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Pigeon chat still off .must be a big pproblem

I got a y/bird stray in my loft 2 years ago and i reported it . The owner was the fancier involved. I did not race y/birds in 08 just trained to 40 miles . last year this pigeon won for me 2nd club Thurles 3rd club Clonmel !st club Bude 4th club Penzance I hope Paul will keep up with his performances and do well in the nationals if anyone wants to beat him in club racing they are going to have to work a lot harder

I also have a gap at back of loft and have three foot louvers running the full lenght of the front of the loft . no way will i ever close off the airflow as fresh air costs nothing and stale air causing health problems (to pigeons and fanciers) will cost you a lot . I remember a long time ago an article written by "Old Hand" in one of the pigeon papers that the best loft consisted of three wire walls and a solid back and roof plenty of free fresh air ,bloom blown away no PFL no draughs healthy pigeons .

Very nice .What software are you using?

I had them in the early seventies They flew realy well never sent them further than Penzance(306 miles) I do not think there would be many about now as most would have been crossed into other strains and crossed again over the years

Racing from Tullamore all go at the moment but forcast iffy wnw wind showers some heavy

at those prices it is worth a gamble if you are lucky they might be still fertile only takes one pair of young birds to cover outlay

i had the same trouble last week deleted cookies problem solved

hi jack i race in lisburn co antrim

i think louella uses mnfc rings on their early bred pigeons as these come out in dec

good job done these are the same as terry mc carthy uses for his roundabout birds

which strain of pigeon did you get of F&A Tasker

slug pellets will poison your pigeons if picked up by the birds if you put down a layer of gravel around the lofts the slugs will not cross it

good posting pj hope we get some answers we are in senen cove 306mls with the infc held over last 2 days i think the committee are a bit nervious on letting go forcast for tommorrow fair so heres hoping for a good race

i have been using malted barley for the past few seasons and my results have improved greatly the barley i use is sold by "Gem" and i have never paid anywhere near £12 or over . it is good clean plump grains and would recommend it to everybody

in my club we used to have shows and a presention dinner now we only have meetings which always has a heated arguement to keep us all warm on a cold night things are not as good as they used to be in the good old days

Mosiac (dilute opal)

hi paddymac i think the reason for a late lib was as fred said in a previous friday race " to let the workers get home so they do not lose any wages" no mention of the welfare of the pigeons i sent 16 first timers to this race which have had between 30 to 40 training tosses from dundalk 40 mls and got 2 on the day and 7 on saturday my last pigeon arrived at 19-30 sat night and had 2 strays with her strangely both from derry 1from foyle hps and the other from maiden city i have them in hen boxes in the garage feeding them up a bit as they were badly flown if the weather clears up and the birds are in reasonable shape i will get them liberated near ballymena

if the distances get any shorter you would should get some milers

fanciers will be more selective in their breeding programe and rear less young birds so it may result in healthier birds in the loft as they will have more space and fresh air and lead to less losses in racing the feds will then have to put up the cost per crate to cover the drop in birdage it is going to be a very expensive hobby in the furture

this will be my 50th year started when i was 12 in a club with 60 members of which 2 were infc kings cup winners i always made sure i race rung all the birds so i could get the feel of good pigeons

d&j armstrong of n. ireland races very well with bobs birds old and young bird races has been fancier of the year in sect c of the nipa for the last few years

we in n.ireland had a boat race a number of years back it was a disaster

darren has joined pigeon chat

so you actually admit that it was all a load of rubbish and bull s--t always knew from the start something was not right with your postings