Living on a "farm" with about 82 or so animals, one cannot help that a few of those animals will pass on to their next life at least one a year, sometimes more.
So it is with "Lovely" a beautiful cream/red bar Birmingham Roller pigeon. This pigeon came with us from St. George, traveling in an open trailer in a large dog crate and lived in that trailer in Long Beach, Washington, for almost 9 months until after we moved here, and was finally moved into the now-standing pigeon/chicken coop. That ALONE should have killed this bird. It would have killed me, but these are stoic pigeons.
His leg band read 2004, which would put him at seven years old. Pigeons are typically not long living creatures, with a life span of about six to eight years. So he had a good life, a great "wife" (Crocodile who died four years ago), and lived out the rest of his days eating, drinking and pooping. What more can one ask for, eh?
He stayed in the barn freezer until Felix could come home to positively identify him and then get him ready for burial. We will bury him in the Zen garden with our other gone-to-animal heaven animals. (BTW; Owen, Ivy and I FINALLY got Elliott's headstone finished - just needs to cure a few more days then put into place - only three more to make)
I would like to say THANKS to Bob and Kathi (Ang's in-laws) for giving us that great freezer. Not only has it held all our salmon from fishing, but also Sam the Cat, Frenchy the Leghorn and now Lovely the Pigeon (all triple-bagged OF COURSE!!!) until I could find 30 minutes to dig a proper grave. I'm sure it's not what was supposed to be used for but you gotta do what you gotta do, eh?
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Ah, the pigeon freezer was delivered by Bob and Kath, but you can thank the previous owners of the little green house for leaving it behind in our carport.
Correction!!
I thank Steve and Angie for giving us the freezer and Bob and Kathi for hauling it up to us!
However, it is not called the "pigeon freezer" by the way. It has held many animals .... and I have no doubt I'll go in there while Thomas decides what to do with me. :D
Actually, Bob thinks we just loaded in your truck, Kristi, but thanks for giving us credit for something we did not do...happy, too, that it's coming in handy!
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