lordcornwallis

thanks for all your kind input , ive not seen this hen since last night and iam is sick as a parrot , ive had a gutsfull and this has been the last straw so after the moult no more pigeons for me as i cant stand the way i feel when this happens. lc

hi there mates ive had another cock up breaking a hen to my loft sitting 15 days and iam realy fed up, i went to bed last night at 8 as i was so down. so heres what happened i let the hen out at 1.30 after the rest of the birds were settled outside after 15min she went to the garden and then on to a garage roof and then on to a house roof in the next block .later on she moved on to another street and then i went round to see if i could coax her back by throwing a pigeon up next to her she ignored it later i went back round and she vanished. the pigeons been with me since january i got her at blackpool and has a address ring and so far these rings have been a fat lot of good to me . regards lc

thanks roland. also one more thing if a pigeon goes racing on saturday say 80ml, and is say just let out ad-lib 1hours + each day and fed twice a day normal with no road training and then sent 120ml the next weekend could it hold its own . lc

please can you explain this system to me or give me a link yours lc

hi do pigeons realy need to be road traind between races or made to exercise round the loft twice a day for an hour? i remember reading an article by john harwood about winning 1st 2nd 3rd in a 200mile plus race .he said that after his birds returned the previous saturday thay never seen outside of the loft except once for a bath till the race the next saturday and he went on to say that good pigeons kept themselves fit .what do you all think thanks lc

there realy nice and there a credit to you

hi there ive had racers for 26 year and ive finally decided to chuck it. this season i began with 10 oldbirds to race i gave them 1x5ml toss 1x10ml toss 1x15ml toss and 5 20 ml toss all by public transport as i dont drive, i lost 3 in training and began with 7 yearlings 6 had raced as ybs. the first race 60ml i lost 5 ,the second 80mile the 2 returned the next day.the 3rd race 120ml i sent two birds it was 40mins behind the winner iam realy embarrased going to my club with these results. every week i train my birds 20ml once. i fly them every day for an hour except on thursdays whem iam away all day i dont overcrowd my loft i treat for canker,cocco, worms and respritory i feed 1 and quarter ounce a day , ornispecial once a week and vit b once a week i try to motivate them but to no avail. i have came to these points a all the experts say dont overcrowd thats mince you need at least a hundred these days also . also b you need a estate car to train them and c you need to be retired or on benefits to work these modern systems ,or have 3 partners in closing am i the worst fancier in the uk.

hi there is it ok to use ornispecial when your old birds are on small youngsters ? or will it have a adverse affect on the squabs ? thanks lc

hi whats the best time of day to wean young birds ,morning or evening? also should you put a box in with them?

thank you all very much for your kind advice , i have four pairs paired . i have locked one pair in the second bottom box and one in the third bottom box. the trouble maker is in the bottom box his hen has laid. so for the next 3 days i will feed them in there boxes the ones in the second and third boxes that is. what do you guys think

hi there i opened up my boxes yesterday ,12 boxes and 16 pigeons disaster. only two pair are using the boxes and the rest are being chased when thay go into one of the boxes with those pairs iam pig sick of pigeons lc . will the pigeons settle lc

please mercy no henry mair poems for the love of god no . his poems are even worse than his pigeons ! :)

ok so whats this guys gimmick? is it that he buys pigeons from fanciers in europe and brings them to shows to sell? prey please tell lc

hi there i got two pigeons at the peter kos stall and iam pleased about them. also i fancied one of the birds on the jaap van alphen stall she was 5,10 and blonde anyone else clok her regards lc

i had some in the 80s i got them from abbott bros in thuxton who sold fancy pigeons in the exchange and mart . does any one keep damascenes themselves as there one and only breed ? also who sells them thanks lc

does anyone still keep damascenes in the uk ? thanks lc

looks like a roller to me , and a nice one at that

yes keep handling them and speaking to them and thay will get used to it lc

six mile, 10mile, 15mile and finally 20mile then the first race 61mile lc

nice setup good luck and enjoy yourself and all the best. as for the raptors , if only you could use rule 303 regards lc

ive seen over the years that ferals are called different names in different places, for instance were i live kilbirnie thay are called milldoos .what are thay called elseware? yours lc

thanks a lot for your kind help regards lc

hi i want to start keeping horseman , can you cross a horseman cock with a racer hen as its hard to get horseman hens thanks lc

good point superstar , i have 4 back now from 8

gave 8 young birds there first toss today 5miles , cleard and headed for home lib 10am two home 530pm one this morning.5 still missing my pal thinks a raptors had a go at them what do yous think lc