Pigeon as Pet

I haven't kept pigeons before but sure as I post this someone will come along needing me to rescue whole flocks of them! LOL I'm one of those crazy people that always end up with other people's cast off pets. I used to run a rescue for them but had to stop officially for awhile for my kiddos. Right now we've got 2 umbrella cockatoos (one of which we rescued from an abusive home) and 4 chickens that someone had to give up because the neighbors were complaining. I think it's our responsibility to do what we can to help innocent creatures in need. Humans put them in a situation where they need saving so humans should help them. I'll be sure to post when those pigeons start coming in! LOL

I haven't kept pigeons at all, but pigeon keeping is very popular in England, especially in the northern part of the country. The pigeons are kept in what they call a pigeon loft, a caged area, sometimes outside but often inside a shed or something similar. They're let to fly daily, and seem to return to whistles and the rattling of bird seed in a tin. In days of old, before postal services, messages used to be tied to a pigeon's leg and they were released into flight to deliver the message. With luck, they arrived at the right destination, and returned with a reply strapped to their leg. :-) Amazing. Brightest Blessings and enjoy your pigeons.

Really? I thought pigeon poo was toxic. I can't see myself having a bird as a pet. Just a personal preference. But I do like having all kind of wild birds come to my yard so I leave bird seeds out for them to eat. And hopefully, at the same time, they will also eat all the bugs in my yard! LOL!!

My brother used to rared them when he was younger. He really enjoyed caring for them. He made them a place to nest. This pigeons are clever bird. When they know there is food, they will bring their family, friends, boyfriends and girlfriends to feast on it.

Wow, how I envy you!! I never officially had pigeons as pets, but quite frequently had them nesting in our balcony or deep window sills. It was always a delight having them around - I find their 'gurgling' sounds very comforting, hehe. But sometimes I'd find it irritating because they are so dirty! I never ever tried to communicate with them, we'd just watch them through a window or glas partition, and be happy.

I hav 8 pigeons most of them are homers . They bring some other pigeons with them . There r few dangers lurking like cats ,eagles ,snakes etc.In india there are many snakes which turn to be harmfull a few snakes ate my pigeon

Though I have never kept pigeons as pet but they were their in my aunts house we used to feed them by hand using bread crumbs or chapatis. But in one of my houses they used to make it so dirty that I never ever thought of rearing them.

There's a man who lives just up from my house who own about 10 pigeons which look really nice but they can be annoying as they go onto the road and they don't move when a cars coming. I'm scared I might kill one!