Superglue repairs???

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had the y/bs for a 40 mile trainer today and after liberating them and turning me back on them to put the basket back in the car , looked around and they were out of sight , hmm thinks I - usually see them for a few minutes before they head home but this time nothing to be seen, got home before them and they have come in in dribs and drabs over the last 3 hrs and 3 still missing, the last one in was ripped to bits 3 big holes in the crop and a hole at the end of the keel just before the vent, have tried me best to glue everything up , whats the verdict , better to cull or just keep it basketed up and keep an eye on it ? hopefully it'll pull through although still the odd dribble from the crop.(will this be okay?)

 

Obviously hit by BOP hope I get the rest back.

[Guest bigda]

are you still racing

[greenlands]

Get someone to hold it for you and stitch it up with a needle and ordinary thread,lost count of the one's iv'e done over the years,no problem racing them next season.It will feel sorry for itself for a couple of days,once it's eating and drinking it'will bounce backand in a week or two it will be flying with the others.

Lindsay

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are you still racing

 

 

got last race tomorrow(90 miles) for my later bred birds who have been trained out to 40 miles , the rest I stopped a couple of weeks ago , naturals and dropping to bits in the moult

 

 

[kev43]

had the y/bs for a 40 mile trainer today and after liberating them and turning me back on them to put the basket back in the car , looked around and they were out of sight , hmm thinks I - usually see them for a few minutes before they head home but this time nothing to be seen, got home before them and they have come in in dribs and drabs over the last 3 hrs and 3 still missing, the last one in was ripped to bits 3 big holes in the crop and a hole at the end of the keel just before the vent, have tried me best to glue everything up , whats the verdict , better to cull or just keep it basketed up and keep an eye on it ? hopefully it'll pull through although still the odd dribble from the crop.(will this be okay?)

 

Obviously hit by BOP hope I get the rest back.

 

i got 1 bk ripped open and 2 broken legs m8 got it stitched up by an old fella put it in nest box with a gd layer ov shavens and a pot ov corn and water and after 10 days it,s up and standing no limping or any thing so get it stitched up m8 and will b fine nxt season  

 

 

[kev43]

btw hope rest turn in for u m8

[Guest mick bowler]

Just keep an eye on its droppings, look for bits blood in it, as a sign of internal injuries. Sounds like it hit wires or something. I had same here and one did'nt look too bad but died a few days later from internal damage from the clout. If that OK should make full recovery (physical wise) but still may never race properly.

[Guest IB]

Had a yearling hen return from a race earlier this year with a hole in her crop. Hadn't any glue, and tried to stitch it, wasn't getting the result I wanted so I cut a piece of masking tape a little bigger than the hole,  and taped it over. Got a water-tight seal straight away, and its healed OK.

 

Worth warning folk that I needed 2/3 people, a table, and a towel to wrap the bird in, to attend to this wound.

[Guest Owen]

I think you have to decide whether or not this bird can be a future winner for you. It is a time for honesty on your part. Then if the answer is a genuine no, you don't need me to tell you what to do.

I have had a lovely young hen, bred from a bird that was 2nd National, back with nasty injuries. She must have been chased by a falcon and she has hit her wing and side very hard. She has badly bruised her side, although her wing is not broken. I don't think I have ever seen such extensive bruises on a pigeon before. She is unabe to fly up to the perch. I'll give her another couple of days to improve, then if she still can't manage to get up to the perch, I will have to dispose of her. This is the side of pigeon racing I dislike the most, but it is my job to maintain the team at the highest standard I can. And I simply can not afford to keep a bird that can not prove herself on the road.

[Fair Play]

Give it a chance I had a hen back burst up and badly bruised put her in a spare box with plenty of straw ,fed and watered took about 3 weeks to heal but everytime I go into her section she perches on my shoulder or head I take it as a thank you she has produced 2 cracking youngsters

[gorsy bank lofts]

I WOULD LET IT GET BETTER ON ITS OWN NOW,IF IT DONT IT WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE

SURPRISING HOW THEY HEAL THEM SELVES GIVEN THE CHANCE.

I HAVE A YOUNG HEN COME BACK HAWKED RIPPED OPEN DOWN FRONT,NECK,AND BLIND NOW IN ONE EYE.SEEMS TO FLY OK NOW.

HAS ANYONE EVER RACED A ONE EYED PIGEON ?????????? :-/

[Guest kev d]

pigeons can recover from the most horrible injuries i had one this season ripped her crop

clean in two on the wires behind my loft all i did was put some germerline on her wound

with a bandage round her crop left her alone in a nest box for a week .

a couple of months later she was flying round the loft as normal and had a training chuck

all ready for next season .

[Guest IB]

I think you have to decide whether or not this bird can be a future winner for you. It is a time for honesty on your part. Then if the answer is a genuine no, you don't need me to tell you what to do.

I have had a lovely young hen, bred from a bird that was 2nd National, back with nasty injuries. She must have been chased by a falcon and she has hit her wing and side very hard. She has badly bruised her side, although her wing is not broken. I don't think I have ever seen such extensive bruises on a pigeon before. She is unabe to fly up to the perch. I'll give her another couple of days to improve, then if she still can't manage to get up to the perch, I will have to dispose of her. This is the side of pigeon racing I dislike the most, but it is my job to maintain the team at the highest standard I can. And I simply can not afford to keep a bird that can not prove herself on the road.

 

Giving your bird only a couple of days to recover is OK for an ordinary knock, but not for what she has been through - its just not realistic to expect her to recover in that time. Remember too, despite her injuries, she made it home. Posted at the time that mine had come home from 375 miles race next day like that. Must surely be worth wintering?