r/pigeons

I know how the crop works, and I’ve been told where it is, but I just don’t know if it’s the middle part or the two side parts. I have had no explicit clarification on where it actually is in relation to anything else other than “at the base of the neck”. I’m having troubles knowing if the crop is empty or not, because I don’t know where to look. I’ve been relying mostly on scheduled and regular checking, and advice from my mom who takes care of birds, but I want to be certain. I want to make sure I’m giving this little guy the best care before I send him back to my friend.

some of them love belly rubs, which is really funny for a prey animal that should hate being on their back

I was worried she would die on me. But no. Now she is making short flights and exploring my whole room.

Problem: all I have are plushies and cushions in pastel colors and I dont want her pooping on everything. I,m looking for pigeon pants online but I NEED to know how to make an easy DIY pants right now.

I will be posting more pictures below

I,m sorry for not answering all the comments yesterday, I will be adressing them through the day.

Also she puts her head and beak between my fingers when I show her my hand, its so cute. I,m falling in love...

So today I found in my home a baby pigeon with broken fingers on one feet. For now I’m trying to take care of it since local bird shelters do not accept pigeons. Does anyone have any advice?

For now I’ve given it some baby cereal (no milk) formula with warm water and plain water (even tho it doesnt drink much).

And for the fingers I’ve made a “shoe” with some cardboard and bandages to secure it, following advice from multiple videos on the matter.

Can I give it any other food? And how should I proceed? For now I don’t have the economical resources to bring it to a vet, but I want to do everything I can so it recuperates

Alive and well. Didn’t show up for a while because of the street closure and the place got turned upside down by crowds. I’m glad she’s ok. I’ve been sweeping up the garbage and rinsing the areas every morning where she and a few others like to stand around, just in case of more stringfoot.

My partner just found this pigeon about to drown in a river nearby.

They got him out of the water and he seemed shocked and very weak. Little buddy swung the best he could and looks exhausted.

We put him in a box with some water (with a pinch of salt and sugar) and oats but for now he hasn't eaten or drank yet.

He seems to be falling asleep. We put him in a quiet room with low lighting for him to rest.

What else can we do to help him survive this ? any clue why he is bald ?

For the record we are in France and there was a big heatwave recently. We have no prior experience with birds, and we doubt being able to find a local pigeon shelter since pigeons are considered pests in our city :( We will try to find one tho !

I was doing street photography, with my nikon d3300 +55-200mm vr2 which amazing for the price of 70-80$. I loved the shape of the bird i just litterly laughed on it so much already, I think its a lucky unique shot ;)

The babies did some preening yesterday and this morning their wings look amazing! And they’re the colors I thought, so now the dark one is officially Gwenda and the light one Mair. Mair is the chill one and Gwenda is spicy. But both enjoy head scritches. The Google says they won’t start trying to fly for at least another 2 weeks and I hope that’s true because once that happens I don’t think I’ll be able to get leg bands on them (leg bands have shipped but may still take a while).

We also got two new guests yesterday! I got pictures of the one with the white tail but not of the one with white mottling all over. I hope they both come back.