one that been away all year

[leighton1984]

This cock was lost on 40 mile toss last year and come back 2 weeks ago.

i looked him over and checked is droppings then his crop for canker all clear He has brilliant pink skin  only thing was he smelt a bit like he been in a field.

Never had one come back so clean and in top health make you think how he lasted so long with the bad winter we have had.

Have a funny feeling about this bird will he be a winner or not time will tell.    

 

[Guest bernard_grizzle_smith]

tht was lucky

lovely pigeon  ;D

[Guest HEATHLOFTS]

someones been looking after him well

[fletch]

nice story hopefully he does ya good mate best of luck with him, usually find that if they been out all winter they dont fully moult there flights out, if he has had a full moult he probley been in some were,

[Guest ROCKYandRAMBO]

had the same one of mine returned today from one of last years races

[Guest mick bowler]

usually any that been fielding are sun bleached or stained, but i'd say he been in somewhere and only one (or maybe 2) places for him!  

[leighton1984]

skin colour of bird

[Guest ROCKYandRAMBO]

mine will be given a chance as ive had birds returned before that have turned out winners

[leighton1984]

before i lost him picture.

[Guest bernard_grizzle_smith]

one day last year i was up my grandad loft and this pigeon just coming flying over and folded up ..

pitched in the loft and just stood there

i ran down to my grandad to tell him and he comes up to see its a bird his lost at training as a yound bird come backk after all that time

nearly had him in tears

[Guest bakes]

one day last year i was up my grandad loft and this pigeon just coming flying over and folded up ..

pitched in the loft and just stood there

i ran down to my grandad to tell him and he comes up to see its a bird his lost at training as a yound bird come backk after all that time

nearly had him in tears

 

no off one lad in club he had a bad training toss begining of last season he only had a few oldbirds left to race the oldbird program he sent 5 to saintes birds was libbed worked out a good time that he should start getting birds back he went down to lofts was having a brew when he seen 5 birds come like a rocket across the fields that backs onto his house he said get on 5 on a drop got to be a good race only to find out that these 5 that dropped together was the 5 he lost at the bad training toss he had  ;D ;D

[kev43]

same happened to me 2 yr ago lost b/w cockas a y,b and he came bk 1yr later full ov himself sum1 had him in and bred off him he had moulted fully and had been pumping y,bs aswell but obviously got out ov where some1 had been breedin off him some right dodgy ppl out there in the pigeon world

[Guest mick bowler]

mine will be given a chance as ive had birds returned before that have turned out winners

 

Ive found if they have stayed out they can be very good birds but ones that been in someone elses usually end up back there!!

 

[leighton1984]

He has been living wild the smell is the give away and the name and address ring was still on.

I had him in my hands and he went mad trying to get away then i looked up and they was a big hawk tuck a picture of it was very high.

 

[leighton1984]

any one take a guess from the shape what type of hawk it was.

[just ask me]

useally the shape of the tail helps hard too see to be honest

[Guest bakes]

the size of it could be buzzard or goshawk but cant really see it very well shaped more like a goshawk or hen sparrowhawk.

[just ask me]

my guess is a red kite  :-/

[leighton1984]

had a look online and it looked more like a goshawk was very big it flicked it wings a lot when it was moving in the air

[BLACK W F]

had a bird one year return end of feb  he was in some state 2 broken flights one wing and a broken flight other wing webbing off most of flights had not moulted last 2 in each wing  rubber still in tact and filthy got him cleaned up and raced him hard that yearling  won a very hard newark whe there wherent many about in the clock  6 times  done hastings in good time   lost him as a 3 y/old   must have been killed   but will say  he was off my old hermans  with a janssen cross and  had a heart of steel as i had lost bros of him befor returning months later but they always done well

[jimbhoy29]

got a 3yr old  lost him at the yb final came back in o8 5 wks before the 1st old bird race right dirty still had rubber on raced him ti leicester as a yearling in o9 lost him at the 1st race  came back week before leicester  sent him to lecister eastbourne and falaise   and ill see how he gets on this year

[robbiedoo.]

i had it 4 year ago lost a youngster of the loft not raced or trained it turned up the march the following year . i got told to get rid but i never as i like to give every bird a chance anyway i sent her to everyrace and won a good few tickets with her she also won the club bird of the year trophy .

[leighton1984]

Will have do see how he gets on.

[just ask me]

Will have do see how he gets on.

 

keep us updated  

[leighton1984]

will do