Freckle’s Fellowship Pigeon Rescue

Freckle’s Fellowship Pigeon Rescue Registered not-for-profit pigeon rescue and sanctuary in Melbourne, Austalia. frecklesfellowship.org

NAME: Freckle’s Fellowship
BSB: 083170
ACC: 385195864

14/05/2026

Thank you Renee for the several kind donations from our wishlist including a new swimming pool for the gang!

Everyone has approved.

We are grateful for everything people have sent us recently. it is seen and appreciated. 🤩

We currently have two wishlists that you can buy from here:

https://frecklesfellowship.org/donate/

Beluga Whale is a diva who knows her worth and expects to be treated accordingly! Found as a lost domestic tumbler pigeo...
10/05/2026

Beluga Whale is a diva who knows her worth and expects to be treated accordingly!

Found as a lost domestic tumbler pigeon unable to feed herself and sheltering on roofs, Beluga has done quite the 180 into the sass queen she is today. She likes waiting at the door of her cage to be fed pigeon lollies, and if she’s feeling brave (and has confirmed your worth), she will do a little flirty spin and dance for you.

Beluga would enjoy gracing the home of someone who is patient and happy to be at her beck and call, but would also enjoy being a companion for a monsieur pigeon!

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Enquires : www.frecklesfellowship.org/adopt
PetRescue : https://www.petrescue.com.au/listings/1190508

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F***y… ungrateful… liceface… found on doorstep and nearly died… this pigeon goes by many names! F***y was only a few wee...
06/05/2026

F***y… ungrateful… liceface… found on doorstep and nearly died… this pigeon goes by many names!

F***y was only a few weeks old when someone noticed him looking very out of place at their door! The clock was already ticking with f***y being a gorgeous Indian fantail pigeon- who are domesticated and do not last long outdoors. And that was even before we discovered they had already been subject to predation.

Fortunately, our super awesome vet Dr Kelly and partner Peter were able to rescue him! It was not good news: F***y had sustained several deep wounds all over their body, including two particularly concerning ones on their eye and abdomen, and on top of all of this was riddled with lice!

F***y was so weak he couldn’t even stand and we were worried he was going to pass away. 🙁

In spite of the odds, Kelly was able to stabilise F***y, but it would be a while until he was out of the woods yet. F***y had no interest in food still and was having trouble keeping any down. Given the context, it was very likely F***y had become septic.

However, pigeons are very resilient animals. F***y had a spark in his eyes and even whilst not eating, was up and walking around to slap people with his wings! Hence the nickname ungrateful.

So we did everything we could to get him to the other side!!! Dr Kelly was still looking after him so he could get all the fancy treatments. Slowly but surely F***y began to rapidly improve and had started eating and going in the right direction 💪 Unfortunately F***y’s injured eye was damaged beyond repair and they are now blind in it. But this is not a big problem for F***y!

It has been a few months now, and F***y is brighter than ever and looking for their forever home. F***y would like to be a companion bird indoors, or with another friend in a relaxed environment.

Many thanks to Dr Kelly who definitely is F***y’s saviour!

Donations help us continue to rescue birds:
https://frecklesfellowship.org/donate/

Name: Freckle’s Fellowship Pigeon Rescue & Sanctuary
BSB: 083170
ACC: 385195864

Thank you to all of those who adopted recently! We almost adopted more pigeons than we took in. Extra thanks to those st...
04/05/2026

Thank you to all of those who adopted recently! We almost adopted more pigeons than we took in. Extra thanks to those still waiting on application approvals, your patience is appreciated 🙏 we will probably close applications again shortly so we have time to go through all the current ones.

Combined march and April this time!

Patient of the month(s) is a friend who was an easy case! He was able to be returned to his home last weekend. Happy days!
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Donations help us continue to rescue birds:
https://frecklesfellowship.org/donate/

Name: Freckle’s Fellowship Pigeon Rescue & Sanctuary
BSB: 083170
ACC: 385195864

Hi everyone!Due to personal events, messages AND email will be unmonitored from now until 6pm 30/4/26. We know there’s a...
29/04/2026

Hi everyone!

