Sexing and Breeding.

Hi all
I am a beginner and would like to know how to tell the difference between a male and female pigeon. I have got 6 pigeons and they will be 4 months old tomoro. Also at what age and when does the breeding season start and finish.
Thanks for all the advice.

hi and welcome to the site, you can more or less tell by the birds behavour if its a cock or hen, the cocks tends to be more aggressive and more dominant.......and i`d say the cock tends to have a more rounded head whilst the hen has a more flatter head (JMO...LOL)

as for breeding , some fanciers pair up around christmas time, whilst others pair up later after the new year.....i personally have been pairing up the first weekend in febuary.

they will produce offspring from 5 or 6 months old but better to wait until they are 8 or 9 months old as you will get better sized eggs and more hatching out also sometimes when you breed from them to early the vitality of the ybs is lacking

depending on the strain of bird, the cock bird is more or less more masculin, but one sure way is to watch the birds when they start to mature, when they start to coo the cock bird will turn a full circle on his perch, the hens only go from side to side, as for breeding i would wait till valentines day to pair up, as you have not got enough experance for winter breeding, but i am sure that will come in time:cheers:    

tonyborths wrote:

Hi all
I am a beginner and would like to know how to tell the difference between a male and female pigeon. I have got 6 pigeons and they will be 4 months old tomoro. Also at what age and when does the breeding season start and finish.
Thanks for all the advice.

Tony!!!!!  "Welcome"   it's not rocket science etc in what you ask, you will soon learn with the advice that has been given here. Just like life      the hens will be the good lookers. The cocks    will be a bit rough around the edgies type of thing & they will do all the work    .  
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Thank you all who replied to my question with the advice offered.