Okay, this is going to be my last thing on the pigeons, lmao. Why do replies have a text limit? We just don’t know!
Palomacy should be referenced twice in this document. The first time is in the shorter feeding bulletpoint, where they are listed among others - as the bullet point itself says - to show that even groups that disagree on the purpose and role of pigeons very strongly still all agree on the topic of eating vegetables. The groups used in total are Palomacy (companion pigeon / rescue), Pigeonpedia (companion pedia), VCA Hospitals (veterinary / academic), Coachella Valley Preserve (rescue), and Racing Pigeon Sport (a racing loft). None of these groups agree 100% on anything about pigeon care.
Palomacy supports a position that is directly against what I personally believe, as reading the document would show: Palomacy argues specifically in that link I used that pigeons do not need insoluable grit.
The other time that Palomacy is referenced is as one of the leading companion pigeon sites / rescues. I have been in the hobby since 2009. In 2009, pigeon owners in the United States were primarily focused on pigeons as either food, racers, or show animals. Palomacy helped normalise the idea of them as pets. I don't have to agree with them or their views in order to acknowledge that there is a very large portion of the community - especially off of tumblr - who had never heard of pigeons as pets prior to Palomacy.
If people disagree with the information I've put up, that's why I put in multiple references - from racing lofts, from veterinary sites, from rehab sites, and from fancier forums off of tumblr. Animal husbandry can have a large variation in what people want to pursue, and as I said in the document, this is not a care guide. Specifically, right at the top of it, I say:
"With that said: this is not a care guide and you should not use it as such. While I’ll be listing my criticisms of Ramsey Loft and what the fuck she’s doing, everyone who owns a pigeon should be doing their own, intensive research to figure out what you should do to care for your birds. Most areas have local clubs or racing groups: talk to them, attend the shows, read the forums, and connect with your community, because a large portion of the community has been breeding birds for longer than I have been alive, and on average, they are perfectly happy to help introduce you to the hobby, and get you started."
Dani has been abusing these pigeons for several years. I decided to comment on it, despite not being a part of the pigeon community on tumblr, because she has been abusing these pigeons for years, and it has gone largely unremarked. I only noticed Dani existed about two or three weeks ago, but she has been a cornerstone of the pigeon-keeping community, per what others have said, for way longer.
I have explicitly told people that they should pursue their own care, engaging with their local communities and doing their own research to come up with a plan of care that works best for them. The links I have included as sources - of which, mind, Palomacy should only be two - are from a very wide variety of sources, specifically because these different sources often have very different views of pigeons, their care, and the purpose of the animals, so it is noteworthy and worth marking when they actually agree.
