You are giving all of us blog readers an education about pigeons. These new ones seem to think they are mini turkeys! How many did you get? Do they all have the big fan tails?
Good luck on quitting smoking. When my hubby quit (about 50 years ago), he started eating sunflower seeds in the shells. It gives you some hand to mouth motion, and shelling the things seems to take more calories than they provide! He cracks them with his teeth.