nooooo! really? I mean I'm sure it would prefer living with its own kind but dont people keep them as pets? My plan was to seperate it after it was weaned(around a month) and have it be the only pigeon inside. I mean will it miss something it never had...except for that short time? Darn!
If it is raised with pigeons nside a coop, it would prefer to live with them, and they are much happier. The parents teach the babies valuable skills like warning them when predators approach, and how to eat.
Those of us who have pet pigeons, got them by accident. Either they were hand raised because the parent birds were unavailable, gave them up, or other unforseen accident/incident.
Also, pet birds are usually those that have been rescued and are non-releasables because of their injuries, make great pets, but it is not a choice, it usually happens out of need.