After 7 months with lots of wasted clutches of eggs my roller pigeons finally starting to multiply!
The first initial pair that my mentor gave me had so many disappointing moments.
The cock doesn’t want to sit on the eggs even after the 5th time the pair had laid it’s eggs. At first we thought it’s only the cock’s first time being mated but it looks like he was trying. There are times he tried to take his turn to sit on the eggs but somehow he couldn’t put those eggs underneath him so he just gave up the idea.
One of the roller pigeon that had settled and been very good in trapping mated with a wannabe roller.
They tried 2x and finally after the 3rd clutches they hatched their eggs!
I’ll post the pictures as the day goes by to keep track of their growth.
So going back to my first Grizzle & Yellow James Turner strain pair, I had to foster their eggs with another proven pair and it was a success! The picture above is the breeding cage I set them up on.
I had to make some DIY automatic/gravity pigeon feeder out of a plastic juice bottle and CD case and it can hold about 5 days worth of pellets feed. I have to think of a way to control the waste though.
The DIY automater pigeon waterer is also from a juice bottle and a water bottle that last about 4 days. I need to find a taller bottle so it can hold more water. I’m afraid to use a glass bottle because it might put too much weight strain.
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