History
A young immature pigeon about 4 weeks old
What is a squab?
Caretakers for squabs
Who are Both Parents?
Space needed for nesting pair
What is 4 square feet?
Amount of eggs per year per pair
What is 16+
Selection
What is get good birds?
A time long ago that pigeon houses existed
Squabs start eating on theirhat is own
What is Never?
A squab nesting box looks like this.
"What is a double nesting box with a 12" high divider
Mounted on the wall at eye level high
Straw pine needles or shavings in pen to be used for nesting
Average Market weight
What is 1.35-1.45 lbs.
Cleanliness
What is practice good biosecurity?
Name for a pigeon house
What is a Dovecote?
The substance squabs eat
What is Crop Milk; substance regurgitated made from lining of crop.
Amount of feeder space per pigeon parent?
What is 2"?
Feed consumed:finished weight
What is 6.2:1 lbs
Isolation
What is keep away from wild birds and rodents?
Wild pigeons would frequent wheatfields
What is Dovecotes were built to encourage wild pigeons to become domesticated.
Pigeon pairs last this long
What is Mate for life?
Amount of water space per pair?
What is 1" per pair?
Main buyers of squabs
What are fine dining, high end shops, ethnic food stores or online specialty meat stores.
In case of any disease
What is Use a Veterinarian?
Squab as food
What is a specialty food that is very tender and can be consumed whole by one person.
Breeding pairs can last this long.
What is up to 10-12 years?
In addition to whole grain/pellets, provide this for pigeons.
What is Grit?
Annual US production numbers and location
What are 2 million squab and California/South Carolina.
Chosing products
What is use only products labeled for pigeons and follow directions correctly?
Incubation of squabs looks like this.
What is female incubates 2 eggs that hatch on day 17-18.
This is the reason for DOUBLE nest boxes.
What is the hen will lay 2 more eggs in 2 weeks and will sit on them while the male will care of the originals.