NEW WORTHWHILE RULES

[Diydave]

As Autumn is fast approaching, and young bird racing comes to a close after the classics, nationals etc in september. Meetings then take over, so , my question to members is :-

WHAT DO YOU THINK WOULD BE A GOOD WORTHWHILE ADDITION TO THE PRESENT RULES, one that would be beneficial and sensible for the sport of racing pigeons as a whole ?

and also please add any rules that you think need deleteing, maybe something outdated or no longer needed ?? hope this gets your minds thinking

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest chrisss]

scrap the rules on returning strays,most do not want them back,and it would kill off the vultures that call themselves pest controllers,

[Guest TAMMY_1]

scrap the rules on returning strays,most do not want them back,and it would kill off the vultures that call themselves pest controllers,

 

I always wanted all my birds back no matter what as I have found out that they can turn out to be good birds at some point

[Guest chrisss]

 

I always wanted all my birds back no matter what as I have found out that they can turn out to be good birds at some point

 

i agree with you i have had 3 reported this year all were sent for, but lets face it ,a lot of strays are not claimed,and like many of the rules nowdays are based on older [maybe better ]days,

[Guest TAMMY_1]

 

i agree with you i have had 3 reported this year all were sent for, but lets face it ,a lot of strays are not claimed,and like many of the rules nowdays are based on older [maybe better ]days,

 

all reported birds have to be claimed

[Guest chrisss]

 

all reported birds have to be claimed

 

yes you are right ,i should have put it better,a lot of lost birds go unreported, because they/you know the tale, its bred by a minor pigeon god /its great ,do you want it,the rule has to change,if you get a few birds reported thats you done for,and yes i agree you should claim/collect your lost bird

[ChrisMaidment08]

if you look at facts the big flyers are the worst for not sending for strays normal bods mostly do

[OLDYELLOW]

scrap the rules on returning strays,most do not want them back,and it would kill off the vultures that call themselves pest controllers,

 

Take a ride out to your local R.S.P.C.A , avairys full of racing pigeons , why ? because 9 times out of 10 they know there fate owners dont want them back , you may not but many do , if you cant send for them or there arent up to it dont send the poor things down the road in the first place

[ChrisMaidment08]

 

Take a ride out to your local R.S.P.C.A , avairys full of racing pigeons , why ? because 9 times out of 10 they know there fate owners dont want them back , you may not but many do , if you cant send for them or there arent up to it dont send the poor things down the road in the first place

 

hear hear

[OLDYELLOW]

Forgot to add R.S.P.C.A hardly ever reports pigeons

[Guest chrisss]

 

Take a ride out to your local R.S.P.C.A , avairys full of racing pigeons , why ? because 9 times out of 10 they know there fate owners dont want them back , you may not but many do , if you cant send for them or there arent up to it dont send the poor things down the road in the first place

 

could not agree more,but right or wrong who could send for lets say 10 young birds in one go [yes i know the chances of getting 10 birds reported are very slim]

[ChrisMaidment08]

but what do they do with them

[OLDYELLOW]

theres a lovely thing called a transporter i put any stray south in a box give it to the driver he releases at liberation site the bird gets home , i go 86 miles north from me to Sunderland once a fortnight  i drop N.E.H.U strays up along where they live any above Sunderland get a toss at Sunderland , how much do i charge to get these birds back to there owners ???? nothing a thankless job of feeding some for nearly 2 weeks but if this helps the sport then ill continue , its a shame most of the fanciers put them back straight in to next race rather than get them resetled and re trained ,  the last basket i let go at Sunderland they all dint even know how to leave the training create , that speaks volumes to me , there first experience of a basket proobably was there first race

[OLDYELLOW]

well done rose  , if there informed  at leat they can say well you can pay £32 for amtrak or a £32 donation to the sancturary where there kept  

[Guest chrisss]

theres a lovely thing called a transporter i put any stray south in a box give it to the driver he releases at liberation site the bird gets home , i go 86 miles north from me to Sunderland once a fortnight  i drop N.E.H.U strays up along where they live any above Sunderland get a toss at Sunderland , how much do i charge to get these birds back to there owners ???? nothing a thankless job of feeding some for nearly 2 weeks but if this helps the sport then ill continue , its a shame most of the fanciers put them back straight in to next race rather than get them resetled and re trained ,  the last basket i let go at Sunderland they all dint even know how to leave the training create , that speaks volumes to me , there first experience of a basket proobably was there first race

 

i have had 3 birds returned me like that [for which i am very thankful,the shame of it is i will never know who did it ,so i cannot even thank them]as for basket training the problem is with the weather again this year, guys start to panic as the season looms,and who suffers the birds when they start to rush

[ChrisMaidment08]

iagree but if they report them same thing dont want out of nat winner but then they could be forced to collect

[OLDYELLOW]

 

i have had 3 birds returned me like that [for which i am very thankful,the shame of it is i will never know who did it ,so i cannot even thank them]as for basket training the problem is with the weather again this year, guys start to panic as the season looms,and who suffers the birds when they start to rush

 

it probably was some daft git like me

[Guest chrisss]

 

it probably was some daft git like me

 

don't know you cannot comment ;D ;D ;D ;D but everybird deserves a fighting chance to get home[even if the owner would not agree]

[Guest]

Put up price of rings £10 each. No wonder so many strays around when it costs you only 25p or so to legalise it for racing no matter how clever or dumb it is. How many fanciers pay a tenner for a goldring bird then  when they get reported they say keep it? More the opposite. If it not worth a tenner don't breed it!!! Rpra could offer a free return service inclusive so cost nowt for amtrak etc.

[Guest spin cycle]

its probably a silly rule and it doesn't affect me..but the defra 7 day isolation rule needs to be tackled by rpra..it seems unfair that some fanciers are obeying the rule whilst others ignore it and win. rule 142 needs deleting as it is far to open to abuse (southern region tried last year). perhaps a one race suspension for failing to claim a stray would motivate more fanciers to claim strays.......don't know though. i'd make wingstamping voluntary as at least you'd know if the owner wanted it back.JMO.

[OLDYELLOW]

defo the isolation rule its going to cripple national flyers

[Tony C]

My views are the way the RPRA actually implement rules needs to be looked at first. The procedure of propositions taken firstly through club then Federation then Region then Council is outdated. The current structure was implemented donkeys years ago because it was neigh impossible for ordinary fanciers to attend meetings out of town so to speak due to lack of public transport and where the favoured mode of transport of the day was a pushbike.

All rule changes I believe should now be done democratically by balloting the membership via post or Internet, I think that’s the only way the ordinary fancier will ever have he’s/her voice heard.

[Merlin]

Put up price of rings £10 each. No wonder so many strays around when it costs you only 25p or so to legalise it for racing no matter how clever or dumb it is. How many fanciers pay a tenner for a goldring bird then  when they get reported they say keep it? More the opposite. If it not worth a tenner don't breed it!!! Rpra could offer a free return service inclusive so cost nowt for amtrak etc.

 

The above is a very good idea,maybe at a slightly less price of £5 per ring

 

Unions appoint one club only to cover an area,no setting up of new clubs within same area.

[OLDYELLOW]

well said tony c

[Tony C]

The RPRA have a rule stating the minimum time between libs from the same site is 10 minutes, I would like to see this changed to at least 20 minutes.