Hello everybody and welcome back.
It's amazing how much mess these birds make just in one day. I cleaned this 24 hours ago
and they've made this much mess already! But we do have a little bit of bad news today.
My old brown bar cock is actually looking a little bit sick, he doesn't appear to be eating very much
and he's hanging out on the floor. I have moved him into the hen's side but I might pick him up and
move him into one of the empty race bird sections where he can sit by himself and hopefully we can
get a little bit of food and water into him and see if he perks up. All right, well
here he is. I've moved him into this section. I haven't actually put any
perches in here so there's a little post for him to stand on, but hopefully having him in here,
without too much competition, he might be able to get a bit of food into him, a bit of water
and hopefully perk up a little bit. Unfortunately...
he's quite an old pigeon this guy, I don't know exactly how old he is because he doesn't have a
ring, he is at least 10 years old but I think he's probably a fair bit older than that, he could even
be in his late teens so unfortunately there is the chance that he doesn't become good from this
little illness that he's picked up. But I really do like this guy and I'd like to give him the
best possible chance of survival so I'll bring him in here and let him have a bit of peace.
All right well I've put a little bit of food in and he's gone straight for it so hopefully that
helps him put a little bit of weight on. I think he was just being out competed by the other pigeons
and with his age, and being in a loft full of, you know, much bigger, much stronger, much younger racing
pigeons he was probably having a little bit of trouble. I was worried that I might have to hand
feed him a little bit but it looks like he's willing to eat by himself and I'm very happy
to see that. All right I'm going to give him a bit of peace for now and come and check on him later on.
Well it's a few hours later now and he is looking a little bit better, I can tell that he's been
getting into the food because he has made a little bit of a mess down here. I've actually
been outside building another set of these tall perches... anyway let's check in on the rest of the
pigeons. It's a little darker outside today, it's a bit cloudy which makes it a bit easier for you to
see these guys up here. It's not easy to get a good shot of these guys when they're in the aviary section.
This red cock over here he's one of my favourites, it's not the same red cock as I've got in my yellow project..
this is a bit of a... to be honest this one's actually a much better racing pigeon.
And this one who has jumped in front of him, he's actually our red opal.
Looking at his tail you can see that he is...
Looking at his tail there you can see he's actually a blue pigeon, it's just a combination of
recessive opal and recessive red that are making him look like this. Anyway let's check out the hens.
It's been a little rainy today so these guys have been enjoying their time up here.
When it's not too... when the rain's not too heavy they enjoy having a little bit of a bath
but they're all pretty keen for some food so I might grab some grain
and feed the pigeons. Now I would like to tame these guys a little bit more than they are
and the best way to do that is with food, so I'll give a little bit to the boys...
and then I'll sit in here with the hens and see if they'll.. and see if they want to eat out of my hands.
So I've put about half in here... and then I'll move over and sit in with the hens.
All right well I think it's still going to take a little bit longer before these guys
start to get tame. It just has been too long since they've had people around.
So they're a bit flighty, but we will tame them down. and hopefully by the time we have the young race
birds in these guys will be nice and tame and they won't have a bad influence on the young birds.
Anyway I'm going to leave them in peace and get back outside and keep working on the perches.
All right guys well it's the next day and he is looking a little bit better.
I have put him back in here with the hens because he was a bit upset by himself
but I am hoping that he improves and I'll be sure to keep you guys updated with how he goes.
Anyway guys I hope you've enjoyed, thanks for watching, and I'll catch you next time!