jimmy white

i knew a great fancier and his wife, this couple sadly deceased now, but could fairly win at 500 mile plus,, the mrs, weighed each pigeon b4 and after the 500 mile plus race if the bird scored , it would be sent again the same weight , this was mr and mrs white [no relation but very good freinds of my late father and myself] of " the trellis" and " the sprat " etc. etc. fame.

no probs ted, no probs ted ;D ;D ;D ;D

grumpy young men ;D ,, witty old men ;D,,,basicly ... this is the site to be on, ,,,,the best pigeon site in all the land . where all the members lend a hand sometimes we agree, sometimes not but , you got to admit the site is hot ;D ;D ;D

take the offer of the birds david ;D ;D ;D , maybe two young hens and a young cock , [if gotten at 3 to 4 eeks old will home right away ]its a good offer ,i would seriosly think about it lookslike youve been busy ;D this bird has cerainly kept you going ;D looking at the two pics , my goodness allmost unreal :)and a sure sign the bird is healthy , when its pecking at you ;D ;D

they are bonny wee things it would be nice to see them all away to a good home [cause if your left with them ,,,,there might be a lot more :) ]

yes i agree , the longer theve been in , the harder it becomes, its actually ten times worse if theve never ever been out b4 , you would probably loose most of them,, but if theve been homed and flying to the previous owner , should make things slightly easier,,,,,,,,,best thing a make shift aviary, where they can see out, let them out , hungry and when sitting , hopefully they should be ok,,,,good luck

great pics it never ceases to amaze me, the growth rate of a baby pigeon 8) one minute, a hatched egg ,, 3 weeks later , a formed pigeon eating for itself ,, and a couple of weeks later flying like mad,,marvelous

i think if you clip their wings it really is better with the two, but remember the birds wont grow these flights untill they moult , so could be unable to fly for a long time [i,e cats , hawks im sure they can tell :-/], i personally wouldnt advise it ,, if its to get them homing , i think its far better to settle the birds with an aviary , where they can see out , then try them whilst sitting on eggs.

looking at the f,cast town by town enroute on sat morn ,,,,i think early morn [,allthough sunny for lib ] there was quite a bit of rain from hawick inwards ,, earlier libs seemed to fair somewhat better than the later ones where the rain was worse and spadoric [if thats spelt right ]

i agree :'( so could i vic,, ;D ;D ;D,,,,,,,,,,,,when do we start writting

definately look the part, a work of art right enough, also a good idea of pecked hens for quickness

found ring number ,,,,,not 11?? as first said but ,nehu,07 tv 1981

quite agree, fifer , especialy with an other site down , maybe some will sign on and get hooked so much info , so much everything , hundreds of pages , def, worth a look good luck to all new members

i have voted for infighting , this has splintered what little pigeon fanciers there are now into smaller groups ,smaller clubs feds etc , compared to years ago ,ive seen many fanciers just pack in because of this , as far as ets , this comes under above,,,,,,,, cats , weve in fact advanced , with cat repelent electric boxes ,,,,,,,,,,hawks just making a bad situation worse, bird flu , really its allways" if " same as defra [who knows may never happen] bad birds, high prices , weve allways had that ah well,,, look on the good side itll soon be summer ;D ;D ;D

just came in just now ,,8PM SUN. reasonable condition ,, no rubber. hungry

yes youll get some older cocks actually thrive on it but at that age , a little young im afraid , theyll do it no prob after 10 days

thanks all after finding the owner , and a few phone calls ,, very, very nice lady and gent had this ring number in their records as "dead in the nest" it was obvious to me they were very gennuine and caring and would send for the bird , allthough , not knowing what it was as the bird was" to far down" to send at the mo, we agreed to leave it at the mo, but between the three of us could only asume that someone got the ring and never transfered it , so if its anyones stock bird escaped [no wing stamp,, but blue marker ring on, please get in touch and while ive just been printing this ;D ;D ;D a bird has come in to my kitchen [i know what it is ;D] knocked over a tin of grub, now all over the floor ;D ;D ;D [the grub , not the pigeon ;D]

cant help smile at speck i know shes very sore [her foot im talking about ;D] but shes a brave one, our speck ;D shes been told to sit and rest her foot ,,,,,,,,,,tall order for speck get better soon

well done red ch hen and all others who have did well , for the others your time will come if you persevere quite interested in this quote now, i think [as far as i here] most of the races up here , were quite erratic

well done ben

thanks red ch hen just phoned [secy at work but wife ,very nice, took phone nos, etc so hopefully he will contact me

found at the nissan garage, loanhead , and looked after by the staff , dont know how they managed to get me, but the bird is in very poor nick, skin and bone ,,,it is now in the hospital box, in my house :'( being treated , its a b bar hen with a blue plastic ring on and ring no is,,,gb 05 A 25794, hope it survives

hope someone can help you on this one, its a great sight to see a lib,, pity you couldnt take a pic, and post it on the forum

happy birthday ,,

what a difference from the first pics hes looking fabulous now ,,,,,,,,still say youd be better with a hen for him nature usualy takes care of itself , so he might,[just might ] go looking for a hen , or attemt to return to the old loft, but with a lovely wife ;D hell stay forever ;D,,,,good luck