tips for novices

[PATTY BHOY]

Pigeon Tips

No 1.  Make sure your loft is 100% vermin proof. There is nothing that will knock your birds off form quicker than a small mouse urinating or leaving droppings or drinking from the birds water fountain.  

No 2. Make sure that your corn bins are completely sealed for the above reasons. A mouse will get through the smallest of gaps in doors or vents.

No 3. Don’t fall into the trap of treating all your birds with antibiotics on a regular basis simply because one bird doesn’t look quite right. Always isolate it and treat it on its own.

No 4. Don’t be afraid of asking for advice from any good, consistent fancier. Most will be only too willing to offer the right advice no matter how long you have been flying pigeons.

No 5. Be a good listener and ask more than one fancier for advice.

No 6. Don’t be conned into buying everything that is advertised and sold as the best additive on the market. There are simply not enough days in the year to give your birds what is advertised.

No 7. Training: Your birds should be flying freely around home before you start training. If your birds are not fit before the training season, no amount of driving them up and down the motorway is going to get them fit. Save your time, effort and petrol.

No 8. Your time and efforts will be far more rewarding if you spend time cleaning your loft with a scraper and washing your drinkers (not just rinsing them in cold water).

No 9. Pay attention to detail. If you have the time, sit and watch your pigeons – they will tell you when they are on form.

No 10. Keep an up-to-date written record of the bird’s performances so you will know what to breed off in the future. It’s no good trying to keep it in your head – unless you have only two pigeons!

As I have said before, don’t be afraid or embarrassed to ask questions. We all learn by asking questions. I’m still asking and listening.

 

 

 

[Guest asha]

No7,not necessarily correct

No8,certainly  not correct

   this is the trouble, with people who think they are giving good advice,it may be from the heart and sincere,but can still lead novices in the wrong direction,as the above statement confirms.

[OLDYELLOW]

biggest bit of advice i would give is dont get pigeons to make money they'll actualy cost more than you can ever make out of them , the reward is the pleasure they bring , and be prepaired to put as  much work into them possible the more effort you make the more effort they will make   and last but  most important birds need routeen give them a routeen and they'll become more content and you will be repaid for it as birds wont be stressed  

[BLACK W F]

asha  i tottally agree with your comments  train only on good days  not cold with east winds

you will learn more watching your birds at exercise  than scraping out

[gangster]

i have 2 disagree with no7 as training is as i see helping with there fitness some may not fly 2 well around home so i think training can be beneficial....but im not knocking your advice....

[alec guinness]

keep an open mind,"MANY ROADS LEAD TO ROME",dont become overly involved in the politics that cripple our great sport,and most importantly ENJOY YOUR BIRDS WIN OR LOSE. :) :)

[Guest]

 

keep an open mind,"MANY ROADS LEAD TO ROME",dont become overly involved in the politics that cripple our great sport,and most importantly ENJOY YOUR BIRDS WIN OR LOSE.    

 

no truer word said

[just ask me]

well on number 7 a little trick ive learned is if they top flying around the home a toos or two gives them something to think about and in most cases start to fly agan  but then again since i got this new familly in i dont see m youngbirds for a hour think a lot down to the drive in the birds

[just ask me]

No7,not necessarily correct

No8,certainly  not correct

   this is the trouble, with people who think they are giving good advice,it may be from the heart and sincere,but can still lead novices in the wrong direction,as the above statement confirms.

 

cant see anything wrong with number 8

[Tony C]

My advice would be find a system that suits and stick with it, not for a year nor two but at least three years for it to bare fruit. Those that dont respond will either be lost or lag behind, disregard these and just breed of those that do respond.

[peterpau]

Agree with no 7 entirely.

Number 8 you can learn more about the health of your birds by keeping an eye on the droppings rather than scraping constantly.

[just ask me]

Agree with no 7 entirely.

Number 8 you can learn more about the health of your birds by keeping an eye on the droppings rather than scraping constantly.

