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perhaps webmaster or someone could run a pole for one governing body? and another for 3 national sections for channel racing ? everyone voting and putting there name club / federation and union down would be interesting

hit the nail on the head phil if loft in your catchment then no reason to disallow

have 2 sion crosses at stock one barron from a natural breeding station hen sion , kirkpatrick had sion and brioux in his birds

Here goes .................... Pigeon racing will never be a sport as there is more than one governing body , the whole infra-structure needs to change , we need all the unions to combine you can keep the su. gb. n.w.u and nehu rings , but have one central office , this would be cheaper to run and we would have one union . How many transporters are on the road many with greater capacity than they take yes we all pay for the empty space would this not benifit all ? I think we would all benifit from a organised racing programme to stop the clashing of birds . Club / fed races should be down to the federations as are current and all channel racing where appropiate should be combine into 3 divisons i.e eastern side western side and central taking into account of the existing fed boundarys. As for pigeon racing dying go to Blackers it's alive and kicking , but we need to move with the times or the nails will be out for the coffin. Many fanciers get disheartened by young bird losses but if clubs got together to train there would be far less losses , let ybs out late at night , train later on in day as race birds should be away by then and not clean your loft up when they pass.

got to agree find what are winning for other fanciers in your area , and buy from fanciers in other areas , heres a sneaky tip look at the results and see where the original rings were allocated you will then find there club and watch there results , then approach .

perhaps not cooking it till its well would be advisable , probably got caught in torential rain

perhaps as its a woodie, cook it good eating Bon apeitte

perhaps a wind up ?

probably an injured stoggie released by r.s.p.b , tag and released , so if re caught or found dead they would know the birds previous problems , just a guess. I know that some keep stoggies in avairys but cant see the reason for tagging

the bird has a green tag on its side has it anything on it ? and if you open the wing up it may have a stamp on but doubt as not a racing pigeon

it's a wood pigeon and what is that green tag on the side?

have to agree there alot bonnier, a friend of mine had a bird that had a crest on its head like a crested canary and similar crest around its eyes quite a big bird with feather legs i believe that was an owl but not sure what kind

nice birds

get some pics up kirky might want some asked me what they were earlier

yup try the ones off this site boddys will charge postage and package dam there goes ma commision

think the name gave it away lol

ere could never like them with short beaks

ill have to ring em fer ma commision

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dont think i've seen an african owl , my great uncle kept alot of fancy birds and racers as well thats how i got the bug

think ganster has a finger in every pie

yup but theres always a tesco trolley fer drunk Jocks lol

yup they do mike tyson keeps pigeons when he aint dating ex big brothers Ashleen and bitting ears off

the colouring of the young bird is an opal i believe the red may moult out

parents are blue bar cock and hen is a chequer so the colouring of the yb is a throw back from a previous generation , Van Hee is just my suggestion of breed of cock as i have one with the same frilling on the wing but this could occur in any breed