i have some questions about pet pigeons?
August 29, 2010 Bird House Feeder
hi i was thinking about getting 2 pigeons but i have a lot of questions.
I have a flock of chickens and i was wondering if i could add pigeons to the coop. The pigeons would live in the top of the coop that is right now used 4 storage but if i put bedding and a feeder in waterer in it could i house pigeons in it. the storage area is a 4 ft by 4 ft room that is accessed by a latter, the hens live under it and they aren’t able to get inside the area. iv heard that chickens give pigeons diseases but if they aren’t interacting just in the same coop would they still be able to get diseases form each other?
also could a pair of pet pigeons live together in a regular bird house of or is that to exposed to predators?
with is better a male n female or 2 females (males fight right)?
is it better to buy adults or eggs?
most of the adult pigeons ive seen cost like each because they are from breeders but is it possible to get them cheaper?
Were do you get hatching pigeon eggs, ive looked on eggbid and ebay and other websites but haven’t found any. Is it ok to let the pigeons out for the whole day to fly around and then lock them up at night?
can i feed pigeons chicken food or is this unhealthy
i know nothing about pigeons so dont worry im gonna do i lot more research before i get them
thanx
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Comments (2)
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Pigeons make great pets. They can get quite attached to their human care takers. Yes a 4×4 area is plenty of room for a pair. They may also carry diseases that are transmittable to the chickens and humans like histoplasmosis a lung disease. People who have racers watch out for this problem. Look up the nearest "Homing Pigeon" club around your area by going on the internet. They will occassionally have less than perfect racers for sale which are still as good as any other you may buy and probably in better health and are used to human interaction.. They’ll be glad to give you a really good deal to get rid of the sad birds (for racing)so they can buy more competitive ones.
Chicken food is fine. When they are out flying they’ll pick up extra food too.
The biggest bargain will be the information you can get from them. They will explain how to set up a situation for your birds so they will be "Homing Pigeons" and not fly off with the first flock that flys by. They may intrest you in joining their club. You will get first hand information about nests, fledglings and training your birds. Because they are raising their birds out of love and not out of monetary gain they will generally be incredibly knowledgable on the care, training and breeding of the birds. They will enjoy sharing this knowledge with you. Get their phone #. You won’t get either the quality of bird from a mill or their outlet the pet store. I haven’t had a pet for several years since my last dog passed away at 21yrs of age. I can’t take care of them as well as when I was younger.
I hadn’t thought of having a pigeon again for quite some time. I have an area in the rafters of my garage that I had used as a cove 30 years ago. I could throw out the stored stuff and start anew.
I saw a place about 2miles away where they have some homing pigeons. I think I may stop by tomorrow and see about picking up a pair. Catch up on the newest developements tool Thanks.
First, why do you want any?
As pets,? as racers? To compete in races?
Many people who raise pigeons do so for food.
There are likely books in your library about pigeons, or on Amazon.com.