telephone number rings or wing stamps?

[kev01293]

what do u use on your pigeons ,tel no rings or wing stamps? when i used to wing stamp i never had a lost pigeon reported back to me but since changing over to tel no rings ive had 4 yb,s reported back which i dont think would have been reported if they were wing stamped as non fanciers wouldnt know to look under a pigeons wing but a tel ring no is much easier spotted, what do u think or use?

                                              kev

[robinthfc]

Yep..I use address split rings, they are much better then stamping, and you do seem to get more reported, especially from non flyer's.

[Guest]

rings all the time

[friendsloft]

Tel Number Rings  

friendsloft

[Guest jason]

I use a wing stamp. for the simple reason if you have a pigeon missing for more than 12 months, do you want it reporting/ do you want to pay to get it back. with a wing stamp the bird will moult the feathers out.

funnily enough, we had a feather reported and the bloke thought he'd won a prize for finding the feather.lol   ;D

 

jason

[kev01293]

i think that id want a pigeon reported back to me however long it had been missing, after all who knows what the pigeon had to contend with while it was trying to get home?

                                                  kev

[carl]

i think that id want a pigeon reported back to me however long it had been missing, after all who knows what the pigeon had to contend with while it was trying to get home?

                                                  kev

 

i AGREE    i would like any of my missing birds reported.I have been flying for 3 years and have only had 2 birds ever reported,and i have lost a good few birds.

 

Theres some birds i would love back

[paul l]

       wing stamps im going to use

[Tony C]

funnily enough, we had a feather reported and the bloke thought he'd won a prize for finding the feather.lol   ;D

 

jason

 

 

pmsl

 

[Guest Hjaltland]

We get quite a few strays up here during the race season, most of which are wing-stamped (& English!). I have to say every time i phone fanciers about their lost birds the response is always greatfull and we do what we can to repatriate. Personally I like to use the name rings, non fanciers do seem to find those easy.

[THE FIFER]

yes Hjaltland i would think the rings are better for non fanciers as they would not know to look at the wings,