Your "handle" and how you got started

[Pikachu23739]

I'm right know living with my mom and i go to serrano middle school going to San gorgia highschool

[andinla]

new members to post and read about everyone...

Andi

[Lovebirds]

Originally Posted by Lovebirds

My husband and I met over the internet. After corresponding by e-mail and instant messages we called and talked to each other on the phone. Our handle on the instant messges site (Yahoo?), don't really remember was Lovebirds. That's how our loft name came to be........

After going through and reading all these posts again I thought maybe I would come back and add to my post. My husband had pigeons as a young boy so he knew about them. I had 2 different birds that I remember growing up but I can't remember every seeing a pigeon or maybe I just didn't pay attention. Anyway, after we got married, I moved up to MI. I'm from NC. We used to go to a flea market every week end. There was a man there with chickens, a goat, rabbits and pigeons. Well I had to go over and pet the goat but didn't pay much attention to the pigeons, but my husband did. I looked over and he was holding one, looking at it's eyes, pulling out it's wings, etc............the man only wanted $3 for each bird. Thinking that we would go buy it a "parakeet" cage and make a pet of it, I told him to get one. Well, he got two. The man went to his truck and got a sack and put the two birds in it. I immediatley said that wouldn't do. My husband said they would be fine until we got them home. I said no way and insisted that we walk that flea market again until we found something suitable to put them in. We finally found a small pet carrier for $4 and put the birds in it. I was much happier then. Well.......that's how I got into pigeons. We built a small loft and added on to it before the paint was dry!! LOL Them 2 years later we moved here to VA and built the two lofts we have now. I don't have any pet pigeons in the house, but only because my husband would have a fit. I've raised a few babies in the house but moved them back out to the loft when they were old enough. We do have a cockteil named Wally, and pomeranian named Suzy and a yorkshire terrier named Gabby. After going all those years without noticing pigeons, now I can spot one a mile away. It's amazing how they are everywhere and I never saw them. I've never had an occasion to come across a injured one and frankly hope I never do. I'm not very good when it comes to any kind of sick animal. I almost panick so I'm better off letting all of you wondeful people care for the sick and injured. When I read some of the rescues and see some of the pictures here, I only admire what you all do.

[Pikachu23739]

check out my website http://www.freewebs.com/westiepigdy/index.htm

[TAWhatley]

Originally Posted by Pikachu23739

check out my website http://www.freewebs.com/westiepigdy/index.htm

That's quite a website! Lots of terrific pictures (even some I recognized right away)

I'll check back now and then to see what's been added, or maybe you can just let us know on the board when there has been an update.

Keep up the good work!

Terry

[B. Sommm]

Hi All!

I am here because of my mom, Shi, aka "Mr. Squeaks". Mom was always telling me stories from the threads that she read here and would encourage me to check them out. Since I wasn't a member I was unable to view the pigeon pics and wanted to see everyone's pigeons....I had no idea that there were so many different types of pigeons!

I first joined as "B. Somm", which is my first initial and the first 4 letters of my last name. It is also my handle on another forum that I frequent. I would still have it here except that my attempt at humor while picking on my mom/Mr. Squeaks went awry with my first post and I inadvertantly upset a lot of folks. I was quickly "banned"....lots of protective folks here!

After apologizing to the group and explaining who I was through "Mr. Squeaks'" account, I was allowed to re-register. I couldn't use my previous handle so I just added another 'm' so that I would remember what my handle was! Now I get to see all of the pigeon pics (kewl!) and participate in the threads.

This is a very interesting site and one that I normally wouldn't have known about if it weren't for my mom & Mr. Squeaks. Although feral pigeons are still "rats w/ wings" to me (Hi Mom!! ) because they carry all sorts of ickies, I still have a renewed respect for them and tend to pay more attention to them more so than I used too, due to Mom's adopting of Mr. Squeaks. I don't think that I could ever have one as a pet, as they are too much maintenance for me (which is why I have a cat!), but it is fun to watch Mr. Squeaks around my mom and I get the biggest kick out of the fact that Mr. Squeaks considers her his "mate"!! He still won't let me get near him unless Mom is holding him, but like any "sister", I'm persistant!

Thanks for letting me lurk and even participate once & awhile and good juju to you all for having the patience & humanity to care for your pigeons!

B. Sommm

[andinla]

[/quote]Well I had to go over and pet the goat but didn't pay much attention to the pigeons, but my husband did. I looked over and he was holding one, looking at it's eyes, pulling out it's wings, etc............the man only wanted $3 for each bird. Thinking that we would go buy it a "parakeet" cage and make a pet of it, I told him to get one. Well, he got two. The man went to his truck and got a sack and put the two birds in it. I immediatley said that wouldn't do.[quote]

of the time my son and I went to Petco and we bought two white mice for my ex-husband (for pets) and when we got to the counter to ask for them the lady asked if they were for food or for pets? My son looked up at me and said mom! people eat mice?? I couldn't help but laugh and then explained to him that people bought them for food for their snakes...yuk!! if you purchase them for pets you get a cute little petco box with holes precut on it. And if they are for food you get a brown paper sack Andi

[andinla]

to post... Here you go.

