yes coxy, it did me too, i was 16 when i sold all my pigeons & they kept on coming back, so i had a bit of fun selling them & in 4-5 weeks they came back again & again, that was in the 1980s, but yes, it was me who pushed martin ( westy) into pigeons, & we still have 30 plus birds, so we wont be getting rid of them completly, just sorting out, as we didnt race young birds at all this year, but still got about 18 2006 birds ready for the channel next year, (a few have flown from france) so hopefully we might do better next year old bird racing, & still got 1 or 2 2007 birds (distance bred).
thanks all