Hi, i rescued a baby pigeon that had fallen out of our tree about 3 weeks ago, when i first got it, it was yellow and fluffly and looked like a duckling, but now it has some feathers and looks so cute,i have 4 daughters and they decided to call it chicken! I have been keeping it in a gerbil cage with bedding and hand feeding it wet brown bread and water, it seems to be doing really well, but ive noticed that the last 2 days it seems to have a bad leg or foot cos its using its beak to lean on to move about! Can someone give me some advice as we dont want anything to happen to it as we love it!! I dont know how old it is or if its a boy or girl,this is the first time i have ever held or had a bird before,but all i know is i couldnt just leave it to die,so i would be really grateful if someone could let me know what to do!!
Many Thanks Paula