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Dora and co

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Remember Davey pigeon’s foot injury? (See: Davey pigeon in care) Well, it healed up nicely, no infection or other complications, so we removed the stitches and put him back into Dora’s aviary. All the male pigeons came down to greet him and Davey got straight to work in establishing his territory after having been away for a week and a half. :)

Last week it was rather wet and windy so it was a relief to have Dora’s aviary cleaned and given dry bedding (the pigeons love fresh bedding. I love watching them pick up bits of straw to take to their nests). But of course it rained today so the aviary is a bit wet again. The pigeons don’t mind the rain to be honest (they do have shelter in the aviary). I often see them with their wings up to let the rain wash their “wing-pits”. :)

I went over to check for eggs to replace with fake ones and to do a quick visual check of all the pigeons in there. Everyone looked fine and healthy, which was of course a relief after the scare when Davey injured his foot.

I managed to take a few videos of Dora and the other pigeons for your viewing pleasure. As usual, Dora had fun attacking my fingers while her mate, Pidge, thought they were worthy recipients for mating.

Here’s a list of all the current resident pigeons (fancy or disabled) at my work:

  1. DORA – female - fancy pigeon (paired with Pidge)
  2. PIDGE – male - feral pigeon (paired with Dora)
  3. GERTIE – female - racing pigeon (paired with Marmaduke)
  4. MARMADUKE – male - Archangel breed (paired with Gertie)
  5. FLEUR – female - fancy pigeon (paired with Marmalade)
  6. MARMALADE – male - Archangel breed (paired with Fleur)
  7. MADDIE – female - feral pigeon (paired with Lord Nelson)
  8. LORD NELSON – male - West of England Tumbler breed (paired with Maddie)
  9. PEACHES – female - fancy pigeon (paired with Stanley)
  10. STANLEY – male - feral pigeon (paired with Peaches)
  11. SPECKLES – female - feral pigeon (paired with Horatio)
  12. HORATIO – male - Highflyer/Tippler breed (paired with Speckles)
  13. LUMI – female - feral pigeon (paired with Turk)
  14. TURK – male - Turkish Takla breed (paired with Lumi)
  15. MOUSIE – female - racing pigeon (paired with Rudderford)
  16. RUDDERFORD – male - feral pigeon (paired with Mousie)
  17. DAVEY – male - feral pigeon (single)
  18. BUTTON – male - feral pigeon (single)
  19. BIRDIE – female - feral pigeon (single)
  20. TUX – female - feral pigeon (paired with Burko)
  21. BURKO – male – feral pigeon (paried with Tux)
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8 Responses to “Dora and co”

  • Erik Franco on January 24, 2012 11:49 pm

    thats great news :) now dora is back with all her friends :)

  • Glen on January 25, 2012 1:20 am

    Good news, glad Davey is better now!

  • Michael on January 25, 2012 6:07 pm

    How is your feral pigeon (Personal rescue)?

  • Revati on January 25, 2012 8:24 pm

    Sadly, he’s still ill. I have to support feed him because he’s loosing weight. His character is still very feisty – he pecks me quite hard when I try to feed him.

  • Michael on January 25, 2012 9:04 pm

    What is wrong with him? PMV?

  • Revati on January 25, 2012 10:44 pm

    We don’t know yet, I’m afraid. … (Some diseases are notifiable to the authorities in the UK so I cannot say online what illness the pigeons have.)

  • Eduard on January 26, 2012 4:03 pm

    Wow..you make a great job. I think you are a wonderful person.

  • Revati on January 28, 2012 2:27 pm

    Thank you, Eduard! :)

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