Andi

[Lovebirds]

Good idea!!!!

[christina11]

Well my first real pet pigeon was Todum I found him hiding near a church wall he was all scared and looked hungrey so I took him home.I had no Idea what to feed him im embaressed to say I actualy fed him bread and water the hold time of his little life then I started to add seeds but he turned out healthy and now I know not to feed a baby pigeon bread.

As Todum grew he followed me and danced and did everything a pet pigeon would do.Unfortunatly Todum was eaten by a family of racoons because I had a lack of experience and did not know how to house him.

After Todums death my dad took me to this auction and I got 2 pigeons Mountain who looked exactly like a bald eagle and Whitefeather who looked like a paint horse.
I had those 2 pigeons for about a month now and I went outside one day only to find Mountain dead In her cage I didint know why she died maybe from old age.After Mountain died I just played with Whitefeather and she grew so attatched to me and even tryed to follow me to the store.

Somtime's I could not play with whitefeather so I decided to buy her a mate and thats when I got Whiteriver the fancy footed crown headed pigeon also known as The king.
Now it took about 2 months before Whitefeather paired up with Whiteriver and when they did 2 eggs apeared and when they hatched only 1 survived that was Kyara the 2 diff coloured eye'd pigeon she was pure white with one big borwn patch on her back.

Later on a new pigeon was to come and when he did I named him the one and only Argranade as you all should know.
Months pased and Kyara and Argranade where full grown but sadly Whitefeather got killed by a coopers hawk and I still think of Whitefeather almost everyday.

My pigeons moved out of the house and into the making of my shed they where in this large cuboard thing that I then stuck there large cage in and at night I closed it with large strings and wires.Kyara was killed about 3 months from when I moved them outside it was a racoon and her body was torn all over the cage all I could do was swear and cry.

Ok this is getting long so Im gona make it short from here Ill just say the pigeons I sold I have some other birds but there not pigeons.

Spirirt sold her.

2 runts sold them.

Kestralfeet sold her.

2 pouters sold them.

1 Lahore sold her.

1 hommer sold him.

Swiftarrow died.

Now all I have is Argranade,Whiteriver,Lakote,Homming pigeon and a Pouter.

And I shall never sell another pigeon again because I love them all too much and I regret selling some of them.

[amandajay]

hi all, i'm pretty new here but enjoy reading posts and learning about pigeons and the people here. my name's amanda and my middle initial is "J" so i made it into "jay" so it would pertain to birds in some way.

i love all animals. when i was about 7 i found a mocking bird that had fallen out of it's nest, and despite always being warned not to touch them, picked him up and brought him home...it'a amazing how much those little guys can eat!! i spent hours digging worms out of our garden for "tweety." my mom was a substitute at my elementary school, and she brought him with her so i could visit him and feed him throughout the day. he was growing and doing just fine until a friend told my mom to feed him bread balls soaked in milk, which she tried...i'm heartbroken to say that was a horrible idea, and tweety passed. ever since, i've loved birds.

so for the pigeons... pretty unexciting story, a friend has racers and rollers and some lahores, and i visited him and got "bitten." i stumbled onto this website in my course of learning about pigeons before i acquired two lahores of my own. clive bird is a male lavendar lahore and midge pigeon is a black lahore. they're a little grumpy and wild, but we are getting along just fine. i guess they've decided not to have children yet, but maybe some day...

anyway, i really enjoy this forum. i don't have much to post about, but i love reading everyone else's posts, and everyone here is so kind and truly loves pigeons and animals in general. it's really nice.

[re92346mos]

Your new loft is beautifull! Rena

[Lovebirds]

who's new loft is beautiful? What did I miss??

[re92346mos]

Melissa, Debbie's, and Chanelle's new loft. Real nice!

[Victor]

Hi all~ I am glad that Andi bumped up this thread. I enjoyed re-reading the posts. October seems like so long ago. I posted about my single pigeon Tooter, which the regular members know became missing on New Years Eve. So much has changed since then with us, and I wonder if any one that posted on this thread experienced the same?

Well,Tooter is the one who got me started in pigeons. Even though he is no longer with my family and I he is still thought of everyday and missed dearly.

We now have a Papio male puppy that my kids got for Bev on mother's day named "Chewy". He is black with white "shoes" and a white "tie"...so adorable.

Of course there is also Beaksley,Rosco,Chiwa,Barbie, and Paris my current mini-flock of pigeons.

I start building my loft when I go on vacation in July. TOOTER sure made a difference.