#fantail pigeon

[vintagewildlife]

Fantail pigeon By: Unknown photographer From: Disney’s Wonderful World of Knowledge 1971

[big-boy-noodle]

Wet beast Wednesday

[purple-pigeon-art]

Working on a fantail stickerrr

[forestshadow-wolf]

I'd love to hear about more about pigeons! Such funky little guys.

Today's bird: Fantail Pigeon (@meowmeowriley you gotta vet me on this one since you got 'em)

They make great pets

It's thought that they originated in india, where they were selectively bred for their fan tail

Due to their seletive breeding they are usually somewhat tame (this doesn't go for every bird/ doesn't show the same way for each bird. All birds are different and have their own personalities)

They mate for life, and raise their offspring together

Like other pigeons, newly hatched chicks feed off of pigeon milk for a short period of time before moving onto more solid foods

A standard bird will have 12-14 tail feathers, but a fantail pigeon can have 30-40

They are insect eaters, but they also eat grains like whole corn, wheat, and safflower (different from sunflower). Unsalted peanuts and sunflower seeds can be treats for them (but not too much bc I think they're high in fat). They'll also eat greens and veggies like kale, lettuce, carrots, peas, ect.

Disclaimer! Despite the fact that they make good pets, you NEED to do (extensive) research on how to care for them BEFORE you get them, if you want to get one. Things like food, molting habits, living space, enrichment items, lifespan, common health issues or risks.

Also if anyone owns any bird at all DO NOT clip their wings. It's bad :(

[evanescent-shorty]

So, I was gonna digitalize this- and I still might. But if you took a fantail pigeon and a moth-

[gayuldrensov]

duality of pigeon

[miimiiauu]

[innefableidiot]

Your Pigeon Omens is pretty good however you got one thing wrong about Aziraphale… **White fantail pigeon**.

WHY ARE YOU SO RIGHT?

I swear I looked them up when I saw this and immediately thought of that one scene with aziraphale as a magician and his feather boa and I couldn't resist.

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Indian fantail

In ‘Fancy Pigeons,’ Brendan Burden Captures the Flair of Underappreciated Birds

Moden

Left: Show homer pigeon. Right: Racing pigeon

[trainingdummyrabbit]

fuck itttt. birdifies your librarians.

[crow-caller]

do you have a favourite kind of fancy pigeon? :>

Sire The Only Pigeon I Fancy Is The Humble Feral Rock Dove

[teyvatcompendium]

Magenta Fantail Pigeon: The Magenta Fantail Pigeon are close relatives of Pigeons. They are graceful in appearance, and though they can be used to send messages after being trained, few people use them as messengers. This type of bird possesses carmine feathers and a fan-shaped tail. The shape of their tail feathers strikingly resembles a red-colored heart, which thus caused them to be regarded as heralds of love by poets. In actuality, the bird's red patterns and crimson tail are used to scare off their natural enemies, and have nothing to do with matters of courtship.

[big-boy-noodle]

Happy belated gotcha day to this thing

[ratgingi]

finally designed more ginglings . have children baby daughter edition murrey's, outis', and kara's, respectively

[noxcaelestia]

A pink fantail pigeon harpy 🐦🎀

[monstersandmaw]

so i just learned about american fantail pigeons and it's awful. they're literally bred to have spines so messed up that their head bends all the way to their tail and they can't even feed properly or fly. it's just so cruel and depressing

Knowingly and purposefully breeding characteristics which bring discomfort or pain or health issues into any animal for purely aesthetic purposes should be a criminal offence, and it's one of the reasons I'm glad that there is some (nowhere near as much as there should be) movement towards breeding dogs like pugs and bulldogs back to where they used to be a couple of hundred years ago.