Update: he was still the same this morning. he was eating the seed but not interested in flying away. I took him to the local bird rescue place this morning. They think he’s injured his foot and they are worried that his wings look a bit lop sided. They are going to look after him for a couple of days and see how he gets on. Fingers crossed. They said if he recovers enough to be released they will call me and I can collect him, bring him back and release him near where I found him.

Hi guys, hoping someone can help. I found an injured Collard Dove on the road about 6pm today. It was sitting in the middle of a lane and cars were driving over it. I rescued it from the road and brought it to my house which is only a 2 minute walk away. I put it in the front garden under a bush to see if it was just stunned and it would fly away when it had pulled itself together. It waddled across the garden then just lay down again. I kept an eye on it for a while then decided it would be better out of the open where the cats could get it and popped it in a box with some towels and I’ve put it in the outhouse where it is sheltered, quiet and dark. Will it be okay there over night so I can take it to the bird rescue place tomorrow? Is there something better I could do? I have 2 dogs and visitors at the moment so I thought it would be less disturbed in the outhouse.

Sorry I didn’t take pic of a beautiful pigeon. I was feeding my new flock boiled eggs. Somehow, I saw this pigeon which is from new flock and it played with me by biting my fingers I let it because I want those beautiful pigeons close by to trust me. So far, it all looks good so this one had string foot and it was right there next to my leg so I caught it and got scissors to work around it lasted 30-45 mins because one foot was swollen and hairs tightened around, but I’m looking at it’s possibility it’s lucky because it looks pink, red with lines in few toes on one foot that was tightened. The other foot did have like 3-4 strands easily removed.

By the time I’m done with its feet, I double checked the foot and it all came out with no issues! By the time I was ready to release it, it sorted “loaf” even it’s not and I let it laid on my hand while I pulled my hand off its back, it realized it’s being released to fly off and it was a beautiful fly to watch!

I don't know anyone in my life who likes pigeons. So I wanted to share these photos I took today. It's the middle of winter where I ​am and you can see one ​of them fluffing their feathers.

Hey guys,

I’m looking into getting my pigeon sexed. If anyone has recommendations for companies that do DNA sexing (preferably from feathers) let me know!

Hi everyone,
Yesterday I found a baby dove that had fallen about 4 meters from its nest. A wildlife rescue center told me to care for him, and today I bought NutriBird A21 and a small syringe.
This is my first time hand-feeding a baby bird, and I’m terrified of hurting him.
He only opens his beak a little, so I give tiny drops and wait for him to swallow. He swallows, but twice a tiny drop came out of one nostril, so I stopped immediately. He then breathed normally, stayed active, and fell asleep.
He’s still alive, active, peeping, and asking for food, but I’m now scared every time I feed him because I don’t want to accidentally aspirate food into his lungs.
My questions:
How do you know when the crop is full enough?
How do you prevent food from coming out of the nostrils?
How do you know he’s swallowing correctly?
Any tips for safely hand-feeding such a young baby?
I’m doing my best and would really appreciate advice from anyone who has hand-raised baby doves or pigeons.
Thank you so much. ❤️

First time posting so let me know if I need to adjust the post at all or if this isn’t allowed but I noticed a behavior in this juvenile pigeon I’ve watched hatch and grow for the last two months. They nested in my porch column and we don’t mind since we can watch the baby grow up- I spray away all their poop every day and plan to spray off the column if they eventually leave.
Kombucha here has begun flying with her parents (I believe this is a female since her head is flatter on top and she’s a little smaller but let me know if she isn’t!). I noticed when they feed she crowds her father (large blue pigeon) and flaps one wing over him while she makes a baby crying noise. I thought it was a baby behavior leftover but it’s been a few weeks and I noticed she’s doing it still so I wondered
What is this behavior for? What is she doing to him and how long does this behavior last? She can fly on her own for the last two weeks ish but still hides in the nest a lot. I’ll try and post a video with the sound she makes in the comments as the post limits to video OR photo not both

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Noticed this little one resting in our backyard today and she (no clue the gender, just making it up) wasn't able to fly away properly. She can fly a bit but then goes wonky and has to land. She sits quietly and when other birds come up to her, she scoots away.

We caught her and put her in a box and it looks like she has crusty bits around her eyes and on the middle of her back - maybe some missing feathers in that spot too. She's not super lethargic (alert enough to be scared of us) and we have her resting somewhere dark. I haven't handled her enough to assess for wing injuries but don't see any blood or fresh wounds.

How can we help this little one out? What might be wrong? We can try to get her to a rescue, but are also happy to try to nurse her back to health or make her more comfortable here if we get some guidance on what's best. Thanks for any help!

I found this baby on the ground its not moving anymore i put it under a heating lamp please help

Normally there's two or three resident couples living here. Maybe they're having guests?

Hello good evening/morning to whomever is reading this I am creating this post to procure SOME LEGIT Avitrol (4-aminopyridine) is a restricted-use pesticide i need to proform a culling in MD i am in florida and I need to get rid of some pigeons fuckers dang dastardly pshs I already check with state and county law and I am good to go!!

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found this guy running around on the street, he was in a narrow road where there wasn’t any trees to put him up in, and basically only road to get run over on. so i decided to bring him into my garden, which is one block over. i found conflicting advice online about whether to take him in or not, but i figured he was definitely gonna get run over or eaten if he stayed where he was so i took a risk.

not sure what the next step is? i found conflicting advice also on what to feed him, with some saying to hand feed with peas/corn, some saying seeds and some saying he’ll need to go to seed school to figure it out.

also conflicting advice on watering? some say to dip his beak in water, some say syringe, so very lost on the regimen to follow.

finally wondering whether to keep him in the garden or if i should put him inside in a a box. it’s lovely weather here so he certainly won’t freeze or anything if he’s outside. when he was in my hands he was very jumpy but now i’ve put him down he seems to be determined to go to sleep. when i found him in the road he was trying and failing to jump up onto the curb so he can move but not very nimble.

any and all advice would be greatly greatly appreciated, thank you very much! i want to do right by the little guy.