They walk at about 18 days of age and start exercising their wings about 7 days later. Because they eat a high protein and high fat food and do not get much exercise, the birds are often bigger than their parents by the time they start to fly, about 31 days after hatching. Most young pigeons or squabs stay close to home before flying, so people are unlikely to see the young birds until they are full grown. All animals are humans, they just wear different skins. Dominion over animals doesn't mean abuse, torture, kill, maim, eat, terrify or harm.
Dominion is an honor that provides a gentle hand that protects, respects and loves.
I am dismayed to learn that a company as reputable as A Southern Season has elected to sell foie gras in its holiday catalog. The holidays are a time when people open their hearts to creatures less fortunate. To enlarge their livers swiftly and cost-effectively, the tubes are linked to a pressurized pump which fills the confined birds for 28 or more days. Animals with punctured throats, hideously swollen livers and exploding stomachs literally live as extensions of a machine. An investigator who raided a foie gras farm last Spring observed an ambience of terror and violence, lacking any mercy for animals so unnaturally bloated they were unable to walk.