suggestons please

got two young rollers in the nest which the parents built because a nest pan wouldnt fit in the hole they are 16 days old one is 3 times bigger than the other one is this natural,cheers frankie

It happens mate and sometime you will find one is a hen and the other is a cock, hens are usually the smaller of the two, or maybe one is just greedier than the other.

how old are the youngins before they can feed on their own,and what feed will they want.cheers

i have seen my younsters picking up small seed from 17 days old but this is far to early to take away if i was you m8 wait until they are a month old or in fact i would let them wean themselves as their is no reason for you not to do things naturaly as for feed i dont know exactly but i would imagine any pigeon feed that contains a variety of grains and one that has 20% protein for a reasonably balanced diet .jmo atb

have seen ybs feeding small seeds lot young than 17days put small clay pot nr nest will copy parents and start eating

allways feed in the nest box

hi lads ive had to take the very small out the nest and bring it in the house it looked knackered this morning the big one was warm the little one was very cold,ive got it inside a sock just its head showing ive got it in a shoebox,ive been giving it fresh egg and arrowroot biscuit mashed up through a syringe and dropping small bits of corn in its mouth,its perked up a lot in two hours,the daughter and the bairns are going to take it home and rear it,it would of been a waste of time putting it back in the nest it was defo not getting much food if any.cheers frankie

Nice one Frankie, if everything goes well that pigeon will be the tamest you will ever breed mate

frankie wrote:

hi lads ive had to take the very small out the nest and bring it in the house it looked knackered this morning the big one was warm the little one was very cold,ive got it inside a sock just its head showing ive got it in a shoebox,ive been giving it fresh egg and arrowroot biscuit mashed up through a syringe and dropping small bits of corn in its mouth,its perked up a lot in two hours,the daughter and the bairns are going to take it home and rear it,it would of been a waste of time putting it back in the nest it was defo not getting much food if any.cheers frankie

What you have done is spot on mate but if i was you i would get a rusk which you feed babies mix it with milk that will do it the world of good mate