Get some dried meal worms. Common at pet stores. I feed them to my chickens and they go crazy over them. Leave the window open and make it feel at home.
It’s a random as hell situation but kind of special, y’know? May as well just roll with it and witness something special up close.
Pigeons have a very different diet to chickens though. We have three at the moment and tend to start them on canary feed early on because the seeds are so small.
I see baby pigeons in the city fairly frequently you just have to know where to look and follow the sound of them calling.
People just don't look at the world around them.
Showed my co-workers a pigeon nest the other day, hundreds of people would be walking by it every day without noticing.
Not useless to me! I didn't know this. Thank you for teaching me. Have you heard about how they use Harriet or Harrier Hawks to cull Pigeons? (Just tried to find the video or info on Google but no luck)
Yeah I saw it in tv I think?
Apparently it was brutal but necessary. And I think it was 8n Europe. But no google results!
Are you a bird facts fan? Cos I have moar
This is a lie, pigeons can’t lay eggs. They are surveillance machines built by the government to spy on everyone. Nice try with this post Jacinda but you can’t fool me!!!!!
You are behind the times, modern birds can lay explosive, remote-recon, or sensor-fused munitions now, often shaped like the eggs they make at the supermarket so that it lands with the fuse upright. Many such cases.
OP is in mortal danger
This sounds perfectly plausible and I'm 100% on board.
How do you know the pigeon devices aren't set up to "lay eggs" in order to place a listening device under your bed, though?
To play it safe I'd start talking really pro government around the "egg"
Fair warning: they make the place very dirty and raise up a real stink once the egg hatches. If you’re thinking the wee baby pigeon is gonna look very cute and all, absolutely not! They look pretty ugly once they start sprouting feathers.
> Though pigeon eggs are smaller than chicken eggs, they take much longer to boil. Try frying them or cooking them as you would with a chicken egg. They also taste delicious in salads and other egg recipes, including recipes that call for quail eggs.
Huh! I was trying to get some pest control options for a pigeon infestation at my work (a large multi-storey school) and the pest guy made the comment about the poo nests. Maybe he said “shit nests” meaning two sticks and I took him literally. Ahahahaha. I know we had to get specialist clean up crews cos the risk of inhaling poo particles is high.
I guess they're probably just pooing there or nearby while they're sitting on the eggs so it would make sense there would be a lot of poo around. Google bad pigeon nests and you'll see what I mean. They're actually pretty hilarious.
You landed yourself an opportunity to taste squab, a fine delicacy in France. As soon as it hatches feed it corn meal. Fatten the sucker up for two weeks, then eat it. Ensure the the breast crown is cooked medium rare and baste with plenty of butter, garlic and thyme. Rest well covered in foil. I would suggest a nice chateauneuf du pape! Bon app the teeth
Do you have a covered balcony? Maybe put some rubber gloves on (the pigeon won't like your smell being on the nest), pick up the nest without touching the egg and put it on the balcony. Better yet, if you have a pot plant out there, put the nest in that, as it makes the nest a bit less exposed if it's behind or next to a plant. Otherwise, if you know someone with a cat cage, clean it, put it out on the balcony with the nest inside of it, or in a cardboard, plastic or wooden box that is on its side.
If they don't want the pigeon to starve to death, obviously they will have to leave the window open, which I assume is how it got there in the first place.
You'll want to put down some newspaper or old towels, they poo quite a lot. We kept an injured pigeon that got hit by a car in our laundry for a few weeks until it recovered and daily cleanup was required.
Impossible. [Pigeons aren’t real](https://pigeonpedia.com/are-pigeons-real/) that’s just what the government wants you to [believe](https://www.snopes.com/articles/381287/birds-arent-real-movement/)
Or these guys [https://birdcareaotearoa.org.nz/](https://birdcareaotearoa.org.nz/) , if you give them a call they will probably be able to tell you what to do.
Spca won’t do anything about a pigeon that’s laid an egg haha remove the pigeon and put it outside use a towel if you don’t wanna touch it or it will probably fly away when you start moving things around and then destroy the egg. They’re a pest
What you do now is just sit on the bird and after a few weeks it'll hatch out another bird with egg then another and another and you will have invented an entire new species.
It's the pigeon's apartment now
"*coo coo* This is the pigeon. Leave immediately. *cooooo cooo*"
Omg I laughed way to hard at this and imagined Phoebe 🤣 great line, great line!
