How to Breed Archangel Pigeons
The colorful archangel is a type of fancy pigeon, best known for the metallic sheen of its feathers. Archangels are small pigeons and slim in appearance. Archangel pigeons are bred principally for their colors and there are at least 50 color and pattern combinations available. Despite the many color combinations, gold and copper are the basic ground colors. The colors on the archangel's wing shield are typically blue, black and white. Choose your breeding birds carefully and feed them a high quality diet.
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Things You'll Need
- One loft, 25 feet long by 10 feet deep and 8 feet height
- Numerous cages, 2.5 feet long by 2 feet wide and 2 feet high
- One loft, 10 feet long by 7 feet wide and 8 feet high
- Breeding pairs of archangel pigeons
- Vitamins manufactured for birds
- Pigeon food
- Grit
- Breeding ledges
- Nest bowls
- Straw
- Commercial pest power
Instructions
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Join a pigeon club or society and attend their meetings so that you can learn as much as possible about pigeon keeping and breeding.
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Obtain a loft 25 feet long by 10 feet deep and 8 feet height. The individual breeding cages will be placed within this loft.
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Obtain a cage that is 2.5 feet long by 2 feet wide and 2 feet high for each pair of breeding archangel pairs.
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Obtain a second loft 10 feet long by 7 feet wide and 8 feet high for growing pigeons and nonbreeding adults.
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Supply liberal amounts of cool, clean water. Add vitamins that have been prepared for avians, or birds, to the water. Add these vitamins every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
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Supply a high quality food in the form of chicken feed, barley, millet, wheat, peas and corn.
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Supply a commercial grit. Brands that contain charcoal are ideal. The archangel pigeon, as with all pigeons, requires grit to assist with the digestion of food.
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Secure a ledge in each breeding cage. Place a nest bowl on each ledge. Supply the pigeons with straw as nesting material.
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Treat the pigeons with a commercial pest powder to rid the birds of lice and ticks.
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Choose adult breeding birds that possess the physical characteristics you desire.
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Have a veterinarian examine the birds that you choose to breed, to ensure they are healthy and are free of viruses and other serious diseases.
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Place the pairs together once the weather has warmed up. In California, Florida and other areas where it is warm all year long, archangel pigeons will breed at any time. Mating typically occurs a few days after the male and female have been placed together.
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Observe the female about ten days after mating, at which time she will begin to lay her eggs. These eggs will hatch within 17 to 18 days.
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