Mellifex Loft

08/15/2021

PSA Regarding Shipping Live Animals later this year.

The USPS just announced it will raise their holiday shipping prices very early this year. They they are expecting a high volume of packages earlier than usual this season.
Last year I shipped birds in late November and due to the holiday online shopping/package rush they got held up for 7 days. They arrived alive, but I heard many other live animals that got similarly held up were not as lucky.
Anybody who needs to ship a bird/pigeon/poultry/live animal of any kind should get it done by mid October at the latest in my opinion. If you take anything away from this, DONT SHIP LIVE ANIMALS DURING THE MONTHS OF NOV AND DEC. The chances of them being stuck in a distribution center and possibly dying due to a backup of packages is way too high. Let's be proactive about this, and compassionate the animals in our care.

https://about.usps.com/newsroom/national-releases/2021/0810-usps-announces-proposed-temporary-rate-adjustments-for-2021-peak-holiday-season.htm

WASHINGTON - The United States Postal Service filed notice today with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) regarding a temporary price adjustment for key package products for the 2021 peak holiday season. This temporary rate adjustment is similar to one in 2020 that anticipated heightened peak-sea...

08/10/2021

Mellifex Loft was founded in 2018 when I got my first pair of Lucerne pigeons. Since then, I have made it my goal to breed healthy and friendly pet pigeons and have sent pet pigeons to wonderful homes all over the United Sates. Follow our page to stay updated when new babies hatch, and check out our website to learn more about my birds and the adoption process!

https://mellifexloft.carrd.co/

08/04/2021

Hey guys, here's a pretty picture and a rant.

I've been breeding pet pigeons for two years. In that time I've met some wonderful people, and a ton of not so wonderful people. People who think I can just print out pigeons on demand, people who think I charge too much for well socialized healthy birds ("because you can get them for $3 off Craigslist") people who don't read my waitlist terms and then get mad when they actually have to wait when on the WAITlist, people who don't understand that stuff happens that are out of my control and sometimes things just don't work out, etc, etc.

And at this point, I'm just tired. I spend at least 6 hours of my own time every day cleaning, socializing peeps, harness training, managing the waitlist, managing social media, medicating, replying to messages, etc. And people have the nerve to treat me like I'm subhuman, like my birds are over priced, or get mad when I don't immediately send them a bird when they want. Or, even better, that I'm an evil animal abuser/puppy mill equivalent because I even breed pigeons in the first place.

I don't really know where I'm going with this. Doing this is just one mentally taxing day after another sometimes.

This is not a business. I do this because I love pigeons.

07/31/2021

3 1/2 week old baby Lucerne Gold Collar Pigeons. These two will be such wonderful pets for someone one day 💕

07/17/2021

This baby's markings look like angry eyebrows 🤣

07/10/2021

Hello! Gourd is here to say woo woo woo woo

06/27/2021

I'm not raising Pigeons, I'm raising dragons.

06/14/2021

A crowded bathtub 🛀

06/14/2021

Keeper from this year's breeding. Isn't he handsome? 🥰

04/20/2021

Finger feeding is the key to having friendly birds!

04/19/2021

Newborn baby pigeon! Hatched just a couple hours ago.

04/12/2021

"Have kids!" they said. "It will be fun!" they said.

04/04/2021

New pair of Yellow Shield Lucernes

03/27/2021

If you give them scritches near their ear, it makes them yawn!

03/27/2021

Bathtime for the whole flock this morning.

02/02/2021

First baby of 2021!

01/15/2021

New video!

I filmed this baby man almost every day so I could show you how he transformed from little naked worm to Real Pigeon. I hope you enjoy :)🌻🐐🐔 Support the f...

12/11/2020

Barless Gold Collar Lucerne - © Photographed by Mellifex Loft

11/21/2020