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Four of the baby pigeon squabs from the royal hotel apartments are doing OK, but sadly the oldest one died. They had a few fleas which I have treated, and seem to be thriving on a feed mix of chick crumb starter, porridge oats, mealworm and garden peas all liquidised together with water.
It's a bit daunting handling the smallest one for feeding. I think they are all from separate parents since they appear to be different sizes - all one family now, short vid clip below.
An afternoon visit from Donald the caretaker of Royal Hotel apartments with a royal surprise.
Workmen fixing the attic ceiling area came across 5 baby pigeons (squabs). The parent birds have been using the broken skylight to access the attic for nesting. Having reared squabs last year I knew I could take care of this lot although 2 of them are tiny and about 4 days old, another one is half grown, and the other two are developing their spiky feather shafts. Fortunately for them, my last years experience will mean they have a good chance of survival.
