It's been awhile since I've posted about my doves. I have two dove pens and the doves thrive in both.
I cleaned out all the nest baskets . My doves favor these wire planters . I've changed things up and given them what I thought were better nesting sites, but they always return to and fight over these wire planters. I added my home-made burlap liners and provided a pile of Ponderosa pine needles for the doves to use as nesting material. As I expected, they went right to work making nests and fighting over the baskets. All's well there I guess.
I am so excited about my new birds ! My husband rolled his eyes when I brought home two Frillback pigeons from a poultry swap last month. I told him not to worry about me bringing home any more birds because I have too many and took chickens and ducks to sell there. How could I have known there'd be these amazing frilly pigeons just calling my name ? I HAD to buy them, so most of my profit from the poultry swap was spent right there at the swap. Go figure. I bet most of my poultry friends would have resisted temptation to buy any more birds. ( wink wink.)
Just LOOK at those tightly curled feathers !
I put up a small wood nest box in my dove pen for these beauties and they moved right in.
The lady who sold me these pigeons successfully shows pigeons,chickens, doves, and other poultry. I know they are not show quality because she keeps her really good birds for showing and breeding and sold these to me at a low price knowing
I know they're pet quality. I love them !
Hi Kathy! Those are amazing! I never even knew there WAS such a thing. They are gorgeous. I would not have been able to resist either. Hope you have a great weekend. Hugs- Diana
ReplyDeleteI first saw frillbacks about 3 years ago and was drawn to them. I've since learned they come in several different colors and they are quite popular. I just know I am very happy with my very first pigeons and although tempted, will not be buying any more for a long while. I am going to appreciate these two and learn by observing. Thank-you for your comment.
DeleteThey are so pretty! This post made me recall that when I was a little girl, my friend's father used to raise pigeons. We would sometimes go into the pigeon house to see them. Unfortunately, I didn't appreciate the smell back then. :)
ReplyDeleteThese are my first two pigeons ever and they are sharing their housing with my white ring neck doves . I have had my doves for almost 20 years and plan on keeping doves for many more years simply because they make my heart glad. I think I will not add any more pigeons to the dovecote and I am so happy the doves and pigeons are sharing their living spaces peacefully. I have to say there is no bad smell in the aviary but it is a very airy pen they seem to thrive in.
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