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#1
19th September 2009, 05:37 PM
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Cute! A Bathing Party!
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Charis If all the beasts were gone, men would die from great loneliness of spirit, for whatever happens to the beasts also happens to the man. Seattle 1736-1866  Another Life, Gone To The Birds! DO NO HARM Member, International Wildlife Rehabilitaion Council 
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#2
21st September 2009, 05:42 PM
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The four babies are now feathering out and the one raised by the ferals seems to be a white king. Meanwhile that little rake of a roller who left single mom with two babies seems to be hanging out with a king hen. I guess he likes the big girls and for some reason they seem to like him, the little cad. Now single mom with two babies is being constantly pursued by a large male homer and she is on the run to avoid his attentions while other hens who might welcome such attention are ignored. Ain't that the way it seems to go?
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#3
22nd September 2009, 10:12 AM
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Here's a photo of the "unlikely couple", the white king hen and the little rake of a speckled roller. I guess it just shows that a royal lineage is no guarantee of good taste in choosing a mate.
The camera angle distorts the size difference, she is actually twice his size and he is well known as a deadbeat dad. 
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#4
22nd September 2009, 11:29 PM
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Hi, Joe-
Glad to know that your not-so-long-ago-empty loft is now a beehive of drama and scandal. Those king hens are very popular with the boys! Some of my kings nest on the ground but others go for big box-type nests. And of course, there are more in need of rescue. Always will be I suppose.  Thanks for the update. It's fun to see them happy and having fun.
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#5
25th September 2009, 10:08 AM
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Great picture...they are a handsome couple. I love your description of his behavior. ...very funny!
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Charis If all the beasts were gone, men would die from great loneliness of spirit, for whatever happens to the beasts also happens to the man. Seattle 1736-1866 Another Life, Gone To The Birds! DO NO HARM Member, International Wildlife Rehabilitaion Council
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#6
29th September 2009, 09:01 PM
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Drama!!I just caught up on the drama!! Glad to hear the ferals are fitting right in. =) Still rooting for the red one.
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#8
23rd September 2009, 11:37 PM
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Personally, I think that speckled squirt is QUITE HANDSOME!! Besides, some guys like a "take charge full figured" female...
 All the best to the "odd" couple... Love and Hugs Shi/Squeaks/Dom/Gimie/and Woe, my West of England Tumbler mated to feral Gimie. It was love at first sight for him! 
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#9
25th September 2009, 09:59 AM
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Yes, he does look good in that photo but in real life he is very timid and submissive. I've never seen him strut and coo, he's just a meek little hang-dog sort of "new age guy". However the babies he made with "single mom" are looking like healthy homers so who knows what will come of his "fling with the king." Meanwhile, the feral cock who helped raise a King egg was caught getting it on with a little red hen of a roller while his mate watched from her new nest box and while a big homer cock was going berserk hanging on the divider wire, he seemed to feel that was his girl even though he has been chasing single mom all around the coop. Pigeons seem to have really learned a lot from humans.
That's why it's called "Pigeon Place".
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#10
2nd October 2009, 03:09 PM
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SINGLE MOM HAS SECRET LOVER, ROLLER RAKE CAUGHT CROSSDRESSING!
Well this really all comes down to my foolishness. I've discovered that "single mom" never was single. There were actually a pair of homers which looked so much alike I couldn't tell without looking at leg bands. No wonder I never saw the nest unattended and their babies are beautiful little blue bar homers just like mom and pop. And now I find that the speckled roller I was calling a cad and a rake is in fact a hen! Well at least I hope it is since the King it has hooked up with is by far the most boisterous strutter of the coop. They haven't established a nest but are never far apart. Again, no wonder I never saw that little roller strut his stuff, it seems he is a she! 
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#11
2nd October 2009, 07:15 PM
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ROTFLBetter than a soap opera, can't wait for the next instalment! And what beautiful birds you have, including the speckled roller!
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#12
2nd October 2009, 07:31 PM
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wooden eggs solve many a problem when it comes to the dead beat parentage of pigeons..especially when you know they are dead beats
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Last edited by LokotaLoft; 2nd October 2009 at 07:48 PM.
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#13
2nd October 2009, 09:59 PM
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Boy, I thought I had drama in my Pigeon Palace! I've got a big white Homer, who is devoted to his tumbler wife, (Sweetie Pie) and has a daughter, (Snowflake) who wants her daddy to be her mate! Snowflake is of breeding age, and I'm going to make her a show girl.
Ahhh the drama......but not too much
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#15
3rd October 2009, 07:35 PM
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I agree with Jay3! Keep those stories comin', Coyotejoe!!
I love your sense of humor and am a firm believer in laughter as the best medicine! I've gotten a wonderful dose from your postings!! Y'know, I'm not surprised that your cock bird turned out to be a hen! So many members have been fooled! Actually, I'm STILL not absolutely sure that my West of England Tumbler, WoeBeGone (mated with feral checker, Gimie), is a cock or a hen. ONE of them has laid eggs and I think it's been Gimie. Woe is a very passive cock and Gimie is quite the aggressive hen. ONE of these days, I'm determined to catch the "layer!" Love, Hugs and Scritches Shi
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