Returns from last year

[Guest Hjaltland]

Here we are again, first real fine day of spring, warm south west breeze and lo and behold here's a two year old hen back in the loft - lost as a yearling from a difficult race almost a year ago. In fairly good nick considering she's been living wild judging by the colour of her flights and state of her feathering, no sign of external parasites or health issues apparent. All in all I feel I should give her a second chance especially as she's come back after all this time and she's a nice handling bird.

 

Should she be paired up and raced out asap or held until next year to give her a chance to recover? What would you do?

[just ask me]

have gave a few chances only had 1 or 2 that returned the favour where ever they were all that time i feel if they pass over it again they will go down also u dont know what the bird is carrying

[Guest numpty01]

give her chance to get sorted and just race her donot pair her i had cock went missing once he came home then went then home i got fed up chances he went but some do learn and turn out top birds

[Guest]

i had a cock return last sunday from the 4th youngbird race last year

still got his ets ring and clip ring on

feathers all faded with the weather

will put him by till next year

[Guest strapper]

can i just say dont ..put these birds back into with your birds keep them seperated till treated for the usual problems...or risk ruining your racing..believe me..it happens!

[slinky slitheroe]

Here we are again, first real fine day of spring, warm south west breeze and lo and behold here's a two year old hen back in the loft - lost as a yearling from a difficult race almost a year ago. In fairly good nick considering she's been living wild judging by the colour of her flights and state of her feathering, no sign of external parasites or health issues apparent. All in all I feel I should give her a second chance especially as she's come back after all this time and she's a nice handling bird.

 

Should she be paired up and raced out asap or held until next year to give her a chance to recover? What would you do?

pair her up and let her rear a nest then give her plenty training and give her afew races with the ybs and if its any brains it could do ok next year

 

 

[Guest IB]

Any flights she's held onto last year (mines were last 3 primaries, faded / bleached appearance) she'll throw as soon as the good feeding takes affect. So I think her own 'special' moult will beat you for raciing her this year.

[Guest Hjaltland]

Any flights she's held onto last year (mines were last 3 primaries, faded / bleached appearance) she'll throw as soon as the good feeding takes affect. So I think her own 'special' moult will beat you for raciing her this year.

 

Yup, last flight.  I think flying her out with the yb's this year is the way ahead, health matters being OK. That'll give her a chance to moult out properly.  I'd always question if she would bottle out at whatever point she did last time around. Nice well bred bird though

 

[weecunny]

pair up and on the road wi her bet she the healtheast bir in hut pair her up bet she even lays on time

[robbiedoo.]

hjaltland i lost a youngster off the loft in june 05 untrained she appeared back in march 06 so i trained her in april with my old birds and put her on the road expecting to lose her she ended up winning me pigeon on the result most trophy in the club .just lost her last year but she did put up some good performances in . my advice to you would be just race her you,ve nothing to lose .

[Guest]

Do not want slated for this reply. But personally in my experience within these circumstances better bin it,sorry if you don't agree but it is all about opinions. :)

[Guest numpty01]

they say once a stray always a stray but some aint another chance but not third one

[Guest]

they say once a stray always a stray but some aint another chance but not third one

 

Very true Chriss. ;D ;D ;D

[fletch]

Do not want slated for this reply. But personally in my experience within these circumstances better bin it,sorry if you don't agree but it is all about opinions. :)

 

got to say i agree with your comment mate, you dont know what it could be carrying, but i feel that most people would keep here when you listen to all previous comments,and only you will know what the birds means to you, so good luck with whatever you do.

[Guest numpty01]

well stray bird has resulted in couple nat winners and loads club winners fed winners whole family from one stray so another chance????got be worth it

[Guest]

well stray bird has resulted in couple nat winners and loads club winners fed winners whole family from one stray so another chance????got be worth it

 

There is an exception to every rule Chriss. ;)But i do believe that it is hard enough to get a national bird from the best you have never mind the crap that follows six month later.

[Guest chrisss]

i think every bird deserves a second chance,everything makes mistakes

[robbiedoo.]

good on you chrisss i,m the same thinking as yourself  

[VAGIN]

I would get rid of it , once a stray always a stray, and will only breed strays + You cant see what her health is like in the inside

[Tony C]

I've found a good % of these pigeons if given a chance end up doing you a favour. Something clicks in them to want to return home.

[Delboy]

Here we are again, first real fine day of spring, warm south west breeze and lo and behold here's a two year old hen back in the loft - lost as a yearling from a difficult race almost a year ago. In fairly good nick considering she's been living wild judging by the colour of her flights and state of her feathering, no sign of external parasites or health issues apparent. All in all I feel I should give her a second chance especially as she's come back after all this time and she's a nice handling bird.

 

Should she be paired up and raced out asap or held until next year to give her a chance to recover? What would you do?

 

A weeks rest, mate her up, down on eggs, 2 or 3 trainers and into race.Put your money on her. Dont kid yourself that this is a bad pigeon because it has lay out.Every minute it was away from home ,it was learning. I wouldnt send her  to too many races because of the last flight not been thrown. You will probably find that she will throw first and last together. So, this means that you have a few weeks only from when she lays, to get her raced.

[hotrod]

some of my best bird have got lost and come back maybe not for a year but a few weeks  or a month as long as they have roughed it and never entered another loft they usually turn out to be handy birds .

[Guest numpty01]

 

There is an exception to every rule Chriss. ;)But i do believe that it is hard enough to get a national bird from the best you have never mind the crap that follows six month later.

 

ohh i fully agree how maney of us have given bird chance after chance only to end up giveing no more and realiseing that you wasted time money effort on a num birds that you should not have mind you i should point out the stray came into his loft and from there he had speacle bird bam bam as few on here know who im talking about the last bird i had out of its daughter won a first as did its nestmate

[Delboy]

some of my best bird have got lost and come back maybe not for a year but a few weeks  or a month as long as they have roughed it and never entered another loft they usually turn out to be handy birds .

 

You bet. I wish everyone of my birds could rough it for 6 weeks and then come back.Definately makes them better pigeons. What I have noticed is, the very next stiff race they encounter, you will either time the bird scoring a high position, or you will never see it again.

[Guest]

this cock came back after the winter out as a yearling,as a 2 year old he won 1st club eastbourne 419 miles and last year won,2nd club 175 open snfc falaise 500+