I know you can eat wood pigeons but can you eat rock pigeons and whats the difference if there is any?!

Question: You can eat both Rock Dove and Wood pigeons. There isn't much difference in how they taste (as far as I've heard), so I guess the real difference would be where you live. Places with more Rock Doves are more likely to be in the resturants than Wood Pigeons. Wood pigeons are more commonly eaten in Europe, Asia, and places like that. However, most squab (baby pigeons) you eat in resturants are from domestic pigeons. People raise big giant pigeons called Carneau to kill and sell for food just like chickens and turkey. White Kings are also used for meat production. One of the most famous pigeon 'farms' in the U.S. is the Palmetto Pigeon Plant in South Carolina.

- Becky

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Answers: You can eat both Rock Dove and Wood pigeons. There isn't much difference in how they taste (as far as I've heard), so I guess the real difference would be where you live. Places with more Rock Doves are more likely to be in the resturants than Wood Pigeons. Wood pigeons are more commonly eaten in Europe, Asia, and places like that. However, most squab (baby pigeons) you eat in resturants are from domestic pigeons. People raise big giant pigeons called Carneau to kill and sell for food just like chickens and turkey. White Kings are also used for meat production. One of the most famous pigeon 'farms' in the U.S. is the Palmetto Pigeon Plant in South Carolina.

- Becky

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The pigeon family comprises many species, including the succulent wood pigeons that the French call pigeonneau, and the tough-fleshed, city-dwelling rock pigeons, which no one would want to eat.

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Same answer as the last time you posted this question. Rock Pigeons are what you find in most restaurants. They serve the young ones (bred as domestics) and they are called squab.

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