| Doves & Pigeons Homing Pigeons: I always keep around 30 homing pigeons, I do not race them but I do have some really nice birds that were racers. They certainly are fast. They are just fun to have and it is always interesting to see what colours I get with certain combinations. I keep a few different colours like blue and ash red. Both these colours I have in bar, check, t-pattern(velvet), grizzle, bronze bar and partial bar. I have Bronze in check and occasionally bar, Silvers I currently only have in bar. Opals I have in Dominant T-pattern and Blue Opal check. I also have a colour that I call cream(pic under the red grizzle)), it makes very uniquely coloured offspring(pic on far right) crossed with the red grizzle(pic on the right). This year I also hope to breed more indigos. I usually have a good number of Young Birds available late summer and fall, but sometimes also have a few during winter/spring. All birds are banded unless I run out of bands. Old German Owls Currently have 1 pair of Old German Owls and hope to increase to 2-3 pairs soon. My pair consist of an red bar Male and a cream bar female. They are currently nesting and we are hoping for the first set of babies soon. Chinese Owls Currently am home to 2 male Chinese Owls and soon will add a flock of 10 more birds of various colours to them. Hopefully I will be to pair up these 2 pretty boys very soon. Ringneck Doves: Fawn coloured Ringneck doves are also part of my birdy flock. I keep them mainly for fostering eggs or chicks from the Homers/Quail if necessary. Occasionally I let them hatch a few chicks of their own. Those I pull from the parents at about 2-3 weeks of age and handfeed them until the end. This way they make wonderful, tame Pets. All birds are banded unless noted otherwise. |
Last Update- April23/08
