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  1. there is to little communication between convoyers and race organisers, always has been and it seems always will be!

    If you know there is a possibility of 2 liberations of approx 20,000 birds in each heading towards you would you liberate?

    Anybody with any sense would check for other liberations and then allow the birds to pass before liberating to give there charges a fair chance but this happens time and time again.

    The convoyers job isn't an easy one but a lot more can be done to avoid clashing etc.

  2. just because of 2 droopy feathers thats like saying if you have a new born child with a disability you would get rid of him/her ??

     

    dont you think thats a bit wrong on the bird

     

    experience has told me it'll never be any good, but always willing to be proved wrong!

  3. why oh why do people keep pushing Baytril!

    I think as a new starter i wouldn't worry about trying roundabout etc, I would race natural and learn about your birds.

    it would sugest that if you are always 1/2hr behind that it is your system/routine that is the problem.

     

    If you list your daily routine, how much you feed, what addatives used, what if anything you put in the water, daily excercise routine, training routine etc then we may be able to guide you.

  4. As David says they are or should be capable of flying at that age. Before you think about letting them out get them used to you, when you feed them, call them, shake the food tin or whisstle, doesn't matter which you use but the birds will get to know which ever call you use means its feed time. When you do get the birds going out you can then get them in easly asuming they are hungry.

    If you can also put some kind of cage on the front of the loft this will allow the birds to aso have a good look around the area before going out.

  5. clear to read on there web site:-

     

    We also provide a stray service for Racing Pigeons either by returning or pickup point for lost pigeons.

     

    Got pigeons in the loft we provide a pest removal service. All pest will be re homed back to their original owners and or released away from home.

     

     

  6. i detest straycatchers(puke)(puke)(puke)(puke)(puke)(puke)

     

    Sham really.

    I advocted that each club spent a little time every so often to trap and clean up the Feral / Strays from Town centres etc.

    Was met with .... Well really with 'Good idea if YOU want to do it' Full stop.

    Now with a proper stray catching device etc, out of publics eye, I still believe that it would be a good thing .... Seen a street where  - ok is derelict now - just off town centre where they have literally picked the wall too bits... hardly any lime cememt left etc.... HARDLY A Good thing for the genuine public to see and be conscouis of. Especailly when -ONE DAY we may very well want them to take on board  our phlight regards the BOP etc.

    JMO

     

    I agree ferals need to be dealt with in all locations as they are what the public see to be our pigeons!

    The problem comes when stray cathers try to profit from the fanciers when they find a rung bird or in the case of at least one certain stray catcher in Birmingham where local fanciers take him there strays, probably for reward or to just save them the agro of reporting them.

    These are then reported to the RPRA and the stray catcher sends the registered keeper a letter charging them a fee for finding/catching the bird and a daily holding fee until the bird is sent for!

    Is the the sort of stray catching that need promoting?

     

     

  7. Thanks for the replies.

     

    Lady in Wales bought one as a birthday present for the OH but he said it wasn't allowed in his club.

     

     

    Gail J will confirm what i've said.

    Its always worth checking when joining a new club if they have ets or before buying it.

     

    It maybe as simple as the club doesn't have the club equiptment to opporate ets in which case you can either provide it or try and persued the club to get one.

     

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