My Grand Daughter's Dove

[Hokum Coco]

My grand daughter's hand-raised, orphaned-homer failed to return on a 20 mile toss. It was one of the few times she did not accompany me on a release. She suffered tears and heartache when I told her of the loss.

Amazingly when I went to close up the loft at dusk what should come flying in but (her pigeon) Piper!

I checked him over and he was tore open from his neck to his tail feathers.

My first instinct was to put him out of his misery. I however brought him into the house for a better look. My wife flushed out the wound with a saline solution and I glued him back together with crazy glue. He was good to go in about 5 days

This is him incubating eggs after his ordeal. .

My grand daughter was On The MOON when I told her of Pipers return. Grand daughter has experienced love, loss, heartache. first aid, joy, responsibility, and kinship with yours truly. She has also developed special bonds with some of our doves who prefer her company over mine when she comes into the loft with me.

It has given her a good subject for presentation at school as well.

We also are starting up a small enterprise with white dove releases (Pipers parents were both solid snow white just for the record).




Pipers Parents

Grand daughter did her first dove release at a wedding last fall also another release for an anti bulling campaign at her grade school.

With the aid of the Internet she has also become somewhat of an authority on homing pigeons. She definitely knows more than the average 12 year old on the subject and can talk your ear off.

This was relayed to me by her teacher after she was forced to cut off a presentation she made when the question period looked like it was not going to end.

She would rather hang out with Hokum (her name for me since she was one) then any of her friends or parents (for that matter).



Picture of Back Yard

However she will be entering her teens next year (make-up and boys will probably soon shove me aside).

I know however that these birds have made her a better person regardless what comes in the future.

Plus I have another grand daughter who is only turned 3 and calls me Coco (since she was one).

 

[drumstick diva]

Oh so glad Piper was able to make it back home. I am just beaming over your grand daughter's accomplishments.

 

[Hokum Coco]

Oh so glad Piper was able to make it back home.

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This is a picture of the little one that calls me Coco.
Which gives rise to one of my favourite quotes: Grandparents should never retire; They should live to inspire.

Click on picture for large image.

 

[LyonFuzz]

I am overjoyed that your story had a happy ending Yay Piper! Your granddaughter is very refreshing in these days of nothing but electronics and video games. You've done a fabulous job Hokum

 

[Farmgal101]

My grand daughter's hand-raised, orphaned-homer failed to return on a 20 mile toss. It was one of the few times she did not accompany me on a release. She suffered tears and heartache when I told her of the loss.

Amazingly when I went to close up the loft at dusk what should come flying in but (her pigeon) Piper!

I checked him over and he was tore open from his neck to his tail feathers.

My first instinct was to put him out of his misery. I however brought him into the house for a better look. My wife flushed out the wound with a saline solution and I glued him back together with crazy glue. He was good to go in about 5 days

This is him incubating eggs after his ordeal. .

My grand daughter was On The MOON when I told her of Pipers return. Grand daughter has experienced love, loss, heartache. first aid, joy, responsibility, and kinship with yours truly. She has also developed special bonds with some of our doves who prefer her company over mine when she comes into the loft with me.

It has given her a good subject for presentation at school as well.

We also are starting up a small enterprise with white dove releases (Pipers parents were both solid snow white just for the record).




Pipers Parents

Grand daughter did her first dove release at a wedding last fall also another release for an anti bulling campaign at her grade school.

With the aid of the Internet she has also become somewhat of an authority on homing pigeons. She definitely knows more than the average 12 year old on the subject and can talk your ear off.

This was relayed to me by her teacher after she was forced to cut off a presentation she made when the question period looked like it was not going to end.

She would rather hang out with Hokum (her name for me since she was one) then any of her friends or parents (for that matter).



Picture of Back Yard

However she will be entering her teens next year (make-up and boys will probably soon shove me aside).

I know however that these birds have made her a better person regardless what comes in the future.

Plus I have another grand daughter who is only turned 3 and calls me Coco (since she was one).

Its amazing the bird returned.so glad it did alright.

 

[LamarshFish]

Very nice to hear! Can I ask why there is what appears to be a pheasant tail in that nest bowl with Piper? Just curious. Or am I seeing things?

 

[LamarshFish]

Well we are SUPER observant. The reason that pheasant feather is there is because I tried raising pheasants with pigeons. NOT A GOOD IDEA. I then separated them with chicken wire. The males jockey for dominance and feathers fly. The pigeons are opportunist and presto when one feather comes through the wire in the nest it goes.

Haha, that is interesting that the pigeons opted to use a pheasant tail in the nest. I always ask for all the pheasant tails at our hunting club, since most guests only take the meat and don't take the tails, so we have tons of them, they make awesome decorations in dried flower arrangements and wreaths, etc. That's why I noticed it.