your first pigeon

[westy]

just to make a bit more fun in the forum what was your first pigeon to pepole who never answed last time.

all the best

martin

[jimmy white]

first pigeon was red cheq    surp   51   ca  4406  it was a stray, but my pride and joy

so if the owner sees this send amtrack  ;D ;D ;D [not a van , a horse and cart  ;D ;D ;D]

[westy]

you ent that old are you

lol

[jimmy white]

just feel it westy  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[westy]

lol jimmy how are you anyway

all the best

martin

[jimmy white]

not bad at all westy :)  ,soldiering on  ;D ;D ;D bit embarrasing though, when i went to see my old mother[ 84] in hospital, the nurse said, and heres a chair for your HUSBAND:) :) it made my mothers day, but didnt do a lot for me,  ;D ;D ;D true ;D

[Rosaskro]

My first 3 pigeons were all born on the Williamsburg Bridge, NY.  Bridgett - 1 and Willie B. were the first two arrivals to our long island home in mid-August.  After Bridgett died we got Bridget - 2, but she/he died too.  Willie B. had been with us for almost four months.  We bottle fed all of them and tried to nurse them to become healthy and strong enough to survive in the wild.  Willie would roll the syringe feeder with his beak to let me know he was hungry.  He has made two friends who are still here, I will read their bands and post soon, and are living in the coop my husband built for Willie B.  

 

Last Wednesday night, Nov. 23, 2005, my family and I left for MA.  I let Willie B. out so that he could stay in the coop with his pals, but when my cousin came to feed them that evening he noticed that Willie was no where to be found.  It is now Saturday, December 3rd and still no sign of Willie.  I found some feathers grouped on the ground last Sunday, but I am always finding feathers.  

 

I am so afraid that I sent him out into the cold night to die.  It makes me sick when I think that I will never see Willie B. again.  He was great, he would land on my head or shoulder he knew his name and would fly to me when he wanted to.  He got so attached that when I was ready to go out he would perch on the roof or hood of my truck and take a brief ride with me down the street.  Or when I went next door to do laundry he would perch on the windowsill outside and look in at me or he would perch on the screen door if I left it open for him.  We ate seeds together he especially liked sunflower seeds and would get jealous when I ate them out of the bottle.  Of course he poo'd a lot, but what can you do to prevent that?  I can't seem to get through missing him.  I really wish I knew where he went and that he is okay.

 

We didn't band him because I was told that he could loose a foot if the band got to tight as he grew.  He answers to Willie B. and may even land on your head if you shake the can of food loud enough.  

 

I just can't seem to get passed having raised him from a baby and he took to me like most other animals do, but to lose him so quickly just breaks my heart.

 

Thanx for listening and any help you could provide would be greatly appreciated.

 

Rosa

[westy]

jimmy sure she did not mean it

[hooky]

well pigeons got into my blood when i was around ten.myself and a few mates used to go around the old deralic buildings and catch old commons most the time the birds we got were just young still in nests but we hand fed these birds with wheat and corn that we saved with pocket money.sometimes we would catc ha couple older birds and when we caught an old racer with a ring on it's leg we thought it was pure gold hahahaha we played around with these birds for a couple years i think and we managed to find a old man that had racing pigeons that lived a block away from us.we went around and saw him and he saw how keen we were on these birds.we used to clean his loft ect nearly every couple days.just so we could watch the birds.turned out one day he turned up with his ute piled up with timber ect and built us a loft.it wasn't flash but it held our birds.he then agreed to breed us some race birds if we gave him the commons in return wich we agreed.i know now what he done with those old comswe had haha.ever since i havn't looked back,i am now a maried man with 3 childre nof my own and hopefully the ywill continue to breed and fly the birds i love