Due to personal events, messages AND email will be unmonitored from now until 6pm 30/4/26.

We know there’s a lot of requests / enquiries / applications at the moment waiting for a response, my sincere apologies for not being able to get back to everyone in a timely manner this week. As mentioned in the past when a lot of requests come in, sometimes it may enter our spam and we don’t see it. This is something I’m still trying to fix and I’m sorry if it’s caused any unintended consequences. 🥲

Many thanks to those who were interested in Meathead. He has since found his forever home! Hooray! If you were still int...
25/04/2026

Many thanks to those who were interested in Meathead.

He has since found his forever home! Hooray!

If you were still interested in having a chunky friend of your own, we still have 4 other utility kings looking for homes:

Lily and Meatball: The other two who came from the situation as meathead. These two are often overlooked as they are bonded birds who prefer their personal space and an aviary. They’ve been here for a year and are still waiting!

Snowball 2: Large king pigeon who also will need to go to an aviary or an indoor home with a companion.

Maple: Big flirty boy.

Visit website for more info.
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Donations help us continue to rescue birds:
https://frecklesfellowship.org/donate/

Name: Freckle’s Fellowship Pigeon Rescue & Sanctuary
BSB: 083170
ACC: 385195864

25/04/2026

Some of the gang.

Apologies for delayed responses again this week, I’m spending 4 hours a day doing admin and it still doesn’t seem to be enough.

Apparently we’ve also had troubles with sending emails if they have images in them, so please reach out if you think they haven’t properly went through!

Adoption applications will likely have to be closed again as there are about 80 pigeons who are not listed, and there are probably even more pending applications that need to be processed. We still haven’t listed pigeons from October ‘25 😱😅 it is so busy!

Thank you for the 100th time for your patience. This is a volunteer job. We have 2 new folks who are joining to help out with admin so I am not up until the early morning hours following up conversations. Hooray!
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Donations help us continue to rescue birds:
https://frecklesfellowship.org/donate/

Name: Freckle’s Fellowship Pigeon Rescue & Sanctuary
BSB: 083170
ACC: 385195864

A post to lighten up after poor BreadBasket. In the last few months there’s been a few additions to the residence! Peggy...
19/04/2026

A post to lighten up after poor BreadBasket.

In the last few months there’s been a few additions to the residence!

Peggy - Pretty almond pigeon we have posted about in the past! We were going to let him go but he’s chosen to pair up with another one of our ladies.

Cricket - Visually impaired due to unknown circumstances, she’s grown up since this photo but remains here with our indoor friends.

Rocky - Rocky experienced a collision as a juvenile resulting in neurological trauma.

Pazuzu - Another Indian fantail! Pazuzu is post-PMV and surrendered to us when his old owner had a change in living circumstances. Pazuzu likes flirting with inanimate objects. 🥴

Sweetpea - also a lady posted before! Whilst her leg is pain-free now, she is still a little bit slow and finicky, so we’d like to keep an eye on her.

Newcomer - ex racing pigeon who is lucky enough to be too goodlooking to adopt out! I am a sucker for these fellows.

Tinkerbell - Sweet highflier pigeon who had an accident resulting in visual impairment.

Squishy - fancy cropper pigeon who has decided to get into a th*****me with fellow residents Brain and Puff.

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Donations help us continue to rescue birds:
https://frecklesfellowship.org/donate/

Name: Freckle’s Fellowship Pigeon Rescue & Sanctuary
BSB: 083170
ACC: 385195864

A few days ago we said goodbye to poor old Bread Basket She’s been here for a few years, coming in with Mowgley after a ...
16/04/2026

A few days ago we said goodbye to poor old Bread Basket

She’s been here for a few years, coming in with Mowgley after a fellow rescuer was looking to find a permanent home for the couple. They are Iraqi pigeons, and Bread Basket in particular was a very lovely yellow colour that I’ve yet to see again!

They settled in really well and Bread Basket was always the first few to get bathing rights and come to your hand for food. I wish I could say she was always loyal to Mowgley but I have witnessed her side fling with mr fantail resident Socks several times. 🥴 cheeky girl. But always very well behaved and never started any dramas.

