Ponder this?

[Michael J Burden]

I have been down to the birds and fed them for some of their last few feeds before they are all sold. I often get asked by members of the public about my pets! I have tried to explain to them that they are not pets in my case but a tool or something.

It has dawned on me what my pigeons are, the whole set up is not about individuals but it is a living breathing colony. You are only as good as that colony, I expect we always get an odd one that sticks out.

 

How do you view your birds?

[REDCHEQHEN]

Pets unfortunately - its one of my problems - and might go someway to explaining why I am not a happy bunny when I react to some posts

[Guest cloudview]

how do you view your birds  

well michael  to me and this may sound sad , they are my life blood , and i could never be without them  ,there ,ye my mates , pals etc etc

i honestly dont know what id do without them

[Guest ljb107]

how do you view your birds  

well michael  to me and this may sound sad , they are my life blood , and i could never be without them  ,there ,ye my mates , pals etc etc

i honestly dont know what id do without them

 

thats true - i wouldn't know what to do without them, i suppose just keeping rabbits would be a bit boring.

 

Lloyd

 

[swilcox]

A team and im the coach

[kirky]

as my family & my best friends thay get fed before I do & that goes for my faithfull jack russell.

[ChrisMaidment08]

part of the family but in some ways should not be you look after kids you have dogs cats  pigeons are the same you look after them as best you can and worry if you are honest enough to admit it

[kirky]

part of the family but in some ways should not be you look after kids you have dogs cats  pigeons are the same you look after them as best you can and worry if you are honest enough to admit it

no kids no cats no kidding

 

 

[ChrisMaidment08]

awwwwww i will be youer freind   xxxxx

[kirky]

awwwwww i will be youer freind   xxxxx

  are you a grizzle or a blue bar

 

 

[ChrisMaidment08]

can be both depends what you want me to wear ;D ;D ;D

[Ronnie]

A team and im the coach

 

I'm the same stuart and as with every team you have individual's who make the team stronger in different situations.

[Williedoo]

I just like animals,helps get away from other things in everyday life,makes me feel good.

I have my pigeons,3 dogs,10 cannaries and a parrot,great.

[jimmy white]

i have allways liked animals birds etc ,, and like nature a lot, at the moment i treat these as my freinds, as i live alone, my company is my few pigeons, pair of love birds 6 new coloured canaries and two ferrets , my parrot "max" died just a short time ago, a real character , having him for 30 years approx [he was reckoned to be over 60 years old] and flew free each summer with no probs [even in the bath with the pigeons ]

[Tony C]

The top pigeon fanciers I know say they wouldn’t keep pigeons if they never raced.

 

Me, I love em to bits so I guess I'll never achieve the dizzy heights of being an ace.

 

I can live with that

[tippler1]

my life and part family

[DJ]

i definately see my beloved pigeons as my friends to the extent that im worried about losing them b4 ive even started racing ;D and to think that it all started with one stray racer who made my garden shed his new home   i cant wait to get home to see them every day

                                                                    debbie

[Guest marksimpson]

my pigeons are like an extension of my family and when things get a bit out of hand with the four doos in the house i go up the garden and sit and relax with my other doos takes the stress away every time and they dont answer back yours in sport mark.

[schyphos]

Like Stuart i see my birds as a team.Unfortunately no sentiment involved here,therefore i cannot see them as pets.As much as i love every one of them,every season they are flying or breeding for there lives.I am a hard taskmaster and give a lot of my time and effort in getting them prepared and conditioned for breeding and racing,therefore i do expect results from them.

[Fair Play]

I will probably never win any Gold Medals but the enjoyment of the birds is probably worth a lot more

[mark croker]

A way of life, an extension of me  

 

I feel lost coz i cant put the lights on

[terry mccarthy]

i got 2 horses 6 dogs ferrets chickens the horses and half the dogs are pets the other half of the dogs are tools for working as for pigeons if i didnt race i would not have them there are atheletes as far as im concerned to do a job i never get close to them as we all no here 1 day gone the next so no there not pets to me

[nittin vi]

i mind some years ago meeting a very distraught doo man who telt me that he.d had to get rid of the birds by order of the wife. you know how it goes IT ME OR THEY BURDS .

upon asking him why he was so down in the mouth he said they were away ti the bottom of the gaireden.

 

personally i have nae sympathy for him he could aye get another wife but guid doos are hard to find.

[PATTY BHOY]

not pets athletes,of the highest order.

[Lennut Tar]

my pigeons are like an extension of my family and when things get a bit out of hand with the four doos in the house i go up the garden and sit and relax with my other doos takes the stress away every time and they dont answer back yours in sport mark.

 

Yep !!!!!!!!!!!, (grin grin) that about somes it up for me also, I would say Mark. Now ??????????? if your like me, it's the only place you can go & be the boss unfortunately etc & control the situation.

Enjoy.