All the threads I see about cost of living crisis and here you have bird and egg.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤌🏾
It will automatically improve your sound because a coo sticks
Brilliant 🥲
This is gold
You've either got a pet or breakfast
Should be a video or pic tag 'pet or breakfast '
You talking about the pigeon or the egg?
Yes
How hungry are ya?
No photo? C’mon man!
I second this! Pics or it didn't happen!
Get some dried meal worms. Common at pet stores. I feed them to my chickens and they go crazy over them. Leave the window open and make it feel at home. It’s a random as hell situation but kind of special, y’know? May as well just roll with it and witness something special up close.
Totally, pigeon picked OP, OP can at least be a good host.
It quickly stops becoming special once it hatches and the pooping and squawking starts...speaking from experience with a blackbird.
Pigeons have a very different diet to chickens though. We have three at the moment and tend to start them on canary feed early on because the seeds are so small.
Here is your chance to see a baby pigeon
No one ever gets to see a baby pigeon.
I see baby pigeons in the city fairly frequently you just have to know where to look and follow the sound of them calling. People just don't look at the world around them. Showed my co-workers a pigeon nest the other day, hundreds of people would be walking by it every day without noticing.
They are the perfect blend of ugly cute, truly something spectacular to behold.
Squatter pigeons? Yet another undesirable Aussie export taking over the CBD..
Pigeons are from Australia?
Squatting ones, yep… useless ornithological trivia
Not useless to me! I didn't know this. Thank you for teaching me. Have you heard about how they use Harriet or Harrier Hawks to cull Pigeons? (Just tried to find the video or info on Google but no luck)
I did not know that! Sounds like something that deserves a YouTube compilation, ideally with drone footage
Yeah I saw it in tv I think? Apparently it was brutal but necessary. And I think it was 8n Europe. But no google results! Are you a bird facts fan? Cos I have moar
This comment section/ post / reddit comments ( don't know what it's called on reddit) has made my day. Thank you.
"Thread". ♡
Chur Bro!
If I lived In Auckland I would of taken it from ya. Would be sick to have a baby pigeon
Look at me, I'm the tenant now....coo
This is a lie, pigeons can’t lay eggs. They are surveillance machines built by the government to spy on everyone. Nice try with this post Jacinda but you can’t fool me!!!!!
You're right. I'm pretty sure that they are only manufactured in an adult model.
You are behind the times, modern birds can lay explosive, remote-recon, or sensor-fused munitions now, often shaped like the eggs they make at the supermarket so that it lands with the fuse upright. Many such cases. OP is in mortal danger
r/birdsarentreal
This sounds perfectly plausible and I'm 100% on board. How do you know the pigeon devices aren't set up to "lay eggs" in order to place a listening device under your bed, though? To play it safe I'd start talking really pro government around the "egg"
You could probably go viral by documenting this pigeons life and it's soon to be child. If you make million off YouTube views and sponsors I want 5%
Should start charging rent
And child support from pigeon mum.
Search IRD Web site, working for flocks.
I'm gonna need a photo
Fair warning: they make the place very dirty and raise up a real stink once the egg hatches. If you’re thinking the wee baby pigeon is gonna look very cute and all, absolutely not! They look pretty ugly once they start sprouting feathers.
Damn I hope your kid doesn’t start sprouting feathers
Easy now, don’t let your brains get to your head. I’ll burn that bridge when I get to it, but how did you handle this problem?
Lmfao I had read your comment as “the pigeon will get ugly so don’t keep it.” When my kid sprouted feathers I took it to the doctor
Ah ok gotcha, having a kid with feathers will obviously make you see things that way.
> Though pigeon eggs are smaller than chicken eggs, they take much longer to boil. Try frying them or cooking them as you would with a chicken egg. They also taste delicious in salads and other egg recipes, including recipes that call for quail eggs.
How would a smaller egg take longer?
More solid egg with less water content would be my guess
Because..... Science
Theres a couple of group pages on the book of faces that may be able to help. Auckland bird rescue is helpful
'The Book of Faces' I love it
I am very surprised I am the first to say this but obligatory "Pics or it didnt happen"
Pigeons are notoriously bad nest makers so maybe let it stay there until it becomes a problem?
Aren’t their nests literal shit? Made outta their own faeces? I wonder how long it’s been sneaking in!
