How to care for stray pidge! Help needed!

[oddy]

Hi,Would be grateful for any help/advice you folks can give me. I rescued a racing pigeon from the grounds of my work place.  It didn't seem to be able to fly more than a few yards.  I called the Royal pigeon asoc and after a week of calls to the owner, it appears the owner isn't interested.  They keep making excuses as to why they can't come and told me to let it go....even though I explained he can't fly far.

 

The bird has no  obvious damage, is eating and drinking and apart from some lice I discovered today (well I think it's lice) he seems fine.

 

I do have quite a large area at the end of my garden where it could live...it's already well wired off, just requires a wire top.

 

Will it be happy living a llife in a large aviary?  What kind of housing would I need to build to meet his needs and what other things do I need to know?

 

I have two indoor parrots but am a complete novice with pigeons!

[OLDYELLOW]

firstly the owner has to collect or arrange collection of there birds , its a R.P.R.A rule , if they dont report them to the R.P.R.A , they will then arrange collection to them and send bird to the owner at the owners cost so will cost the owner twice as much. The pigeon will need a shelter from the eliments in a ventilated shed / loft , that is cat proof with a trap , this is so can control letting it out and in . A large aviary is not an ideal home for a pigeon all year round in U.K . As for what to build depend on what you have in mind , are you going to race or keep a few pigeons ?  

have a read of pigeon in my kitchen thread