Details Information about Columba Livia Pigeon

Columba Livia, The Wild Rock Pigeon with Origin Description Size Ornaments Color Comment Pictures and Video

Origin: Unknown. Its range or distribution is the coastal cliffs of Europe, North Africa and Asia extending to Japan and to some extend inland where rocky terrain is available for nesting. There are a dozen or more subspecies differing slightly in shade of plumage color amount of bare skin around the eye and general size.

Description: It is a wild pigeon that domesticates easily and crosses easily with domestic pigeons. In the new world flocks of essentially Columba Livia type have populated cities. These birds derived from domestic stocks which have gone wild are called feral pigeons.

Size: Small to medium, average weight 10 to 15 ounces.

Ornaments: It is plain headed and clean legged. Its beak in medium long, making foraging easy. Its curve of frontal and top-skull is dovelike

Colors: Blue only, barred in all subspecies except Columba affinis which is checkered and with a dark terminal tail bar. Western subspecies have whitish rump.

Comment: There are tens of thousands of pigeons similar to this or the checkered inhabiting cities of the world. In many of these they are generally admired, loved and venerated.

Seven steps must follows for Pigeon growing:

The requirements for pigeon breeding are simple, but they must be followed to be successful. There should be no relaxing or neglect at any time, for it is much easier to prevent trouble than to eliminate disease, parasites or vermin once these have occurred.

1. A dry house with the inside protected from rain or snow.
2. Separate houses for mated pairs and odd birds.
3. A flypen, if the breed requires one that dries out easily.
4. A suitable feed ration protected from contamination.
5. A suitable mineral ration protected from contamination.
6. Water suitable for human consumption protected from contamination.
7. Suitable nesting materials.

If any one of the seven is neglected, trouble of some sort will eventually occur.

References: Wendell Mitchell Levi (1891-1976), accepted everywhere as Mr. Pigeon

  

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