Pigeons

h20fwlkillr · Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 11:45 am Post subject: Pigeons

I know there aren't a lot of hunters/trialers on here, but I found this on Craigs List and thought someone might be interested. The price is very good. http://kansascity.craigslist.org/grd/778000032.html

LunaBrown · Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 1:05 pm Post subject:

Cool! We have been considering keeping pigeons... they seem like alot less fuss than quail and they come back!

But in the city, I have no idea what the heck we would do with 250 of the little buggers!

DanniGirl · Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 2:29 pm Post subject:

GUESS WHAT! GUESS WHAT! GUESS WHAT!
(I'm so excited...!) I just caught my very own pigeons with a homemade trap! And I caught five of them! Mr. Green

(I normally purchase them but now I don't have too! That's an awesome deal though!)

versatilek9s · Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 2:36 pm Post subject:

I've been trying to catch pigeons for weeks now! (Think Caddyshack)

At this point I'm pretty sure they're way smarter than me! LOL

Oh, don't expect them to come back--it's much harder to get pigeons to home in my experience than it seems!

DanniGirl · Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 5:24 pm Post subject:

Meredith...I got so lucky! We found a lady who feeds the pigeons. Wink

I don't know...my father (when he was a boy) used to raise pigeons. After months of keeping them, they released them and they returned. I want to say that if chicks are hatched in a coop, it's almost guaranteed they'll return.

But then again...who wants 50 pigeons flying around their home... Razz

anne · Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 6:16 pm Post subject:

You guys are hilarious. Who wudda thunk that pigeons would make you ladies so excited! LOL

ymepointer · Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 11:30 am Post subject:

Hey my wife is flying back to spokane tomorrow out of KCI, Maybe I can convince her to check 250 pigeons Laughing

....speaking of deals, a game farn here is selling year old breeders(at least that is there description Wink

) pheasants for 5 bucks apiece. Now that is a deal!

h20fwlkillr · Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 9:14 pm Post subject:

Congrats Dannigirl on the pigeons. I sure am glad I built my big coup and don't have to trap anymore. It's really nice to be able to keep 50-75 pigeons on hand at all times.

ymepointer, speaking of deals, I was contacted a week ago by a local preserve that still has a lot of pheasants left from last year. He said he would sell me flight conditioned hens for $3 each. The only catch was I had to buy 1000 at a time.

DanniGirl · Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 12:18 pm Post subject:

LunaBrown · Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 12:28 pm Post subject:

DanniGirl · Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 8:18 pm Post subject:

Hey guess what...! I just caught three more pigeons! I'm on a roll... Razz

LMAO!
Lunabrown...make the trap...it works. Cool

Well, the bad news though...now I have to build a coop. H20fwlkillr...do you have any plans for a coop (no taller than 6 ft.) with easy access to the birds?

h20fwlkillr · Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 1:59 am Post subject:

I don't have any plans, but I found a few links to some plans that could be modified for pigeons.

http://text.lsuagcenter.com/NR/rdonlyres/BB465158-5E3D-48A4-B631-3D1E27248A6C/15091/6187PoultryHouse.pdf

http://text.lsuagcenter.com/NR/rdonlyres/EA6256AE-F3F4-44C2-BB0D-8D266DAAB4AE/14992/7401BackYardPoultryHouse.pdf

DanniGirl · Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 7:05 pm Post subject:

Thanks! Those gave me some ideas!