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Post by starlingqueen on Apr 27, 2017 21:35:19 GMT
As requested by someone (sorry can't remember who) here is Cookie. He's still doing well, getting jiggy with my foot regularly and attacking mine and the other family members hands/feet. He doesn't stay still for long so some are blurred.    In this one he's slapping the camera with his wing.  |
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Apr 27, 2017 21:41:39 GMT
Cookie is so beautiful!
His eyes are so cute.
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Post by ffiscool on Apr 27, 2017 21:48:09 GMT
Aww. Lovely Cookie
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2017 23:08:45 GMT
Gorgeous Cookie x
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Post by Hezz on Apr 28, 2017 0:29:25 GMT
Hello Cookie.  He is lovely. xxx |
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Post by samwiseg on Apr 28, 2017 8:59:55 GMT
Awww he looks wonderful starlingqueen! Pat on the back to you for looking after him so well (and rescuing him) in the first place  |
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Post by starlingqueen on Apr 28, 2017 11:09:24 GMT
I still look at him strutting around on the floor and bowing to my feet and think, OMG we have a dove.  |
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Post by jellybean on Apr 28, 2017 11:26:05 GMT
He is a handsome chappie SQ.
Is he a HE, how do you tell the sex of a dove?
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Post by starlingqueen on Apr 28, 2017 15:58:24 GMT
He is a handsome chappie SQ. Is he a HE, how do you tell the sex of a dove? He is a he. You can tell because he does the bowing, only males do that as part of the courtship. |
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Post by skysmum on Apr 28, 2017 16:57:44 GMT
Ohhh he is beautiful, you could drown in those eye's  |
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Post by milliej on Apr 28, 2017 21:44:16 GMT
He's grown into a fine looking dove SQ, well done for looking after him so well, he's a 'beaut' if I can use that expression on a 'he' |
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Post by Hezz on Apr 29, 2017 1:04:10 GMT
I love his stripey feet.  We have the little peaceful doves, some spotted turtle-doves, and an emerald dove (sometimes) feeding in our driveway. It brings a smile to me face every time I hear the boys coo-cooing. I can just imagine them doing their little bow and fanning out their tails, even if I am unable to see them. Having your own must be so much more special. |
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Post by Shirls on Apr 29, 2017 8:37:05 GMT
You have looked after him so well starlingqueen. He is really stunning and looks in brilliant condition. Please can you remind me how you came by him in the first place. I know you rescued him, but my memory fails me. |
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Post by starlingqueen on Apr 29, 2017 10:53:53 GMT
You have looked after him so well starlingqueen . He is really stunning and looks in brilliant condition. Please can you remind me how you came by him in the first place. I know you rescued him, but my memory fails me. Of course I can Shirls. The chooks were wandering around the garden and I was pottering when we all went under the very tall Scots pine. There sitting on the grass was a little bird, so ugly he was beautiful. I had to quickly move the chooks away as I wasn't sure what they would do with it. I was going to pick it up but thought I would like my son to have that pleasure, so I called him. He went down and carried the little soul inside. He was chuffed to bits and still say's he was the one who saved him, I'm glad I let him pick him up as it will stay with him forever, something he can tell his grandchildren. We tried to find a way to put him back in his nest but we just couldn't reach even with a ladder. So I decided we would raise it ourselves. I then rang the vets and asked if they had any baby bird food I could buy. They said they don't sell that kind of thing but if I took the bird to them they could put it to sleep. There was no way I was going to let them do that to a perfectly healthy bird, I had to give him a chance and besides it was on my bucket list to hand raise a bird. I only had chick crumb from the chooks, Willow had been ill so I had bought it for her and had some leftover. I did a quick google and found that it was OK for baby doves. I found out how to feed him and he was eager to oblige. I kept him warm day and night, took him to bed with me, kept him by my bed on a heat pad. I fed him every 3 hours for the first few weeks and he thrived. We had to teach him how to eat seed when it came to weaning. We all made "beaks" with our fingers, pinching forefinger and thumb together, and tapped in the seed until he got the idea. I intended to release him back to the wild but he became too tame and fond of not just me and the family but the dog as well. There is no way he would survive in the wild now. The rest is history. |
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Apr 29, 2017 11:44:09 GMT
I can't believe that the vet wanted to put him to sleep! I'm so glad you raised him what an amazing story it is |
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He is lovely. xxx
We have the little peaceful doves, some spotted turtle-doves, and an emerald dove (sometimes) feeding in our driveway. It brings a smile to me face every time I hear the boys coo-cooing. I can just imagine them doing their little bow and fanning out their tails, even if I am unable to see them. 
