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Re: Life in Bendigo.
Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2023 9:23 pm
by Murray
Oh. for sure.
when I last saw them they were bunched up and heading in the direction of home. They have had about 10 tosses so they are getting the hang of it. Obviously a hawk, or hawks, have hit them.
Theres' plenty of them around here.

Re: Life in Bendigo.
Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2023 9:47 pm
by Andy
Good to hear they’re all back safe and sound. Won’t have done them any harm.
Re: Life in Bendigo.
Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2023 10:04 pm
by Buster121
Murray wrote: ↑Sat Mar 18, 2023 9:23 pm
Oh. for sure.
when I last saw them they were bunched up and heading in the direction of home. They have had about 10 tosses so they are getting the hang of it. Obviously a hawk, or hawks, have hit them.
Theres' plenty of them around here.
They are everywhere, a big hen keeps coming here hovering just above lofts and going after neighbours birds took one couple weeks ago and crows stopped other attacks thankfully crows are building nest 2 gardens away so that and the magpies not forgetting seagulls a few hawks are sent packing
Re: Life in Bendigo.
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2023 8:02 pm
by Trev
Murray wrote: ↑Mon Mar 13, 2023 11:31 pm
Old Gordon and Mrs Gordon raised another pair of babies for my mate David.
By the father of my Billion Dollar Baby, he’s mostly Heremans.
The mother is a Jansen. And the babies, both hens, have the beautiful soft, satiny plumage that you get from the Jansen.
When he came to collect them he insisted I keep one so I picked the finer one and he took the bigger one.
Next day she was out on the stock shed with her father.
She is gorgeous

. What’s better than a Billion?
A trillion. That’s her name. Trillian. Like the Hitch hikers guide to the galaxy
Very nice mate


Re: Life in Bendigo.
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2023 8:04 pm
by Trev
Murray wrote: ↑Sat Mar 18, 2023 9:23 pm
Oh. for sure.
when I last saw them they were bunched up and heading in the direction of home. They have had about 10 tosses so they are getting the hang of it. Obviously a hawk, or hawks, have hit them.
Theres' plenty of them around here.
Good to hear all your babies turned up safely mate

being an ex farmer I am all for nature but these bloody hawks do need controlling



Re: Life in Bendigo.
Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2023 2:22 am
by Murray
Andy wrote: ↑Sat Mar 18, 2023 9:47 pm
Good to hear they’re all back safe and sound. Won’t have done them any harm.
No, Andy, it won't hurt them.
After a day inside because of the heat on Saturday, they were full of beans again yesterday.
Re: Life in Bendigo.
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2023 9:41 am
by Murray
I was walking past the loft and saw a little blue bar scoffing the feed in the sputnik.
I was not sure about it, so I went in and caught it. That immediately made me alert. I don't have to 'catch' my pigeons as a rule.
But it's one of mine alright. 2764. Went missing from a race last year.
The pigeon is in pretty good condition, certainly not like it has been living rough.
This is the second one to turn up like that. I am wondering, is someone around here keeping strays?
I am not happy.

Re: Life in Bendigo.
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2023 12:06 pm
by Buster121
Murray wrote: ↑Mon Apr 03, 2023 9:41 am
I was walking past the loft and saw a little blue bar scoffing the feed in the sputnik.
I was not sure about it, so I went in and caught it. That immediately made me alert. I don't have to 'catch' my pigeons as a rule.
But it's one of mine alright. 2764. Went missing from a race last year.
The pigeon is in pretty good condition, certainly not like it has been living rough.
This is the second one to turn up like that. I am wondering, is someone around here keeping strays?
I am not happy.
Certainly makes you wonder
Re: Life in Bendigo.
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2023 6:24 pm
by Andy
It does seem like it has been in somewhere.
Re: Life in Bendigo.
Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2023 8:36 am
by Trev
Good to see its finally made it's way back Muzza, maybe somebody has bred gromit and then tried to break it !! I think that a fair few fanciers have so many birds that they wouldn't know if they had a stray or not


There are others of course who just don't bother reporting them these days as they either get no reply or the same response of you can keep it !!!