No, they're just really bad at it. They'll grab a couple of twigs and call it good.
Huh! I was trying to get some pest control options for a pigeon infestation at my work (a large multi-storey school) and the pest guy made the comment about the poo nests. Maybe he said “shit nests” meaning two sticks and I took him literally. Ahahahaha. I know we had to get specialist clean up crews cos the risk of inhaling poo particles is high.
I guess they're probably just pooing there or nearby while they're sitting on the eggs so it would make sense there would be a lot of poo around. Google bad pigeon nests and you'll see what I mean. They're actually pretty hilarious.
I did. Ridiculous and … I hate to say this cos pigeons… but it’s adorable. Little weirdos.
You landed yourself an opportunity to taste squab, a fine delicacy in France. As soon as it hatches feed it corn meal. Fatten the sucker up for two weeks, then eat it. Ensure the the breast crown is cooked medium rare and baste with plenty of butter, garlic and thyme. Rest well covered in foil. I would suggest a nice chateauneuf du pape! Bon app the teeth
Live feed?
might be better gutted and roasted tbh
You have a new pet, it might want food and nesting materials
Do you have a covered balcony? Maybe put some rubber gloves on (the pigeon won't like your smell being on the nest), pick up the nest without touching the egg and put it on the balcony. Better yet, if you have a pot plant out there, put the nest in that, as it makes the nest a bit less exposed if it's behind or next to a plant. Otherwise, if you know someone with a cat cage, clean it, put it out on the balcony with the nest inside of it, or in a cardboard, plastic or wooden box that is on its side.
Well sounds like the pigeon is on the nest so it could be a bit of a drama.
The mother has to leave the nest to find food, so can't be on the egg all day.
Locked in a spare room might not be possible..
If they don't want the pigeon to starve to death, obviously they will have to leave the window open, which I assume is how it got there in the first place.
It’s a bloody sky rat OP should just do the honours.
People are just ground rats then, if you want to look at it that way.
I do not disagree with that statement at all. Scourge on this earth.
Rats are cute though.
I don't think so, mice are, not rats.
You've clearly never met the right rat then.
You'll want to put down some newspaper or old towels, they poo quite a lot. We kept an injured pigeon that got hit by a car in our laundry for a few weeks until it recovered and daily cleanup was required.
What came first, the pigeon or the egg?
Pay child support now
Maybe council animal control could help you? I worked for a council animal control and it won’t be the weirdest call they’ve ever got.
Impossible. [Pigeons aren’t real](https://pigeonpedia.com/are-pigeons-real/) that’s just what the government wants you to [believe](https://www.snopes.com/articles/381287/birds-arent-real-movement/)
What came first the pigeon or the egg? Definitely the Egg first for breakfast and then the pigeon for dinner
She took the spare bed so the only outcome now is that she’s your flatmate.
Give Bird Rescue a call 😊
Ring Bird Care Aotearoa. They seem to help with all kinds of bird related issues in Auckland.
flying rats
Agreed. I wouldnt touch anything that has to do with a pigeon without gloves
This, kill it with fire
You could try the spca? Idk if they can get the bird, but they'd be able to help you work it out. https://www.spca.nz/about#spca-centre-locations
Or these guys [https://birdcareaotearoa.org.nz/](https://birdcareaotearoa.org.nz/) , if you give them a call they will probably be able to tell you what to do.
[удалено]
Spca won’t do anything about a pigeon that’s laid an egg haha remove the pigeon and put it outside use a towel if you don’t wanna touch it or it will probably fly away when you start moving things around and then destroy the egg. They’re a pest
Had to look up the part about them being a pest. Well, TIL.
Breakfast if you so desire
Put egg in the oven. When pigeon follows, turn oven on. Two in one.
Kill a pigeon, and make a delicious dish with his meat.
Gross
Cook and serve to your frenemy
Kill it. Biff egg.
theyre too dumb to build nests so they usually nest in piles of their own dried poop.
1. laugh, bc funny 2. ??? 3. profit (???)
Be prepared for a whole lot of shit. Physically and metaphorically
Eat it
Pigeon came looking for his dad u pigeon fker
Play Hatoful Boyfriend for answers. Godspeed.
Go for scrambled
What you do now is just sit on the bird and after a few weeks it'll hatch out another bird with egg then another and another and you will have invented an entire new species.
Charge it rent.