a huge bag of corn and a brand new bag of hole wheat bread, yet not one pigeon came to me when I threw some down not one I was so...
  16. Sick or Injured Pigeon and Dove Discussions
    I`ve just found a fledgling pigeon judging by the pics at the below link hes about 3 weeks old can anyone give me any tips on how to care for it. i.e what should I feed it where should I keep him Cheers Glenn http://lovebirdsloft.homestead.com/squabgrowth.html
  17. I found a pigeon or dove - now what?
    hi, i rescued a pigeon today from my local canal, it must have fallen from the railway bridge near by.It was compleatly egsausted from trying to stay above water, so i brought it home. i've been reading some of the post's on what to do but i still have a few questions. any help would be much...
  18. Archive - General Discussion
    Hello and good evening from a new member in England , Would you please advise me , I have a young wood pigeon which I have been feeding for 1 week , It is now about 14-16 days old. I have kept it on a heat pad and fed it on a mixture of lightly scrambled egg, small ground seeds and oats, goji...
  19. Archive - Wild or 'Feral' Pigeons
    i live in downtown los angeles. i found what i beleive to be a female aprox. 1 month ago wandering out side the front door of my building. she had no feathers on the top of her head, the same under the wings. she seems to have a yellow growth of some sort at the back of the knee joint that...
  20. I found a pigeon or dove - now what?
    I couldn't believe my eyes yesterday at around 5pm when I watched a man drive into a pigeon in the road. The car hit him at about 20 mph right on the chest. I scooped him up and held him a while to see if he died of schock but he didn't so I put him in a bush and got into my car (it happened...
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