Baby pigeons stop being fed by their mother and start eating seeds

One of the best ways to try to get them to wean is to sprinkle the seed on the ground and not into a bowl. The roundness of the seed apparently kicks off the pecking instinct.

I've hand reared literally hundreds of pigeons over the years - as the bird gets to about four weeks old, I begin to cut the morning feed and leave them to peck around during the day as they get hungry -- it's really no different from their parents beginning to cut back on the feeding a bit as they get to about 34 days or so - I always give them a full evening feed.

How do racing pigeons choose a mate?

The strong survive tells all to your question, the Pigeon you see Strutting, head bobbing, charging type of behavior is the male, he is trying to woo a hen into submission, I am a Pigeon/Wildlife rescue & rehab person, I have many pigeons here, I have nesting boxes and watching the males try to lure a female into a nesting box is fun to watch, Males will also compete for a hen, some fights can become vicious.
The Pigeons do mate for life, however the (for life) issue can be looked at differently, If something was to happen to a Pigeons mate the survivor will except another mate in due time.
One is a lonely number.
They will only have 2 babies at a time, depending on the weather they will have up to 3 clutches per year.

Motivating Racing Pigeons

Image by PigeonRacer via FlickrFor 10 years I have been racing pigeons and all you have to do is give Your birds Food for a couple of weeks And they will fly back if it is a older bird 1 or 2 years old
it may take a few months before your bird will fly back to your home after a few months or weeks depending on the age of the bird take your birds out side and let your birds go they will stay around home than they will leave home for a few hours but they will come back

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