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Hand feeding question?

Posted on February 18, 2012 by admin| 1 Comment

I spoke with a pigeon owner online a couple weeks ago on a pigeon website. One of the questions I asked regarded hand feeding. I read pigeon chicks need to be fed evert 2 hours or more with a 6 hour fasting period. The owner told me that meant feeding the bird until midnight and then starting the whole process again at 6:00 am the next day. Is this true or would I have to feed the chick through out the night?

I already get up a couple times during the night so I can check on the chick if I need to. I also plan to get the chick from a friend who owns 2 pigeons, I’ve also done a year and half of research on hand raising. You’ve all probably seen question s liek this before since I’ve been asking them though otu the week(see my profile).

(No jokes allowed, please)

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how to define birds-flu on pigeons?

Posted on February 11, 2012 by admin| 5 Comments

one of my pigeon nearly five month old shows weakness can’t fly -stop feeding and lost mostly its weight -slowly moving ,that start about five days ago .

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help with pigeons?

Posted on January 14, 2012 by admin| 3 Comments

hi i was wodnering im a pigeon breeder and i let a bird go once and he didnt come back how do you train them to come back and make sure they and and how do they come too you. like whe i go to feed them there always afriad of mee. i just wanted to get a pigeon and let him go and he comes back but antoher thing i have a lot of trees in back of my house and i live on the water not many trees just likes 3 big ones. thansk

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The Bird Cage ( Pigeon Proof Bird Feeder )

Posted on January 11, 2012 by admin| 7 Comments

The Bird Cage … ( Pigeon Proof Bird Feeder ) … Due to recent problems with pigeons getting on to my bird feeders I decided to invest in this “Bird Cage”. I initially thought the gaps were going to be too small for the bullfinches to fit through, but I’m pleased to say I had no need to be concerned. Filmed on 16th March 2011 Video Produced by Goldfinch Garden (Wildlife in Cornwall)
Video Rating: 4 / 5

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what to give a baby pigeon that cant fly and has no mother?

Posted on December 27, 2011 by admin| 4 Comments

well where i live there are these pillars that birds nest on and every year we see a mother bird and its babies. some reason this year one of the babies hatched and fell from the pillar in front of my apt. and neighbors (who don’t speak english) put it in a box with leaves, a bowl of water and rice at the bottom of the bowl. ?:(
i understand there customs are different from us american (they are indian) but I’m not sure what i should do, if i can help in any way, if i could buy fish bate for the bird or something.I’m very concerned because the box just sits outside the pillar it first fell off of.

if you have any info on it please share as soon as possible I’m not sure how much longer it can take being in a box without proper care and food

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What are the chances a baby pigeon will make it over night? Help fast?

Posted on July 15, 2011 by admin| 5 Comments

I feel horrible. There were pigeons nesting above my door way and they hadn’t been back in a day or so. I saw a baby pigeon down on in the grass so I figured it was time to tear down the nest. Got a broom to get it down (about 10 ft high). Thankfully I caught it in a box, one of the pigeons didn’t leave the nest.

The nest didn’t survive the fall but the bird did. It doesn’t appear hurt. I put on my gardening gloves and moved it to a safe spot to let it be. I came back and it was just stuck there, shivering. So I got a thermal shirt and put it inside it, introduced its beak to a bowl of water and some soaked up graham crackers and tried to provide it a shelter.

I don’t know what’s next but I feel like crap. Is there anything I can do to ensure it makes it through the night? Tried calling services but its too late at night.

What should I do?
One more thing, I felt its crop and it was full, kind of balloony feeling. Is that a good sign for tonight at least?

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I found a baby bird, nest destroyed and the parents are still around what should I do?

Posted on July 4, 2011 by admin| 5 Comments

During a wind storm, this dove/pigeon (baby) fell out of its nest and the nest is gone. But the Parent birds are still hanging around. I put the baby bird in a box and the mother bird went down to it, fed it once or twice, and then just watched it. I went out there a few times to check on it.
And now only the father is out there not near it just sitting in the tree. the baby hasn’t eaten for more than 8 hours. I’m scared and i dont want it to die. What should i do. i have this cage that i put it in and it doesnt have a top to it, i thought that would work that way it cant get out and the parents can still get to it. will that work.

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