help with pigeons

Question
hi chrys just wanted to find out a couple of things, i have 2 pigeons one tippler and one brown badge you wanted to know what the badge was and its simply just like a roller because it does the same tricks in the air and has 2 toned color, if my pigeons are always sitting next to each other on the roofs and following each other in the sky and the ground would this mean that they are paired up also if either of the pigeons cannot see one another they make a noise and look around, i had both of them together for about 5 weeks, my tippler also pecks my badge on the back, neck and sometime they are touching beaks, i have also put a breeding bowl in the shed and I'm hoping if they are male and female they would breed sooner or later and if they do breed how long would i have to wait until because i don't know the sexes of my pigeons and what i just told you it looks like they are paired up. (by the way badges are not a type of tippler)

Answer
Hi, Asad,

Thanks for the information on badges.  I don't have any experience with tipplers, so I can't be much help with this specific breed.  My primary experience is with racing homing pigeons, but I've owned/showed fancy pigeons of all sorts.  I owned a roller once that I used to bring in my homers when they wouldn't come in when called in.

Just because 2 birds follow each other around doesn't necessarily mean they are pair-bonded.  I've seen siblings follow each other around, etc.  Some pigeons are followers, some pigeons are leaders, then there's the in-betweens.  It could mean they are bonded, but perhaps not.  However, if you housed them together for 5 weeks, the bird pecks the other's back/neck, and they beak, they are probably bonded.  

I don't know how long you could be waiting!  They will breed/mate when they are ready and there's nothing you can do to hurry this up.  

I don't know much about tipplers, but for pigeons in general, males tend to have flatter heads on top than females.  Males will fan and drag their tail feathers on the ground when courting their female.  Females fan and drag their tails, but they don't drag their tail feathers on the ground like males do.  Males will often coo and "hover" over their mates, while the female will cow down sometimes.  In general, females look more feminine than males in their body characteristics.  

I hope this helps you some, Asad.  It might do you good to join a tippler/roller club in your area and/or visit shows, etc., in order to get in touch with other tippler owners in your area.  I don't know where you live, but in the USA, there are many shows around during the year where you can meet and get in touch with others who share the same type of birds.

Chrys