pigeons in the dark

[jimmy white]

just yesterday , my birds were left out too late, [my fault ,with visitors] i got them in, but two of them were spooked untill darkness, i put the light on in the loft and stood at the back door with the security lights on, but they were away in the distance , my only hope was that they had come down on a roof rather than lower down for fear of cats,, to my surprise i went to sainsbury,s about 2 miles away at 8pm saw the b pied flying in the light of the car park as if it was trapped in the light zone,, i come home hoping this bird had settled there...,at 9pm, with only a light in the loft , the bird landed on my roof , down to the loft and dropped in the sputnick ,,,never seen anything like it,, , this bird had came the two miles in the darkness  [had the bird been flying since it got dark at about 4pm??]

[lawrie]

i have a fantail still out, its on the loft roof but wont come in! just flys onto the house roof and then onto the loft roof.  weird!

[Guest dogeon]

just yesterday , my birds were left out too late, [my fault ,with visitors] i got them in, but two of them were spooked untill darkness, i put the light on in the loft and stood at the back door with the security lights on, but they were away in the distance , my only hope was that they had come down on a roof rather than lower down for fear of cats,, to my surprise i went to sainsbury,s about 2 miles away at 8pm saw the b pied flying in the light of the car park as if it was trapped in the light zone,, i come home hoping this bird had settled there...,at 9pm, with only a light in the loft , the bird landed on my roof , down to the loft and dropped in the sputnick ,,,never seen anything like it,, , this bird had came the two miles in the darkness  [had the bird been flying since it got dark at about 4pm??]

what breed of birds are they

 

[jimmy white]

what breed of birds are they

 

this blue pied hen was bred direct out of sir colin   won £5000  when paired to lewis mitchell hen also won £5000  both these birds winning 10 times between them in races between [8 of these races scottish , national races]  505 miles and 604 miles , the hen is 8 years old and never raced  

[me]

 

this blue pied hen was bred direct out of sir colin   won £5000  when paired to lewis mitchell hen also won £5000  both these birds winning 10 times between them in races between [8 of these races scottish , national races]  505 miles and 604 miles , the hen is 8 years old and never raced  

 

You should know better Jimmy at this time of year "out early - in early" is the order of the day.

 

[jimmy white]

 

You should know better Jimmy at this time of year "out early - in early" is the order of the day.

 

must give you this one,,,,very true

[David Home]

I know yourself and I were mad keen on the darkness system Jimmy, but me thinks this is a step to far.   ;D ;D ;D

[jimmy white]

starting a new strain,,,,pigeowls  ;D ;D ;D

[Tony C]

starting a new strain,,,,pigeowls  ;D ;D ;D

 

Van-Pires ;D

 

 

[Roland]

Pigeons were trained extensively to fly in the dark in ww2. they went 2 -300 miles or so. The leader were surprisinly the Canadian corps that set many new standards ... they were sorry in that the worlded the exploits. I am often amazed when seeing birds fly at night. The most commonn - for me is the ducks.

[jimmy white]

 

Van-Pires ;D

 

 

just noticed this  ;D ;D ;D   shall breed some, and put them on" for sale thread"

 

     at night off course  ;D ;D ;D

[Tony C]

 

just noticed this  ;D ;D ;D   shall breed some, and put them on" for sale thread"

 

     at night off course  ;D ;D ;D

 

Do you give them a 7 day respiratory cure to stop them from coffin?  :B lol cringe

[jimmy white]

 

Do you give them a 7 day respiratory cure to stop them from coffin?  :B lol cringe

 

no,,just night nurse ;D ;D ;D