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Anyone as daft as me???
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Jane | Report | 30 Jul 2008 22:25 |
A racing pigeon landed in my garden on sunday.It is quite tame and I have been feeding it .I have crawled on my hands and knees following it to get the number off the ring on it's foot.This afternoon finally found it's owner .Someone will come and get it from me tomorrow morning and have it sent back to Staffs.It was released only 1 mile from me but took 24 hours to get to my garden.BLESS!It was it's first flight. |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 30 Jul 2008 22:28 |
well done Helen - are you keeping Percy pigeon in the house? |
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Jane | Report | 30 Jul 2008 22:33 |
No Ann ,he sleeps in the hedge.(thank g*d) If it was in the house I would be awake all night worrying about it in a cardboard box |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 30 Jul 2008 22:39 |
how sweet - hope he'll be OK until he's collected - he certainly dropped into the right garden didn't he!! |
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♥Apprentice♥Tree♥Maker♥ | Report | 30 Jul 2008 22:48 |
Oh bless you for doing that! |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 30 Jul 2008 22:49 |
pigeon post obviously |
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♥Apprentice♥Tree♥Maker♥ | Report | 30 Jul 2008 22:51 |
Pigeon carrier! |
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Jane | Report | 30 Jul 2008 22:51 |
I want him as my pet!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Sue in Somerset | Report | 30 Jul 2008 22:52 |
We fairly live near a wildlife rescue centre. Over the years we've had to make mercy dashes with various creatures. The kids named every one! |
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Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it | Report | 30 Jul 2008 22:56 |
My dad had racing pigeons in a loft in our back garden in the 1950-1970.s Mum used to get so uptight with him on a Sunday when the roast dinner was ready and he didn't come in to eat in a reasonable time. She threatened on more than one occasion to put his dinner outside the loft when his birds were having there daily fly. |
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Jane | Report | 30 Jul 2008 23:10 |
I would not like to be married to a pigeon fanatic.My marriage would probably last 2 minutes!!!!!!!!As lovely as they are(not the hubbies)!! |
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Glenys the Menace! | Report | 31 Jul 2008 09:14 |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 31 Jul 2008 09:24 |
Well done Helen :o) |
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Jane | Report | 31 Jul 2008 09:41 |
Ahhh,it's gone now.A nice chap has just taken it,and he will feed it up and rest it for a few days before a courier will take it back to sheffield.I managed to give it a good stroke while it was being held,and told him not to send his friends here.!!! |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 31 Jul 2008 09:50 |
I wonder if pigeons put little signs near 'good' houses, like tramps used to do!! |
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Bobtanian | Report | 31 Jul 2008 10:17 |
dont know about now, but years ago I know that racing pigeons had the club/owner details on the inside of their wings..........advice then was...DONT feed it, but give it water......... |
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Lynne | Report | 31 Jul 2008 10:23 |
A few years ago on a very hot summers day a pigeon landed on my window sill it stayed there for up to 2 hours tried to get it to fly away but it didnt budge gave it some water didnt want it so I thought I would give the RSPCA a ring, nearest one was an hour away, looked in the local phone book nothing, by this time I thought the thing was going to die. So I gave Tenby police station a ring not 999 they said they would try and sort something out went back into the room stood there looking at this poor thing when I heard sierens I thought pleases dont let that be for me next thing I know two fire engines pulled up I said to them its only a pigeon but the men climbed up the stairs leaned out of the window and you guessed it the thing FLEW away, never been so embarrased in my life. |
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Helen in Kent | Report | 31 Jul 2008 10:24 |
Hi Helen, I found a racing pigeon in our garden a couple of years back - it seemed injured so I popped it into an empty chicken ark (handy to have these lying around the garden!!)and made it comfy. It had a number on its leg-ring so I looked it up on the internet, found a phone number and rang a pigeon-person. It was an answer machine and no-one ever called back and poor Percy pegged it shortly afterwards. :((( Well I loved him if no-one else did. |
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Mauatthecoast | Report | 31 Jul 2008 10:45 |
City pigeons are often reffered to as flying rats and they do make such a mess on buildings. |
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Sally Moonchild | Report | 31 Jul 2008 11:03 |
I had to laugh Helen......no, you are not the only one......up at the local farm where I used to go daily there were always homing pigeons in amongst the wild ones.....coming to feed on the grain......the pigeons are so fat where I live, that they look like ducks, and take ages to flap off the ground because they are so heavy.....lol.... |