Jimmy is no more

[Dave Hawksford]

I'm in Florida hunting turkeys and left last Thursday, Friday afternoon I get a call from Jarrod that Jimmy has been gone over 2 hours. I knew right then she wouldn't be coming back. She went for a fly and a falcon caught her. Shelly went to the shop and walked around and found her feathers. I hard to lose a good pet.
Shelly wrote this.

 

[Don Baer]

Oh man that sucks. Sorry to hear this news Dave

 

[Jay Caughron]

Thats sad Dave sorry to hear this kind of news

 

[Mike Stafford]

Such a sweet poem....

 

[Darren Wright]

Sorry to read this Dave. Never easy to let a good pet go.

 

[Ted Calver]

Sad news, Dave. Jimmy had a good run…and a great friend.

 

[Paul Douglass]

That is sad, I love birds.. I have a couple pairs of ring neck doves that hang around my place not pets but they do hang around pretty close and watch to see what me and my dogs are up to. They nest in my trees but I have never seen any babies alive. The magpies throw them out of their nest before they are mature enough to survive. I find dead ones at the base of the trees. I hate magpies. The only bird I can kill without remorse. In fact I smile when I succeed in getting one. However they watch me also and know when I am walking to the door with a gun. Even when I do the low crawl past the windows.

 

[Chuck Ellis]

Sorry to her about your loss.... a pet is a pet and it's hard to lose one....

 

[Vaughn McMillan]

Sorry to see this, Dave. I know she was a great companion.

 

[Toni Ciuraneta]

One never knows how attached we are to them until we loose them.

 

[Rennie Heuer]

So very sorry.

 

[bill kaminski]

condolences

 

[Dave Hoskins]

I think losing a pet is one of the hardest things to go through in life. Been though it a few times and never gets easier. My condolences.

 

[David Johnson]

Losing a pet is rough. I enjoyed your tales of your feathered friend. Condolances.
Dvid

 

[Brent Dowell]

Jimmy was the coolest. So sorry Dave.

 

[Leo Voisine]

So sorry to hear the bad news. Those little guys sure do grab our hearts. We are so lucky to have them as long as we do.

 

[Dave Hawksford]

Thank you all. I can't believe how tough it's been to lose Jimmy. I'm in contact with the Bird breeder who races Pigeons in SC. Looking to get a Rocky Ridge White. Like jimmy but faster and stronger.
Still nothing can out run a Peregrine.

 

[Dave Hawksford]

Customers are coming in and asking for Jimmy. One lady who has known Jimmy from the get go was in tears. It's hard not to tear up. I have a lead on a Young bird out of Columbia SC. I may have to take a bike ride.

 

[Chuck Ellis]

Dave, out of curiosity, are these homing pigeons... how do you train one as where it's home is?

 

[Dave Hawksford]

Dave, out of curiosity, are these homing pigeons... how do you train one as where it's home is?

There in their cage for a month couple months then there 1st time out to fly the get their bearings.
Check out Rocky Ridge Kennels and Loft on YouTube Mike the owner is getting me a bird.
He has some great birds and good tutorials on raising and flying them.