I finally have gotten my first team of babied to kit up, and fly without the worry of loosing any babies off the roof. It has been difficult to do, because of my shift work getting in the way. The only time I had to open the loft was during the hottest time of the day, and the babies would only fly for about fifteen minutes or so, only to return with their mouths wide open. These babies are not in shape yet, but getting there fast.
I'm noticing that, when they land with their mouths open, they still return back to flying, as the other loft mates swing around the loft. Now the first round of babies are have been treated against Trichomonas and starting to look great. They are heavy in their moult, because of the darkening system, but in a month or so these baby pigeons will look like adults.
I have all the fans turned on to reduce any protein powder that these babies produce. If a loft manager can get pigeon lung disease, so can the birds.
