Guest marksimpson Posted July 30, 2008 Report Posted July 30, 2008 hi all my daughter informed me that i had a pigeon on my loft this evening so i went to have a look at which one of ours had returned home late from a training toss on get this young bird in to loft i realised that it was a stray bird so checked for wing stamp and got number from this proceded to ring the owner in question and got throw to him explanning that id just got his young bird in and what would he like to do about it he replyed were are you so i said south yorkshire he just laught and said i lost 30 birds 3 months ago and tha was one of them so i said what do you want to do about it his reply was you can have it as im not paying £35 pounds to get it back as iv lost the hart in my young birds and carnt be bothered with it at this time so can any one give me any addvise regarding this matter your in sport mark ?
carlsberg Posted July 30, 2008 Report Posted July 30, 2008 report it to rpra then it is up to him to arrange something for it
ribble Posted July 30, 2008 Report Posted July 30, 2008 Just toss it away from your loft if it is in decent condition and don't worry about it.
ChrisMaidment08 Posted July 31, 2008 Report Posted July 31, 2008 yes toss it when it comes back toss it by his home because he cant be bothered to meet you then it comes back with clip ring on then you get loads of rubbish tell union who tell him then you phone him he says no transport then wants to collect 11 at night you say send amtrax as he is only 15 miles away and ypuer a tw t as i am at moment no more reported from me
pjc Posted July 31, 2008 Report Posted July 31, 2008 We are back to the same old problem, I am disgusted when people can't be bothered to claim there strays. They always have 100 excuses ready. There is another thread live from Julie, has reported a youngbird to club sec and has been trying to contact the owner. She shouldn't have to chase the owner, she is a non fancier and the owner should have made contact within hours of notification, no ifs or buts! Fanciers realy don't help themselves! Sorry rant over! Phil
OLDYELLOW Posted July 31, 2008 Report Posted July 31, 2008 I am happy to say that some kind person must of tossed one of my birds , as i lost it 1st race , ill train it and keep for the comeback races , not sling it back in to next race and end up in same loft. I would of collected any of my ybs , because they can make mistakes and come good.
ChrisMaidment08 Posted July 31, 2008 Report Posted July 31, 2008 anyone had my bird we collect i like driving so dont mind but the more you do the more they want even to the point of ignorance i have met some nice peaple in my time but unions are as much to blame i tld whu they have not told me or confirmed notifacation it want do owner any good he will toss it again next week but why should i do honers on a healthy bird i dont do it to mine
BLACK W F Posted July 31, 2008 Report Posted July 31, 2008 Mark if you like the bird train it with your own and trans it over if it comes ok try racing it will not be the first time a y/b stray turns out to be some thing good if you do not want it is any young person starting up pass it on to them or tell the guy to pay the cost to trans to you then bin it no point tossing it to lose it as it will just be some one elses problem cheers Alan
Guest Posted July 31, 2008 Report Posted July 31, 2008 yes lets all report every 1 to the unions and get them suspended and help end our great sport sooner iam not saying he was right to ans. you like that but lets stop bieng sweetie wifes some people just cant aford the prices to get them back so do what we can to help or put it where it wont give anyone else any bother and lets get on with our sport
Guest marksimpson Posted July 31, 2008 Report Posted July 31, 2008 Mark if you like the bird train it with your own and trans it over if it comes ok try racing it will not be the first time a y/b stray turns out to be some thing good if you do not want it is any young person starting up pass it on to them or tell the guy to pay the cost to trans to you then bin it no point tossing it to lose it as it will just be some one elses problem cheers Alan hi alan the little hen in question is or looks like a top little thing but like many others that get birds in we like to get them reported so we can get them back asap i just was a bit taken back by his attitude in regards to his birds ?
