"John" wrote in message
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Are the pigeons in urban gardens just as edible as those in the
butchers or could there be a problem with the amount of lice etc on
them, and their diet of waste?

The pigeons in my garden are wood pigeons, the same as the ones I buy from
the game dealer. They don't feed on 'waste', they feed on my vegetables and
chicken grain. As for lice, I imagine that all untreated birds have them,
including those sold for meat. The lice aren't on the meat after all :-)

Mary