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Cooing fancy pigeons

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Late last year two fancy pigeons were brought to my work because they had been found in the wild unable to cope with being out of captivity (they had either escaped or been stupidly released). They came in separately, but once they were put in an aviary together they promptly fell in love.

One is a male West of England Tumbler and the other a female of unknown breed (possibly a mix. Any ideas?).

West of England Tumbler pigeon on the right

Unknown fancy breed on the left

They love each other!

We found them a forever home since the resident aviary at work is full, and the day I put them in their carrier to wait for their transporter was a loud one. As soon as the male Tumbler started cooing to his mate all the other pigeons in the Intensive Care Unit started cooing too. He also set off the baby pigeons we had in there. Just listen:

What darlings!!

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6 Responses to “Cooing fancy pigeons”

Deanna on January 31, 2012 10:35 pm
How lovely! If those two have babies, they’ll be so pretty.
Cheryl Dickinson on February 1, 2012 5:50 am
Hello! We have a beautiful tumbler in our rescue Stanley (hen) and she is hooked up with Robbie. I wish I knew how to insert picture here. You can look them up on http://www.mickacoo.org or email me and I will send a pic chezd3@yahoo.com
Revati on February 1, 2012 8:39 pm
Hi Cheryl,
thanks for the link, I had a look at Stanley girl and she’s gorgeous!
Vla on February 8, 2012 4:01 am
I like this “Quock-ko!” sound between cock’s cooings. As for hen, she have cute melodic voice.
baris on December 4, 2012 1:38 am
Hi there,

I am writing you from West Sussex UK, I really like the Turk, is there any chance i can have him please?

Baris and Leigh-anne
contact barisardak@googlemail.com
Revati on December 4, 2012 11:44 am
Hi Baris, thank you for your interest, however, Turk is not for sale or up for adoption.

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