c.hert on Thu Aug 19, 2010 10:26 pmI know there are different opinions regarding separating the males from the females. There are different loft setups-one is a closed loft like mine, and others are open lofts where you raise racing pigeons and breed. In the spring I might try introducing the mates back to one another. I have to be really careful about this and introduce two males with two females at the same time.
The reasoning is this for instance.."Mookee" who is a female bird, right now is tied up with another female pigeon by the name of "Allie" and they have had a female relationship for a few years now. So when I pair them back up to their mates (menfolk), I have to bring in Mr. Max for Mookee and Mr. Conner for Allie, at the same time..If I don't do this there are major problems because Mr. Max gets with Mookee and Miss Allie fights him off and them Miss Mookee fights Allie off of him...Do you all see the problem that I created here....There are other problems beyond this but I want a nice argument free loft and I have that now and really don't want to change them to other the other way. I still might not pair them up again I am thinking about all of this... Look at it another way.. This year a few months back I lost a pigeon by the name of Jackie (female) who had internal ovulation. This means that the egg does not jump the right way into the oviduct and winds up in the abdominal cavity and starts inflamation by building up fluid in her abdominal cavity. Some hens make it others die...Jackie died... Jackies history was not good for I got her as a very very sick bird with mucus, trouble breathing and weakness with a wierd cough and light..She was out in a cage in the winter time (Nov, 2006) in a seed store dying and I took her home to save her which I did and called Dr. Zollar at that time for help for I did not have my vet at the time. He suggested a combination of drugs for her and they would work then she would have a relapse and we tried different combinations of drugs and this went on for a real long time that she was in strict isolation. She got better and checked out okay and into the loft I put her and she met my racing pigeon: Pedigree fell in love and started laying eggs but her eggs were really wierd--real long and thin a short tapered on one side so I never let her have babies. She always had problems and never had energy and was at the vet a whole lot for checkups...Always the same size and wierd eggs....she was a wild pigeon.. When she disappeared this year by death Pedigree did not act the same--became a loner and sad, sad, and sad and I felt really bad for him and like the rest who loses their mate. He is a silent beautiful excellent flyer who did not fly no more and he did not look happy. I took him to the vet to just check him out and he was fine--just down in the dumps... Well this evening I see Pedigree with Mr. Pal and they are feeding one another and protecting their nest box and bringing feathers to it and they get in their together and moan and groan and I have never seened Mr. Pedigree happier--once again he is flying---once again he is happy---so sometimes it is all not that bad. Mr. Pal a few years back lost his mate Mealy so I guess they have something in common for they are both happy now...Sometimes it is not all that bad......c.hert
The reasoning is this for instance.."Mookee" who is a female bird, right now is tied up with another female pigeon by the name of "Allie" and they have had a female relationship for a few years now. So when I pair them back up to their mates (menfolk), I have to bring in Mr. Max for Mookee and Mr. Conner for Allie, at the same time..If I don't do this there are major problems because Mr. Max gets with Mookee and Miss Allie fights him off and them Miss Mookee fights Allie off of him...Do you all see the problem that I created here....There are other problems beyond this but I want a nice argument free loft and I have that now and really don't want to change them to other the other way. I still might not pair them up again I am thinking about all of this... Look at it another way.. This year a few months back I lost a pigeon by the name of Jackie (female) who had internal ovulation. This means that the egg does not jump the right way into the oviduct and winds up in the abdominal cavity and starts inflamation by building up fluid in her abdominal cavity. Some hens make it others die...Jackie died... Jackies history was not good for I got her as a very very sick bird with mucus, trouble breathing and weakness with a wierd cough and light..She was out in a cage in the winter time (Nov, 2006) in a seed store dying and I took her home to save her which I did and called Dr. Zollar at that time for help for I did not have my vet at the time. He suggested a combination of drugs for her and they would work then she would have a relapse and we tried different combinations of drugs and this went on for a real long time that she was in strict isolation. She got better and checked out okay and into the loft I put her and she met my racing pigeon: Pedigree fell in love and started laying eggs but her eggs were really wierd--real long and thin a short tapered on one side so I never let her have babies. She always had problems and never had energy and was at the vet a whole lot for checkups...Always the same size and wierd eggs....she was a wild pigeon.. When she disappeared this year by death Pedigree did not act the same--became a loner and sad, sad, and sad and I felt really bad for him and like the rest who loses their mate. He is a silent beautiful excellent flyer who did not fly no more and he did not look happy. I took him to the vet to just check him out and he was fine--just down in the dumps... Well this evening I see Pedigree with Mr. Pal and they are feeding one another and protecting their nest box and bringing feathers to it and they get in their together and moan and groan and I have never seened Mr. Pedigree happier--once again he is flying---once again he is happy---so sometimes it is all not that bad. Mr. Pal a few years back lost his mate Mealy so I guess they have something in common for they are both happy now...Sometimes it is not all that bad......c.hert
