Devil Pigeon?
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 11:51 am
We've had pigeons for like 6 or 7 years now and I've never had this issue before. We have a young bird- I'm not sure if it's male or female. It was born in our coop several months ago.
It has become extremely territorial of the top shelf of a perch we have in the coop. We have regular V type perches and then also used some old shelving to give them more places to hang out. Well this young bird has taken over the entire top shelf- about 4' worth. I used to see 4 or 5 birds on that shelf and now whenever another bird tries to perch there he chases them off. He was born on the floor in the corner near this shelf and I assume it's his mother that has laid another pair of eggs down there. At first we thought he maybe was the mate and was running the other birds away from the nest but twice now I've seen him run HER off when she's tried to come back to her eggs!
And he makes the most awful screeching sound- one I've never heard come from a pigeon before! Kind of sounds like he's possessed....
The sound was our first indication that something was terribly wrong in the pigeon coop! LOL!
So I've already pretty much decided he's going to part of the next long-distance from home training session unless he really ticks me off then he'll be gone sooner....But anyone ever had this issue before? I've never had pigeon problems! All of our birds even when introducing new ones have gotten along. Now our quail are a whole nother story but the pigeons up until now have always behaved themselves. And all of the other birds are getting along fine except for this one young bird. I even saw him run his sibling off today- we band them different colors so I knew it was his brother or sister he ran off the shelf today. Kristi
It has become extremely territorial of the top shelf of a perch we have in the coop. We have regular V type perches and then also used some old shelving to give them more places to hang out. Well this young bird has taken over the entire top shelf- about 4' worth. I used to see 4 or 5 birds on that shelf and now whenever another bird tries to perch there he chases them off. He was born on the floor in the corner near this shelf and I assume it's his mother that has laid another pair of eggs down there. At first we thought he maybe was the mate and was running the other birds away from the nest but twice now I've seen him run HER off when she's tried to come back to her eggs!
And he makes the most awful screeching sound- one I've never heard come from a pigeon before! Kind of sounds like he's possessed....
The sound was our first indication that something was terribly wrong in the pigeon coop! LOL!
So I've already pretty much decided he's going to part of the next long-distance from home training session unless he really ticks me off then he'll be gone sooner....But anyone ever had this issue before? I've never had pigeon problems! All of our birds even when introducing new ones have gotten along. Now our quail are a whole nother story but the pigeons up until now have always behaved themselves. And all of the other birds are getting along fine except for this one young bird. I even saw him run his sibling off today- we band them different colors so I knew it was his brother or sister he ran off the shelf today. Kristi