 

yes but surely while your scraping u will be an eye n your droppings anyway and i find with widowhood cocks that u can tell how well the cock rested the night before by keeping the box clean keep an eye on that as it will tell u if there anything on your loft floor in the night for e.g if a cock rests at the front of his box his droppings should should be in a semi circle behind him when u see droppings all over the box i.e the 4 corners it means the cock didint rest to well each box can tell there own story also if kept clean u can tell how many down feathers a cock is dropping shows a sign of form and also u will see a dropped flight straight away so u know when hes hoping mad  also i think widowhood cocks are better fed in the box when on widowhood some disagree i know just what i do  so i like to keep it clean for that reason too

[weecunny]

number 3 best advice yet

[Guest]

dont disaggree with any of them phatty but i have met many good fanciers that can cotradict nearly every one of your views and also met fanciers that do all you say and dont win so i have to go with the many roads lead to rome for instance rod adams said if he cant write his name on the inside of his drinkers then its no good for the birds and hes won bourges

[Taylorsloft]

I think it should be changed to tips Ur us  

[frank-123]

got to say being a bit of a novice take all the advice you can get but you can't use it all so its what suits you or are willing to try

[Guest]

got to say being a bit of a novice take all the advice you can get but you can't use it all so its what suits you or are willing to try

 

bad news frank your no a novice na mere well done

[frank-123]

young birds were ok but my old bird racing in 2008 was very poor so hopefully 2009 will be better

[Guest]

got to start somewhere frank

[Lennut Tar]

Pigeon Tips

No 1.  Make sure your loft is 100% vermin proof. There is nothing that will knock your birds off form quicker than a small mouse urinating or leaving droppings or drinking from the birds water fountain.  

No 2. Make sure that your corn bins are completely sealed for the above reasons. A mouse will get through the smallest of gaps in doors or vents.

No 3. Don’t fall into the trap of treating all your birds with antibiotics on a regular basis simply because one bird doesn’t look quite right. Always isolate it and treat it on its own.

No 4. Don’t be afraid of asking for advice from any good, consistent fancier. Most will be only too willing to offer the right advice no matter how long you have been flying pigeons.

No 5. Be a good listener and ask more than one fancier for advice.

No 6. Don’t be conned into buying everything that is advertised and sold as the best additive on the market. There are simply not enough days in the year to give your birds what is advertised.

No 7. Training: Your birds should be flying freely around home before you start training. If your birds are not fit before the training season, no amount of driving them up and down the motorway is going to get them fit. Save your time, effort and petrol.

No 8. Your time and efforts will be far more rewarding if you spend time cleaning your loft with a scraper and washing your drinkers (not just rinsing them in cold water).

No 9. Pay attention to detail. If you have the time, sit and watch your pigeons – they will tell you when they are on form.

No 10. Keep an up-to-date written record of the bird’s performances so you will know what to breed off in the future. It’s no good trying to keep it in your head – unless you have only two pigeons!

As I have said before, don’t be afraid or embarrassed to ask questions. We all learn by asking questions. I’m still asking and listening.

 

 

 

 

Not bad advice in my view Patty, for anyone new who is coming into our sport/hobby. I'm quite sure now ????????? you would have realized etc, when you stepped up to the plate (Wink wink) to play, with your wisdom here. Someone !!!!!!!!!!! was going to disagree & throw a curve ball at you (smile smile).

Now !!!!!!!!!!!, my bit of wisdom for any newcomers here while down at the club etc. "Clean your ears out" & listen hard & say very little.

Enjoy.

 

 

[Hogni]

COMMON SENSE!!!! far to many fanciers talk about using common sense in everything you do about your birds but far to few actually use it, for an example it is common sense not to medicate all your birds if only one or two are sick (No.3)

 

Totally agree with No.7

Totally disagree with No.8

[Lennut Tar]

COMMON SENSE!!!! far to many fanciers talk about using common sense in everything you do about your birds but far to few actually use it, for an example it is common sense not to medicate all your birds if only one or two are sick (No.3)

 

Totally agree with No.7

Totally disagree with No.8

 

Common sense !!!!!!!!!!!, that's right up there with the "Kiss theory" for what I see ????????.

Enjoy.