bleeding heart pigeons

[Pete Sara]

Has anyone got info or advice on bleeding heart pigeons , what sort of fruit the prefer etc....pete

[Tintola]

I've been keeping B/Hearts for about 10 years now and they can be as prolific as homing pigeons.
They can be maintained on any sort of seed mix as long as there is a variety of seed in it (Finch mix, small parrot, even chook mix or a mixture of all of them. They also love soaked dog food (Lucky dog Minis) any livefood (mealies, moths,etc) any softfood or egg mixtures, and frozen peas and corn (Thawed) The foods above, as well as the seed, are very important to to get big healthy young ones.
Jeff

[Pete Sara]

thanks mate, have been feeding them a mix of finch , small parrot and pigeon mix, limited mealies the occasional diced apple and frozen veg , but the other inhabitance chow down on that , never thought of dog food , will see how it it goes...pete

[toothlessjaws]

roughly how much are bleeding hearts going for these days?

i've long wanted a pair....

[natamambo]

This sounds like a useful resource, never wanted them myself but found it one day looking for something else http://home.vicnet.net.au/~avicons/bleedingheart.html

[thehammer]

roughly how much are bleeding hearts going for these days?

i've long wanted a pair....

~ $300 pair (in Vic)

[Tintola]

toothlessjaws wrote:
roughly how much are bleeding hearts going for these days?

i've long wanted a pair....

Pretty much the same price over most of Australia $300 per pair (D.N.A. Sexed)

[toothlessjaws]

Thats reasonable. So i'll only have to breed around 20- odd birds, sell them and then i may have enough money for some Nicobars (although i'll end up just buying twinspots!).

[Pete Sara]

i got mine for $120 just in the right place at the right time. normally around 250 to 350 a pair.....they are just under 2 yrs old...pete

[GregH]

Well I got offered a pair today but I didn't ask the price. They normally go for P1200/Pair (~$33) but they won't be DNA sexed and they would probably be wild caught . See I'm finally discovering good things about the Philippines