cemetary

Very smart pics, like the diferent colour scheme,

Health problems are not an obvious in older birds because, through a longer exposure, they have a higher natural immunity, whick modifies their disease response.

The yolk, which is essentially a ball of yellow slime with a single cell sitting on its surface develops into a chick in only 18 days.

You no fixed that bike yet ya lazy git, ;D ;D ;D ;D

While age, some hens behave and look like cocks because the outer hormone-producing layer of their ovary wastes away.

Pigeons have special glands in their eyelids that produce a mucus that makes their tears stick to the front of the eye. This means that they can fly at the speeds they doo even in hot conditions without the surface of the eyes drying. This would be analogous to us having our head outside the car while it was going 60km/h facing the breeze and not blinking.

Wheres the pics of DJW birds yi were going to take, :-/ still waiting on seeing them,

Pigeons like other birds, have a unique and bizzare structure called the pecten, which sits on the top of the optic nerve in the back of the eye. It is thought to improve vision clarity or to aid in long distance.

The bright colour of the iris in the eyes is due to tiny fat droplets, which reflect light. When the bird is ill, these fat droplets are absorbed and the colour becomes duller.

Blind Pigeons can still find there way home, In experiments in which pigeons were temporary blinded by putting black discs over the surface of the eyes, the birds still homed from 80 miles. It seems that vision is only necessary for the final approach to the loft.

Thats me. Bloody terrible, developers dont give a dam, money is there motto.

When a pigeon breathes in, the top of its windpipe moves up and almost sucks onto the slot (choana) on the roof of the mouth.

Pigeons only have muscles in the lower of the two main eyelids.

If you shine a light in one eye of a pigeon, it will come out the other eye - only a fine bone plate seperates the two eyes.

A pigeons eyelashes are actually little feathers.

Pigeons have several kidneys on either side of their abdominal cavity.

The average weight of a racing pigeon is 400 grams.

Pigeons drink an average 45ml of water per day, (range20-60ml)

Pigeon milk is not actually milk at all but is mainly composed of superficial cells, packed with fats and othe nutrients, that flake from the surface of speciialized areas of the crop lining.

Testicle size is not constant, Testicles increase up to tenfold in size at the start of Spring in preperation for breding.

If a pigeon can move its ribs, as can happen if held too tightly, it will suffocate in under 1 minute.

A pigeons blood volume is on average of 32ml.

A pigeons pulse rate is 140-400 beats per minute,

A pigeons body temperature is 41.8o C

Plucking a feather is more painful for a pigeon than cutting the skin,