Guest amar Posted July 31, 2008 Report Posted July 31, 2008 i found a bird in april b4 i started keeping them my self i rang the number on the wing stamp the bird belongd to sum 1 in pontifract i told her i had her bird and if she wanted to collect it she told me she couldnt drive i offerd to drop the bird of for her she said no so i just let it go and found it the nxt day in the road splatterd
Guest scoobybob Posted July 31, 2008 Report Posted July 31, 2008 I do not report them anymore..I get all the excusses under the sun but it boils down to owners will not pay £30 for the return of there bird. I now basket them and toss them just before I relase my bird.. I just released 6 strays and then 16 ybs 100 miles away...When driving back I went through some terrible storms and thought thats the end of them...Suprised as I got home I found one of the strays (irish) sat in the loft...No others managed to get home. ;D
ChrisMaidment08 Posted July 31, 2008 Report Posted July 31, 2008 yes lets all report every 1 to the unions and get them suspended and help end our great sport sooner iam not saying he was right to ans. you like that but lets stop bieng sweetie wifes some people just cant aford the prices to get them back so do what we can to help or put it where it wont give anyone else any bother and lets get on with our sport so when you travel to let go near and he puts back over youer loft two days later what do you do let me think
BLACK W F Posted July 31, 2008 Report Posted July 31, 2008 yes Mark thats the problem a lot of people would be glad to have their birds reported so they can get them back but a few could not care less and the minoraty will always spoil it for the rest do not be put off reporting strays as sometimes you will get a nice surprise and always hope if yours go missing that they get reported and you have a chance of getting them back if you keep her keep us informed how you get on with her cheers Alan
just ask me Posted July 31, 2008 Report Posted July 31, 2008 I do not report them anymore..I get all the excusses under the sun but it boils down to owners will not pay £30 for the return of there bird. I now basket them and toss them just before I relase my bird.. I just released 6 strays and then 16 ybs 100 miles away...When driving back I went through some terrible storms and thought thats the end of them...Suprised as I got home I found one of the strays (irish) sat in the loft...No others managed to get home. ;D well the irish know where the good life is
jimmy_84 Posted July 31, 2008 Report Posted July 31, 2008 true i got a reward of a chap a while back after he recieved his bird via amtrak which cost him £35 to get 1 bird and then sent me a cheque for £15 so i would like to say that most people will send for birds i will always report birds if they come in and do what i can to reunite them but i cant release them far from home as i dont drive but i wouldn't accept money but the chap was insistant so i used it to buy my new baby an outfit for when he is born in 4 weeks
Roland Posted July 31, 2008 Report Posted July 31, 2008 I think I'' start a topic section up. For's and againsts ... or Logic v stupidity. one also Whinging whiners only ... or Do nowt and moan. Yes will in the next few days set up a couple of them and see what's what! Be absolutely great also to be able to use it as a Referal basis too.. How about 'Starting a Stray center'!? Eek! Are we being serious :o ;D
kev01293 Posted July 31, 2008 Report Posted July 31, 2008 if we are prepared to spend money on training,racing,feeding,medication etc, then we should be prepared to spend £30 to send for them is it any wonder that us pigeon fanciers get a bad name when all the vast majority of fanciers want to do is make excuses why they cant send for them:( or dont even bother to reply to a reported bird > good manners cost nothing kevin
Roland Posted July 31, 2008 Report Posted July 31, 2008 Ah not responding when one has taken the trouble to report ... Now that does get right up my nose. Like the geezer that phoned and said, 'Haven't to speak at the moment ... I ring you again soon ' Four weeks later after numerous calls, I finall catched up with him... 'Crikey you still got it! ... thought you'd have got shot o it by now! ... Just back from me holidays like... why I thought I'd contact you when I had more time... etc.' He sent for it! Or I'd gone over with it and charged the going rate... >
bewted Posted July 31, 2008 Report Posted July 31, 2008 I think I'' start a topic section up. For's and againsts ... or Logic v stupidity. one also Whinging whiners only ... or Do nowt and moan. Yes will in the next few days set up a couple of them and see what's what! Be absolutely great also to be able to use it as a Referal basis too.. How about 'Starting a Stray center'!? Eek! Are we being serious :o ;D stray centres roland ??? you are joking,,,,i tried that one on here,,,what did i get for my troubles,,,,,,,not even a round dozen to help organise something out of the hundreds on here !!!!!! i am doing my area,but,thats it,,,,most fanciers whinge.whine,moan,but,never get off there fat arses and try to do anything apart from the few !!!! mostly pathetic lot of fanciers,want everything and give sweet F*** ALL !!!
ChrisMaidment08 Posted July 31, 2008 Report Posted July 31, 2008 well gents i stand corrected whu told him were it was and i was not happy chap he phoned tonight and asked could i meet hi at magor services at 7 .7 30 he turned up but in mean time i needed to p and i was parked in lorry park at his request so i went into services when i came out 15 pound fine park is for lorrys only he turns up says i have to rush took bird and left not a word of thanks re stored my faith no end
Beanz Posted July 31, 2008 Report Posted July 31, 2008 Lots of people don't want them back so now if there is a contact number I will ring it other than that it is fed until well enough and then tossed up, I wingstamp mine and so should they if they don't then 9 times out of 10 they don't want it back so if they can't be bothered neither can I. Paul
OLDYELLOW Posted July 31, 2008 Report Posted July 31, 2008 i reported a bird today was lost last week at race from Driffield , sent it to Hull sent it to Driffield came back both times on it's own , rang chap up said lost at Driff i asked where was he roughly and told me 20 miles south of my race point this week , ill give bird to driver to up at Race point to return it to it's owner. Job be a good un and no cost involved to owner , if i cant get bird near then a courier will do it but not my 1st choice for any bird that enters my loft.
kev01293 Posted July 31, 2008 Report Posted July 31, 2008 totally agree with what you did roland and would have done the same thing myself i report birds cos i hope that they would report mine i have to say that ive met some really nice people when reporting birds but sadly they are in the minority ps if i remember rightly a bird that entered somebodys loft as a stray later went on to win a national for the finder after it was transfered over to him i think his first name was les?
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