Information About Pigeons

Care

The most important factor in pigeon keeping is taking good care of them. Sick pigeons should be medicated immediately. Tetracycline is very helpful. Pigeons affected by PMV should be separated from the loft since PMV is highly contagious in pigeons. Weak pigeons should be kept in separate cages with water and feed. Vitamins should be given to weak birds. Care should be taken to avoid overdose as pigeons get a handful amount of vitamins from the feed they eat. Check each bird and the chicks on a daily basis, Sometimes pigeons don't feed their young ones, In that case try geting them foster parents if the chicks are too small. If the chicks are more than 20 days old, hand feed them using a syringe. Take grinded mixture of feed and mix it with some warm water and feed them using the syringe.
Dip the birds in Butox once in 6 months so that they are free from ticks, lice and pigeon flies. At times dust them with Notix powder. The pigeon loft should be kept clean and ventilation is a must.

Nesting

Each individual pair needs its own cage. Kings, Pouters, Modenas, Swallows and Jacobins need a bigger sized cage. So each of these breeds should be placed in a cage of dimension 3 feet X 4 feet individually. Fantails, Nuns, Helmets and Capuchines are comfortable with small cages of dimension 2 feet X 3 feet. Earthen bowls filled with sand should be provided for the pigeons to lay eggs, the cages should be open every morning and close them in the evening. During this period they should have plenty of open space to fly around.