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I suppose their domestication is partly to blame for their infamous nest making skills, but its still a shame that they’ve been discarded considering previous u
by KyleW9 11mo ago
I suppose their domestication is partly to blame for their infamous nest making skills, but its still a shame that they’ve been discarded considering previous use cases that were once popular like letter delivery
- jackyinger 11mo agoThey were also popular as food, and for use of their excrement as agricultural fertilizer. Probably more so than letter delivery.
- ahazred8ta 11mo agoMy father's family raised pigeons for local restaurants in 1930s California. They were cost-competitive with chicken back before the 1950s-60s chicken breeders shifted the dollars-per-pound growth curve.
- tanseydavid 11mo agoMinced-squab (pigeon) with pine-nuts, wrapped in lettuce leaves with plum sauce. Absolutely delicious when properly prepared.
- Spastche 11mo agoone of my tomatoes grew almost 20 feet this year entirely off a little bit of pigeon guano, that stuff is crazy as a fertilizer
- hastamelo 11mo agothey were discarded 100 years ago? somehow they are still everywhere
- mschuster91 11mo agoPigeons are highly adaptable and pretty smart, on top of breeding like hell.
- SamBorick 11mo agopigeons are domesticated rock doves. rock doves nest in small caves, so the only nest building they need to do is a few sticks to prevent eggs from rolling out of the caves.