I caught a couple of wild pigeon back in October of last year. They have paired and mated and now the 2 eggs that were laid hatched yesterday. I have been feeding them a high quality no mess seed mix. They seem to really enjoy eating the sunflower seeds, peanuts and corn bits. Those are usually eaten first while it seems like mine don't like the millet quite as much.
Wonderful idea for a video! Some notes: the urge for egg-laying is not domesticated behaviour, pigeons (and doves) just simply are very different types of birds from parrots - pigeons are closer to poultry in a way (my wild non-domesticated collared dove loves sitting on fake eggs). + This video almost sort of suggests it would be OK to just take and keep a feral bird, but please do not think so. Pigeons mate for life so if you just take one, you're separating a pair. Of course it is OK give them a forever home if they cannot survive in the wild due to injuries. They are very docile and sweet birds (although some individuals can be quite aggressive, but their beaks are soft so they don't do much damage).
Thank you for commenting! I should have been more clear on keeping a feral bird. Of course if it already has a mate you shouldn't just take it, but if it has injuries like you said you should obviously take it in and take it the vet. Guapon was (and still is to some people) incredibly aggressive but he loved cuddles more than anything that I was able to quickly tame him 😂
Poultry also does only lay constantly eggs when domesticated and breed that way. Wild chicken (red jungelfowl) only breed seasonal, in winter or spring, but not the rest of the year. Humans bred chicken to lay more and more eggs during the year. Same is true for domesticated rock pigeons. It's different in other pigeon species of course, but the video was only about rock pigeons, I think (even there was a short display of wood pigeons, that also only lay eggs during summer in Europe). I have no expertise of collared doves so. Just wanted to say that laying a lot of eggs during the year is something that humans selected for in domesticated birds.
I caught a couple of wild pigeon back in October of last year. They have paired and mated and now the 2 eggs that were laid hatched yesterday. I have been feeding them a high quality no mess seed mix. They seem to really enjoy eating the sunflower seeds, peanuts and corn bits. Those are usually eaten first while it seems like mine don't like the millet quite as much.
That's so cool! Those pigeons must be incredibly lucky!
Thank you so much, this video was so helpful!!
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Wonderful idea for a video! Some notes: the urge for egg-laying is not domesticated behaviour, pigeons (and doves) just simply are very different types of birds from parrots - pigeons are closer to poultry in a way (my wild non-domesticated collared dove loves sitting on fake eggs). + This video almost sort of suggests it would be OK to just take and keep a feral bird, but please do not think so. Pigeons mate for life so if you just take one, you're separating a pair. Of course it is OK give them a forever home if they cannot survive in the wild due to injuries. They are very docile and sweet birds (although some individuals can be quite aggressive, but their beaks are soft so they don't do much damage).
Thank you for commenting! I should have been more clear on keeping a feral bird. Of course if it already has a mate you shouldn't just take it, but if it has injuries like you said you should obviously take it in and take it the vet. Guapon was (and still is to some people) incredibly aggressive but he loved cuddles more than anything that I was able to quickly tame him 😂
Poultry also does only lay constantly eggs when domesticated and breed that way. Wild chicken (red jungelfowl) only breed seasonal, in winter or spring, but not the rest of the year. Humans bred chicken to lay more and more eggs during the year. Same is true for domesticated rock pigeons. It's different in other pigeon species of course, but the video was only about rock pigeons, I think (even there was a short display of wood pigeons, that also only lay eggs during summer in Europe). I have no expertise of collared doves so. Just wanted to say that laying a lot of eggs during the year is something that humans selected for in domesticated birds.
Turned out very nice!
Thanks to you!