had a guts full and iam quitting

[lordcornwallis]

hi there ive had racers for 26 year and ive finally decided to chuck it. this season i began with 10 oldbirds to race i gave them 1x5ml toss 1x10ml toss 1x15ml toss and 5 20 ml toss all by public transport as i dont drive, i lost 3 in training and began with 7 yearlings 6 had raced as ybs. the first race 60ml i lost 5 ,the second 80mile the 2 returned the next day.the 3rd race 120ml i sent two birds it was 40mins behind the winner iam realy embarrased going to my club with these results. every week i train my birds 20ml once. i fly them every day for an hour except on thursdays whem iam away all day i dont overcrowd my loft i treat for canker,cocco, worms and respritory i feed 1 and quarter ounce a day , ornispecial once a week and vit b once a week i try to motivate them but to no avail. i have came to these points a all the experts say dont overcrowd thats mince you need at least a hundred these days also . also b you need a estate car to train them and c you need to be retired or on benefits to work these modern systems ,or have 3 partners in closing am i the worst fancier in the uk.

[Guest TAMMY_1]

DONT BE SILLY LOOOK AT ALF'S RESULTS AND HE IS STILL FLYING ;D ;D ;D

[Guest]

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[Guest]

DONT BE SILLY LOOOK AT ALF'S RESULTS AND HE IS STILL FLYING ;D ;D ;D

 

did no one tell him its a one day race ;D ;D ;D

[Guest]

Don't quit mate!!!,think of all those years you've done it for,can't give up now.We all go through bad patches where everything seems to go wrong,but things have a way of turning around again.I went to a show at christmas and got absolutely thrashed,came home cryed into my bottle of wine [and the one after][birds started to look really good after the second bottle especially!!].Sometimes you have to hit the bottom [or bottle!] before you can come back up.I won the next 2 shows and am back on track....stops you getting too big headed too to come down to earth once in a while

[THE FIFER]

i would have thought after 26 years u would know all the goods and bads about pigeon racing, and yes its not how it used to be its a different game altogether now,  

[Guest TAMMY_1]

Don't quit mate!!!,think of all those years you've done it for,can't give up now.We all go through bad patches where everything seems to go wrong,but things have a way of turning around again.I went to a show at christmas and got absolutely thrashed,came home cryed into my bottle of wine [and the one after][birds started to look really good after the second bottle especially!!].Sometimes you have to hit the bottom [or bottle!] before you can come back up.I won the next 2 shows and am back on track....stops you getting too big headed too to come down to earth once in a while

 

Sad that you have to turn to drink to make things look good :K) :K)

[Guest]

As Moderator, things wandered well away from topic so split the thread and 'St Thomas' stuff   ;D   .... is now on Chit-Chat.

[Guest TAMMY_1]

As Moderator, things wandered well away from topic so split the thread and 'St Thomas' stuff   ;D   .... is now on Chit-Chat.

 

aye and it better no get wan of your silly headings about me  ;D

[Guest]

Maybe missing something thats gone wrong at home?  

 

2005 & 2006 I was losing plenty birds in early races - basically started a clean-up operation during close season last year. So-called Rodent-proof loft, still managed to snuff out a mouse two weeks ago using poison bait.

 

Also train by public transport. Birds are Natural & now at least coming home tho not quite quick enough yet. Agree, there seems to be a magic minimum number of racers needed, but I like what I have, I started with 18, -1 latebred training, -1 racing, and a latebred still missing from yesterday, after 3 races.

 

Hope things go better for you in the coming weeks.

[Ronnie]

hi there ive had racers for 26 year and ive finally decided to chuck it. this season i began with 10 oldbirds to race i gave them 1x5ml toss 1x10ml toss 1x15ml toss and 5 20 ml toss all by public transport as i dont drive, i lost 3 in training and began with 7 yearlings 6 had raced as ybs. the first race 60ml i lost 5 ,the second 80mile the 2 returned the next day.the 3rd race 120ml i sent two birds it was 40mins behind the winner iam realy embarrased going to my club with these results. every week i train my birds 20ml once. i fly them every day for an hour except on thursdays whem iam away all day i dont overcrowd my loft i treat for canker,cocco, worms and respritory i feed 1 and quarter ounce a day , ornispecial once a week and vit b once a week i try to motivate them but to no avail. i have came to these points a all the experts say dont overcrowd thats mince you need at least a hundred these days also . also b you need a estate car to train them and c you need to be retired or on benefits to work these modern systems ,or have 3 partners in closing am i the worst fancier in the uk.

 

 

Hello mate i have only got 3 yearlings left to race this year its my first year for old birds so started with all yearlings anyway.I am consistently last man at the club as i was in the youngbirds last year.My birds where trained hard to start of with to no avail i treated for the usual stuff like yourself and allthough they came better still at the back.Work commitments meant i couldnt train no more so what i did was put the hen's (Hen) with the youngbirds and let her fly with them and i let my cocks out 1hour in the morning and one hour of a night i feed 1/12 ounces each  of widowwood mix a day for all my birds .Now the cocks would not fly around the house and i had to brick them at first as soon as the got used to not being let in till the door was open they would fly consistently for an hour each session .So that cured the training problem my hen i fly with youngsters and she is in tiptop condition(on the darkness as well).Well this week i was ten mins behind the winner and midtable of the club by far my best position yet and it was my hen that came straight after my cock came and i clocked him as well.

The point i'm trying to make is after the first race if you get ya bird flying round the house well enough i reckon you can stop the road work.I'm new at this so i may be totally wrong but there is allways way's and means of doing things if you put your mind to it.

All the best and good luck.

 

[jimmy white]

hi there ive had racers for 26 year and ive finally decided to chuck it. this season i began with 10 oldbirds to race i gave them 1x5ml toss 1x10ml toss 1x15ml toss and 5 20 ml toss all by public transport as i dont drive, i lost 3 in training and began with 7 yearlings 6 had raced as ybs. the first race 60ml i lost 5 ,the second 80mile the 2 returned the next day.the 3rd race 120ml i sent two birds it was 40mins behind the winner iam realy embarrased going to my club with these results. every week i train my birds 20ml once. i fly them every day for an hour except on thursdays whem iam away all day i dont overcrowd my loft i treat for canker,cocco, worms and respritory i feed 1 and quarter ounce a day , ornispecial once a week and vit b once a week i try to motivate them but to no avail. i have came to these points a all the experts say dont overcrowd thats mince you need at least a hundred these days also . also b you need a estate car to train them and c you need to be retired or on benefits to work these modern systems ,or have 3 partners in closing am i the worst fancier in the uk.

 

no, your not the worst fancier at all ,, your honest,,

i really feel for you mate,, i agree a car is handy,, and you need time,, [valuable time] but do not fall in to the trap of 100 birds , for whatever reason you had with these losses , you would have had the same reason[ worse] with a hundred ,, its obviosly your on a right downer, and no wonder , but stick it out my freind , never give up, keep tying ,, trying to remember the old printed card" dont quit",,,success is failure turned round about,,, and we would have won if wede have stuck it out,, i really wish you the best of luck , put this down to experience [ this has happened to a lot of fanciers , that wouldnt admit that ]  pick yourself up,,dust youself down , and start again ,,but never quit really wish you better luck mate , im sure youll make it in the end

[Ronnie]

Hiya mate just reread ya post about packing it all in.Hope you have changed ya mind and all is well.I mean if you flyers who have been in the game a while are packing in whats left for us newbie's.Hope all is well and you changed ya mind good luck and all the best mate.

 

Ronnie