what is your love for pigeons and racing

[Guest pigeon82]

my love for the pigeons is just seeing them around the house i give so much time and dedication to them ill go in the loft and they just sit their so happy it just makes me proud and for the racing its not the winning all though i love to win but i just love it when theyre in sight as i know that their love is for me and getting back to their home

 

just wondering what other peoples thoughts are and why you love pigeons and the racing might be a pointless thread but just writing to see others veiws of what they think

[Guest pigeon82]

this is dedication

[Guest dogeon]

i'm the same hours in loft thats how i take my photos

 

 

[pigeonpete]

this is dedication

 

Did she ever come back? the bird i mean ;D

[Guest pigeon82]

no mate never heard anything yet but my wife still has her hopes up as this weekend 2 members in our cclub got birds back from the very first race 6 weeks ago but shes now taken another bird under her wing this bird is wild as hell but for some reason the bird flies to my wifes hand in the garden i cant get anywhere near it but keeping the fingers crossed for my wifes dora

[Guest dogeon]

i just had a late bred come home it went off the loft 3 weeks ago theres still hope

[Guest pigeon82]

thankyou she has abit of doubt thinking that the bird is dead because the love this bird had from my wife anf from the pigeon they were inseprable thatts why the wife thinks the poor hen is dead uz she reackoned she wudda been home other wise

[pigeonpete]

thankyou she has abit of doubt thinking that the bird is dead because the love this bird had from my wife anf from the pigeon they were inseprable thatts why the wife thinks the poor hen is dead uz she reackoned she wudda been home other wise

 

Please dont take this the wrong way, But from experience if you have them TO tame i think there more likeley to drop in somewhere if things go a bit pear shape  :-/

[Guest pigeon82]

thats understandable but she already had 4 races before you see but it was the first masslib 25000 birds prob scared her

[pigeonpete]

thats understandable but she already had 4 races before you see but it was the first masslib 25000 birds prob scared her

 

Reply!! it would scare me 2. cant imagine 25000 birds being libbed at once  :-/ surely cant be good for the birds? Especially y/bs . Must be a site to see  

[Guest pigeon82]

i would love to see it but ur right i wud be scared to i got 11 out of 13 in that race

[pigeonpete]

i would love to see it but ur right i wud be scared to i got 11 out of 13 in that race

 

11 out of 13 ybs is very good mate, from such a mass lib, with inexperienced birds, what distance was it?

[Guest bakes]

i spend every minute of my spare time in my loft and when ive got them out exercising love every moment of it nothink better than seeing your birds coming back in the distance dont no what it is but as soon as they lift there wings up and drop onto the stalltrap always makes me smile might call me sad but i enjoy every moment im around my birds.

[Guest pigeon82]

98 miles i still have 12 out of my original 17 ybs that i started with but im pulling out 2 each week last week i sent 8 to clonmel 179 miles and got all 8 this week 6 aregoing 193 miles and week after havent decided yet but 1 or2 are going to talbenny in wales 239 miles

[jimmy white]

dedication and fondness   wee gaz 12 years old

[Guest mick bowler]

The challenge!

[Guest ROCKYandRAMBO]

i love being with my birds they help with the day to day stress . when i walk into my loft all i think about is my birds . i love racing them and getting that buzz on a sat .

[chickadee]

I just enjoy them although the scraping and cleaning does get a bit much at times. Regards tameness of the birds, one of the top fliers in Edinburgh that we know well has them extremely tame. I find my birds are tame to me more that other people, I can go in the loft and they don't bat an eyelid but when ###### goes in they keep out his way

  

 

W will enjoy the racing as we have been at other fanciers houses on race day and it is a buzz seeing them come home and a bonus if they are winners, if not we shall still keep them no matter what

[andrecrock]

Flying my birds is great,but i cant wait for breeding seoson to come...all 18 days waiting to see the first youngin hatch...makes you a very proud dady!