jupiter_19630

First thing I do when I get a new bird is wing stamp it and fill in the transfer form. At least you got half a chance of getting it back then.

lol.......wouldnt that be against the rules?

Ah......... Ive had a couple of those. They try their hardest to get out then when they do you never see or hear anything of them again.

Yes I think thats clear. And I agree it would be unfair to buy a bird and not enter it into a race linked to the sale depiving the donor a shot at the prizes. Cheers.

My fed is holding a futurity sale. Does this mean that there is a future race for pigeons bought at that sale and are buyers obliged to enter the birds they bought?

With luck will have gone back home.

lol, I never said that I only train on perfect days. If I did that then I doubt that I would get much training in. I just don't believe in chucking them up in totally unsuitable weather. I agree that convoyers do not always get it right as far as the weather but I doubt that a convoyer would deliberately liberate into thick fog or gale force winds. If he did I don't reckon the fed would soon start looking for a new convoyer.

He probably wont due to costs, so you might get your self a good bird for nought.

From some of the posts on here it sounds like many members are trying to lose their birds rather than train them. From my point of view training serves two purposes. Firstly teaching them the shortest route home, and secondly maintaining their fitnesss levels. Chucking your birds out in a thunderstorm or fog acheives neither of these. My birds exercise around the loft in all weathers except fog or snow. If they take off and cant see the loft because its covered in snow your asking for trouble. As for forced training they stay at home if its gale force winds, thunderstorms, heavy rain or very cloudy. After all the intention is to train them not punish them.

Contact the RPRA and the other british unions. With so many foreign rings being sold on ebay, many foreign rung birds are actually bred in this country. If some one wants to race a foreign rung bird in england it has to be registered at the RPRA. Not sure about the SHU and other unions. Might be worth a try.

I agree with you shadow. I never used a dropper first time round and don't intend to this time. A youngun or eggs in the nest are incentive enough for my birds to trap.

I,ve just put the 2 yo hen in the yb section with her mate with a nest pan in the corner. They had paired ok but the hen seemed reluctant to nest. Looked just now and they are both in the nest pan. May be it was too busy in breeding section. Will have to wait and see.

The yearling laid last night so just 2 overdue now.

Not really a problem. If you lose a bird and wish to race the remaining parent you just foster out the egg or chick to a pair that are not racing that week. If you lose that bird the foster parents will bring up the chick. If it comes back you give the bird back its egg or chick.

When we raced in the 70's we bred and raced at the same time. We won plenty of cards. It's surprising how fast a bird will fly if it has a youngster to feed. I intend to do the same 2nd time round. It is true that it puts a certain amount of strain on birds doing both, but a good bird should cope. On the second round my racers will only bring up one chick. If one parent is lost the remaining parent will bring up the chick all on their own with no problem for the parent or chick.

Seems that plenty of birds go missing, but not so many get found. I,ve lost a number of birds due to escaping and letting new purchases out too early. Two vendors contacted me to say my purchases had returned to their old lofts. But have heard nothing about the others. Surely they can't all go and join the birds down the high street.

My trap is opened twice a day winter and summer. Can be difficult in the winter when it gets light late and dark early. Luckily self employed so if not busy can start late and finish early. I don't hold with locking my birds up for the winter. The only time they dont get let out is when its foggy or there is snow on the roof.

Still struggling I see Mac. Don't worry on my account if your struggling m8. I,ll settle for a later round if need be. If you think that might still be a problem post the rings back. I,m sure I,ll be able to fill them. All the best m8

Seems to be a common problem. Just paired 2 pairs as was 2 hens short so hopefully the 3 non layers will go down roughly the same time as these 2 pairs. That way I can either keep the early younguns in the nest a little longer and ween them all at once or ween them in 2 batches.

where abouts in essex are you korhil?

nl is netherlands:- nederlandse post uivenhouders organisatie, landjuweel 38, 3905 ph veenendaal phone0031 318 559 700 fax 318 559 701 though if it is still registered in the netherlands i doubt they'll want it back due to amtraks exhorbitant rates.

I feed them by hand as much as they want for 5 mins or so twice a day.

Edthekid was looking for coloureds or whites in the wanted section

I,m not the only one then. Is a pain because I wanted to wean the entire first round all together rather than in dribs and drabs.

Paired up on Feb 14th and most are now sitting tightly. Three hens have failed to lay so far. One is a yearling, one a two year old and one unknown. Two are prisoners though don't seem fat. They have pickstones and grit as well as the obvious nest pan and nesting material. Any one else had this problem and if so how did you solve it?