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They've actually been on a mix of recovery formula and soaked pigeon seed mix that my adult pigeons eat. I honestly doubt it's malnutrition, unless I'm missing something? They get about 30% recovery formula for the protein content, the rest is, as I said, soaked seed with added grit. Also...

I'd think it's normal, but his 1 day younger sibling already has his head feathers coming in at once

Hello! I'm raising 2 babies right now, and the older one seems to only be sprouting a few feathers on his head while his/her sibling almost has a full head. Is this normal? Could it be a sign of something going wrong? They're growing well, and are very energetic, this is pretty much the only...

These two are actually my indoor pigeons' kids! First baby pigeons I've ever raised. Honestly, the main reason is that I need the experience for the future. I'm normally working on wildlife resques, but have branched out more to domestic species. There's a small flock of feral pigeons in my...

Thank you so much for this response! This honestly makes a lot of sense. First time I'm having baby pigeons, and goodness they are CHUNKY. I'll put that in my notes and they should be good to go once I get everything ready for them 😁

Hi, I'm preparing to handraise 2 pigeons, and the last piece of information that I haven't been able to verify through multiple sources is a brooder temp chart for babies 5 days + The chicks will be 5 and 6 days old in two days, which is when I'm planning on starting the handfeeding. I'm...

Thank you so much! That's a very good point, I think I'll go ahead and do that with the food and water. Maybe every hour or two? What do you think?

Hello, I was wondering if any of you have some tips. I ordered a few muscovy ducklings from a man that lives around a 8-9h drive away. I've driven this distance with very young ducklings before, and it went okay but honestly I was mostly stressing through the entire drive... What I did last...

Hello! I just got this beautiful boy today along with 3 others. Aside from pied, what mutation do you guys think he has? My first guess was fawn isabel, but then why is there no cheek marking? TIA!

Well of course, I guess I worded it wrong. What I meant is, would it make more sense to make my own mix entirely, or get a ready mix, maybe like some pigeon food, and add in what it's missing for it to be right for ducks.

Hi! I would really like to switch my ducks to a feed that's not as processed as the pellets are. Would it make sense financially to buy bulk grains and mix myself, or is there a feed available that has more whole grains which I could add onto to make it fitting for the ducks? TIA!

Thank you!

Here's the greenhouse. I think I'll go with using that, since I trust it being warmer in there during the summer. I just made the base and stairs for it last night. All in a days work 😅 Do you have pictures of the warming tray? I haven't thought of that, but it definitely sounds like a very...

Those definitely look a lot more like it! I think we found a winner thankcyou so much!

I've noticed they're giant. For a little while, I thought those were just the males but no, appearantly it's a different breed.