"DC." > wrote:
> "Wazza" > wrote in message
> <snip>
> > ps have you ever seen a baby pigeon?
>
> there seem to be some apprehension about eating baby pigeons/squabs but
> certain specialised poultry farmers, esp. those breeding game birds still
> do breed them for restaurants. I've eaten squabs in Chinese & French
> restaurants, i don't see a problem with it as long as it's bred for human
> consumption & passes any animal/poultry husbandary rules/laws.
>
When I was in my early teens, my uncle raised homing pigeons. When he
wanted to get a pair to breed, combining such traits as speed and
endurance, he'd put them in a separately cooped area to um . . . you know.
Our best results were with old '49 and a red-bar hen. Their kids won a lot.

Sometimes the boy and girl birds in the general population would do what
boys and girls do and a hen would hatch a chick whose father couldn't be
determined. Those chicks would be raised to squab size, humanely
slaughtered and eaten by us. They were tasty!

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