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[Guest pigeon82]

just wondering if neone else has heard of this i was listening to my local radio station the other day and they were saying that a new dog company have designed a chip for dogs if you cant find ur dog and the dog is a ccertain distance away it will send you a message via ur phone or internet telling you where your dog is wouldnt that be a good idea if they could use this in the pigeons that way would know what is happening to all our racing pigeons when they go missing we could just look it up and find out where it is the website for this is  www.retrievatracking.com ne1 think it wud be an idea or am i just ridiculous in thikning this i probably am but hey worth seeing wat others think ;D ;D ;D ;D

[bewted]

just wondering if neone else has heard of this i was listening to my local radio station the other day and they were saying that a new dog company have designed a chip for dogs if you cant find ur dog and the dog is a ccertain distance away it will send you a message via ur phone or internet telling you where your dog is wouldnt that be a good idea if they could use this in the pigeons that way would know what is happening to all our racing pigeons when they go missing we could just look it up and find out where it is the website for this is  www.retrievatracking.com ne1 think it wud be an idea or am i just ridiculous in thikning this i probably am but hey worth seeing wat others think ;D ;D ;D ;D

 

good idea if it could be made to work !!!!

[DOVEScot]

I know it was £20 last year to get our dog micro chipped  :-/

[Guest pigeon82]

yeah but if this could be done surely it wud be an idea that if sum1 had the brains uz i know i havent then we wud know where they all disappearing

[DOVEScot]

yeah but if this could be done surely it wud be an idea that if sum1 had the brains uz i know i havent then we wud know where they all disappearing

 

I wish I had it last week :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

I am sure they have something in place or up and coming with ETS rings, although a chip inserted in the bird woud stop anyone from changing the rings or stealing them :-/

[Guest pigeon82]

i might email that retreiva site and put it across to them to see wat they say if they cud do summit like that but wud fanciers be interested in it or am i just being stupid

[b.massey]

Think it sounds funny. Just cant imagine us being able to know exactly where are birds are lol. Would be an incredible thing I think. But if in future it came out do you not think it would take some fun away. Anticipation of waiting on race days with the butterflies??

[DOVEScot]

i might email that retreiva site and put it across to them to see wat they say if they cud do summit like that but wud fanciers be interested in it or am i just being stupid

 

Naw, it is a great idea, cost and administering would be the deciding factor in my opinion :-/

[Guest pigeon82]

i maybe but id still like to know where they go cuz we always end up moaning that they never come back especially some of our gud birds

[b.massey]

Well very intresting all the same. Think chip in ring would be good as then if bird been caught by a hawk/falcon the rings in nest might help our case that these things are killing our sport

[Guest pigeon82]

yeah but ne1 cud cut a ring off

[b.massey]

Well there is that.. Just amazed how advanced things could become. Google earth and Sat nav's are just incredible things that we have now

[Guest pigeon82]

but then if it was a chip and the birds of prey ate it you wud know wen theyre about to lol

[b.massey]

Lol even better

[bewted]

but then if it was a chip and the birds of prey ate it you wud know wen theyre about to lol

 

now thats forward thinking !!! hmmmmm

[DOVEScot]

but then if it was a chip and the birds of prey ate it you wud know wen theyre about to lol

 

Only till it had a crap ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

 

Great thing is all the chips around the nest would not be as easy to find as rings are by the Pro hawk brigade, also would show up in predators crap as well for the anti predator brigade

[Guest pigeon82]

lets just hope we can find sum1 with brains who can design this then lol

[Guest slugmonkey]

COST is going to be the issue they have had a GPS tracking system for birds for years but the chips were 25.00 each and the service would have cost 129.00 a month and for celluar service it would need its own dedicated line

[Guest pigeon82]

yeah but why has noone actually tried it out to see if it can work surely if they can keep an eye on birds of prey then sure it shud be ok to do to our feathered freinds

[Roland]

Was possible to track the from the races 15 years ago or more. Two downers were (then) the cost and the size. Both of course improved a lot since... who knows whether it will ever catch on big time... No doubt some will soon, those able to afford etc.

Be nice up the pub and seeing 10 minutes expected arrival time... so if  one can be arsed, suppose they caould nip back and watch the ET timer do it's job ;D

[Guest pigeon82]

lol gud comment

[Guest slugmonkey]

it would be cool to see the races real time on the computer