Yesteryear

[Roland]

Thought it would be better as a new thread that hightail Jimmys thread.

He quoted...

looking at the threads so far,,, it really makes you think , most of the lofts ive visited lately have all been in the same boat?  hence the post,,,,,,makes you wonder if yb racing is that important [really just to loose birds ] seems eveyone takes a hammering ,,no matter where,, makes you think what the answer is   [the pigeon is not really mature till 2 y,o , but so few?]

 

Well makes me, and should all of you, wonder just how good is the crap being bred now!

50 - 60 years ago and of course well before, 12 was a good team to start ... 24 birds was a 'Mob Flyer'!

Yet they flew nigh EVERY race including the distances, and most had to make room season's ends for the breeding season, AS they mostly had far too many birds left to breed with!

Now in thooses days granted birds 'Worked' their' way back so to speak, and if not home on day were invariably on the top of loft early next morning.

A 1/3 flyers now send4/5 times as many. Velocities aren't any better to say the least!

and the biggest singular thing done now - and never even completated before ( outside of god stockmen) - is incest breding.

Nature has a way of kicking back when one tampers with unnatural ways.

[jimmy white]

so true roland ,,certainly makes you think ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,bet if you made it a £5 entry for yb,s ;D ;D ;D [it would   never happen ;D] but the birds would improve and there wouldnt be so many strays , and fanciers would keep less , birds would be far more healthy , work on the pigeons would be a lot less etc etc etc ,,,,some fanciers keep far to many birds for the space they have ,,,and the time they have ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,it only takes one bird to win a race ;D

[jimmy white]

maybe just one point roland" not  all birds "that have made a mistake , are not all duds

[jimmy white]

1958,, won yb average with 9 yb,s     44 club members at that time ,,,started training with 9 after yb national  [cheltenham then , a good bit further than the present day yb national],,,,,,,,,,,end of the season , had 7 left ,[still have the loft book , could tell you every training toss they had , which bird was pooled , which bird was my first back , lib time and weather , [they were kept in a chicken hut ;D ;D ;D] kitchen table was the landing board  ;D ;D ;D   i was just going to start singing,,,those were the days my freind , i thought theyd never end , wed sing and dance forever and a day ,,dum dee dum dee dum dum ;D ;D ;D ;D

[Roland]

maybe just one point roland" not  all birds "that have made a mistake , are not all duds

 

Very very true, and ALL are deserving of at least one mistake.

Posted that story of a Stray / and a stray mate that founded a world renowned loft.

I well remember a fellow and a mate of mine that went and rung the y y/b's off a Silo, mostly black incidently as he liked black ones, and very soon was the Fed topper! three years later sold out to a well known stud.

And let's face it many schoolboy progressed from catching strays to racing them! And they'd still have their share at season's end. Indeed knew fellow that rung all the 'Church' babies and raced them well.

What would make they stronger would be the natural out cross 9f course.

AND I have yet to see a 'Townie' when cleansed and allowed to stay - great hawk spotter - that doesn't beat all home from upto 60 miles...