Hi everyone, just stopping by to say hi to all and to share. I have been very busy at "works"( a term one of the kids use) and at my grandsons school lately.
Last Tuesday my son found a young pigeon that was very easy to catch. He brought the pigeon over for a check up. The throat was clear, but it would not fly and was very thin. There were no wounds, thought the area around the head looked like it had been beaten up a bit. It ate like there was no tomorrow! And drank a lot of ACV water mix.The poor thing was starving.
The next day, the pigeon received a treated bath, and I began probiotics and isolated the bird.
The iridescents around the neck are not as vibrant as a males would be, in fact look like Barbie Bluebars neck, so my theory is that it is a girl.
The pigeon (no name) is very gentle. It has been fattened up . The last couple of days we set it in the aviary by itself, and with the help of my grand boy's Hawkmaster and Coolpigeon, we have given her flight lessons and is doing well.
The boys have talked me into keeping her. This is the reason that I am not good at rescuing birds, as I have a tendency to get close to them and they adopt me.
The rest of the Tooterville gang are all doing well. Clayton managed to get out again and left . Last fall he spent the night somewhere else, but returned the next morning. This time he was gone for under an hour. I found him clutching the door of the coop trying to get in.
I will try and load a picture tomorrow of the new pigeon. It looks like a little Rosco, but had brown tones on the feathers. Very pretty bird.