She’s always been a chipper lady so I was very surprised that she crossed the rainbow bridge one morning. Examinations post mortem indicated no findings of something pathogenic that could put the flock at risk but to be sure I did take a few samples from other birds in that aviary to screen for parasites whose findings were fortunately also insignificant. It’s likely it was an acute decline.

Mowgley has been okay but I’ll keep a close eye on him.

Rest in Peace pretty lady xoxo

PS: Aware of the various requests / applications / follow-ups pending a response.
We’ve been super busy this week, and am in the process of hiring a few more people for admin behind the scenes so I can try and reduce this happening. Thanks for being patient and sorry if we have been unable to assist in time for a rescue
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Donations help us continue to rescue birds:
https://frecklesfellowship.org/donate/

Name: Freckle’s Fellowship Pigeon Rescue & Sanctuary
BSB: 083170
ACC: 385195864

No, this is not photoshopped! This is a real pigeon!Sadly this friend we called Kraken due to his lanky stature and midn...
11/04/2026

No, this is not photoshopped! This is a real pigeon!

Sadly this friend we called Kraken due to his lanky stature and midnight black colour is not natural either and rather a result of falling into motor oil!

As most people know oil is very hard to get off of feathers. Over the course of a few months, we’ve gotten a lot off of Kraken, but unfortunately it has done irreparable damage to his plumage and we are satisfied that we have done the most we can until he moults out. (Please no suggestions, I promise I’ve spent countless hours doing it already 😂😓)

Given the general toxicity of motor oil, we’ve decided it’s best that he stays in isolation until he has moulted all of the dirty feathers out. Fortunately this is already well in process as it is moulting season! And there are already a few brand new feathers that are looking good.

Given that this process will likely take weeks to months, we have chosen to search for a foster carer who can look after him and give him more free time and interaction so he doesn’t feel so miserable.

This period will be until he has moulted out majority of his dirty feathers. We are not planning to adopt him out at the moment. We are looking for someone who has a spare room with no other pet pigeons or birds, and is okay with Kraken being mostly a look don’t touch bird as a) he is quite shy and b) he still is a little bit oily and not pleasant to touch 😂

Note we have also consulted someone experienced with oil-contaminated birds, and they don’t pose a threat to your general health.

Housing and other accessories can be provided!

Please message the page or email [email protected] if you’re interested.

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Did you know pigeons are really good foster parents? Often times when we receive youngsters we will try and put them und...
10/04/2026

Did you know pigeons are really good foster parents?

Often times when we receive youngsters we will try and put them under our nesting residents who take them under their wing as their own.

This happens after the individual babies are parasite screened so as to minimise the risk of exposing our own folks to illness. Additionally, it is improtant to note you can’t simply place babies under pairs without careful analysis and thought : if they are still nestlings requiring crop milk, you must ensure the parents are producing that milk. This only happens around day 16-17 of incubating eggs. If you are off on this timing, it is likely the parents won’t feed the babies nor take them on as their own.

Even if you are careful with timing, sometimes the pair will simply not want to adopt a baby. This becomes hazardous as they will not feed nor brood the youngster, and sometimes even attack them, putting their life at risk. Hence, you must always be prepared to hand-rear as a backup, which includes having the right knowledge and supplies.

Ophelia (grey) and Rudy (brown) are our top mamas who are always happy to take on babies (shout out to their husbirds Chip and Big B***y as well). These pairs are so dedicated to looking after any and every baby that it’s happened more than once where I’ve wound up having clutches I placed under one pair, being fed by both! I can’t keep them away from babies!

Why do we try and put babies under foster parents when possible?

- Ultimately pigeons will parent their young better than any human can. Our hand rearing formulas are only so advanced, and there is really no man-made item that can truly replace crop milk

- The pigeon will not imprint on people, which can cause potential behavioural issues when they mature

- I don’t have to be feeding as many babies around the clock 😂

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Donations help us continue to rescue birds:

https://frecklesfellowship.org/donate/

Name: Freckle’s Fellowship Pigeon Rescue & Sanctuary
BSB: 083170
ACC: 385195864

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