peculiar behaviors

I raise Greek Voute (Wuta) exclusively. First off these pigeons are a large diving breed. I have
several hens who when the cock bird comes to the nest to feed the babies, she blocks the
door to the nest and insist that the cock bird feeds her. Then when the cock goes to get more
grain she then feeds the babies. I noticed it last year also. I was wondering if any one else has
seen this behavior in their birds. I know canaries behave like that. The cock birds spend almost
all of their free time chasing other birds to tread them. They don't care if it is another cock bird
or not. It takes them thirty minutes or more to feed. They surprisingly have a very sad fertility
rate. Another peculiar thing is the cock birds will go into even their own nest and try to tread
the youngsters. They go in the nest and pick the babies untilled the pocket and cover feathers are
gone. The thing is that it doesn't seem to hamper their growth any what so ever. By the time they
are ready to leave the nest (5 to 6 weeks) They are fully feathered and ready to go. Sometimes
it is only one of the youngsters. Also some how they don't seem to pick the wing they seem to
just pluck out the quills.They get plenty of grain, vitamins and a variety of grits. They also get a
minimums of eight hours a day grazing in the yard. Yes I know cows and horses graze and
pigeons peck. Voutes will spend all day grazing grasses and weeds. They don't fly until
told to so when I say they spend time on the ground it is an understatement. Unlike other
pigeons Voute don't breed very well until the second or third season. Most Greeks will let their
young flying birds raise unknowns. They don't care which birds mate to whom. They
are only letting them practice so to speak. Yes these Voute have some peculiar behaviors.
Any comments? It seems like our little ng could use a little pigeon info other than," how do I get
them off of the balcony". This is supposed to be a ng about pigeons let's talk about them.
tonyf

Just as I thought E-man. This ng is more about trying to correct or ridicule some
good advice than discussing different aspects of our hobby. I guess it us just
you and me E
tonyf


On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 18:43:30 -0400, tonyf <fantea DeleteThis @bellsouth.net> wrote:

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>I raise Greek Voute (Wuta) exclusively. First off these pigeons are a large diving breed. I have
>several hens who when the cock bird comes to the nest to feed the babies, she blocks the
>door to the nest and insist that the cock bird feeds her. Then when the cock goes to get more
>grain she then feeds the babies. I noticed it last year also. I was wondering if any one else has
>seen this behavior in their birds. I know canaries behave like that. The cock birds spend almost
>all of their free time chasing other birds to tread them. They don't care if it is another cock bird
>or not. It takes them thirty minutes or more to feed. They surprisingly have a very sad fertility
>rate. Another peculiar thing is the cock birds will go into even their own nest and try to tread
>the youngsters. They go in the nest and pick the babies untilled the pocket and cover feathers are
>gone. The thing is that it doesn't seem to hamper their growth any what so ever. By the time they
>are ready to leave the nest (5 to 6 weeks) They are fully feathered and ready to go. Sometimes
>it is only one of the youngsters. Also some how they don't seem to pick the wing they seem to
>just pluck out the quills.They get plenty of grain, vitamins and a variety of grits. They also get a
>minimums of eight hours a day grazing in the yard. Yes I know cows and horses graze and
>pigeons peck. Voutes will spend all day grazing grasses and weeds. They don't fly until
>told to so when I say they spend time on the ground it is an understatement. Unlike other
>pigeons Voute don't breed very well until the second or third season. Most Greeks will let their
>young flying birds raise unknowns. They don't care which birds mate to whom. They
>are only letting them practice so to speak. Yes these Voute have some peculiar behaviors.
>Any comments? It seems like our little ng could use a little pigeon info other than," how do I get
>them off of the balcony". This is supposed to be a ng about pigeons let's talk about them.
>tonyf