were should i race too?

[Guest REDFOXKRAUTHS]

Were!?

 

I could race to my back garden ( 8x 6) loft with aviry, and only have 8 old birds and 14-16 young birds but will be able to spend a lot of time with them or race to the alotment which is 3/4 miles each way walk and i have toi carry all my water up there, and wont be able to spend as much time up there but i will be able to have 12 cocks 12 hens and 32 young birds?

 

 

[bewted]

i think you well get better results from your back garden !!!!

 

lets face it,would you want to go up to the allotments in all weathers,,day in,day out ????

[Castleview]

I'd go for the garden every time. Alotments tend to get problems with thefts, arsonists and animal cruelity by massacring the birds. As you say you can spend time with them. Become a quality fancier not a quantity. Every year pick you best and sell the rest in the paper, or cull them yourself. After 10 years you'll have a good team of birds breeding quality birds

[carlsberg]

I'd go for the garden every time. Alotments tend to get problems with thefts, arsonists and animal cruelity by massacring the birds. As you say you can spend time with them. Become a quality fancier not a quantity. Every year pick you best and sell the rest in the paper, or cull them yourself. After 10 years you'll have a good team of birds breeding quality birds

 

agreed

[Guest chrisss]

I'd go for the garden every time. Alotments tend to get problems with thefts, arsonists and animal cruelity by massacring the birds. As you say you can spend time with them. Become a quality fancier not a quantity. Every year pick you best and sell the rest in the paper, or cull them yourself. After 10 years you'll have a good team of birds breeding quality birds

 

wods of wisdom its got to be the garden above all else its safer for the birds ,if you have to walk any distance to your birds, if your in a hurry [running late] or if it is "hissing down" you might miss something with your birds

[Guest shadow]

backgarden every time

[Guest REDFOXKRAUTHS]

i have bird on the alotment at moment but am thinking of changing over thanks for the advice

[ALF]

Have to have mine in a compound and dont think i would move them to the back garden if i had the chance as i love spending time down there during the summer.Bit more work in the winter having to carry water down every day and the feeding once a fortnight but the craic is great down there during racing and you can sit and chill out with a few beers and wait for the birds with a few club members ;D ;D ;D

[Guest REDFOXKRAUTHS]

yer i will miss it in the summer but not winter

[Merlin]

My own opinion would have to be back garden if at all possibile,as time spent travelling is less time with birds, just my opinion

[Guest REDFOXKRAUTHS]

i agree i did fly better the one year i was in the backgarden

[Castleview]

At least at home the wife can make a cuppa tea, downfall is she can clobber you with a frying pan if you spend more time with the pigeons than her  ;D ;D ;D ;D

[Guest j.bamling]

Back garden Lofts everytime, the more time you spend with the birds the better

 

Quality not Quanity

 

 

 

[RoryTheRed]

Back garden, keep a good supply of mags and cider nearby ;D

[GROVEHOMER]

Rory, I don't think Ben is old enough to drink cider! ;D ;D

[Guest IB]

I think your own back garden is the best place to have your pigeons.

[Guest shadow]

as you said yourself your time is limited with your schooling etc so a smaller amount of birds to look after makes sense good luck.

[Guest Paulo]

i think you well get better results from your back garden !!!!

 

lets face it,would you want to go up to the allotments in all weathers,,day in,day out ????

 

Allotments are for real men not big jessies lol

[stevebelbin]

I raced to both and for the atmosphere and race aspect the allotment are best, but you cannot beat having them in the garden in winter, with the opportunity to light the loft up etc. You do tend to get a lot of bickering down the garden mind, but if you can live with that and can put up with the winters give the allotment a try.

[ALF]

 

Allotments are for real men not big jessies lol

 

Too right ;D ;D ;D

[Guest]

 

Allotments are for real men not big jessies lol

 

   so why are you on a allotment ;D

[Guest TAMMY_1]

 

   so why are you on a allotment ;D

 

:D :D

[Guest Paulo]

I raced to both and for the atmosphere and race aspect the allotment are best, but you cannot beat having them in the garden in winter, with the opportunity to light the loft up etc. You do tend to get a lot of bickering down the garden mind, but if you can live with that and can put up with the winters give the allotment a try.

 

It helps if your dad is hard as nails like me and I had to drag him away from the other pigeon men. Then everybody accepts you in the pecking order and things go smoothly. Seriously through joking aside garden is better allotments are lovely in the summer but in the winter its horrible and when your wating for a channel bird and daresn't even nip to the chip shop for some bait.

 

Take no notice of belbin he isn't dedicated enough he's more interested in fast bikes and fast women these days a proper pigeon man needs to eat, sleep and breathe pigeons.

[Guest Paulo]

 

   so why are you on a allotment ;D

 

Cause my dad wouldn't let me build a loft in his horse field and stables when we got kicked off the old gardens lol ;D ;D ;D

[paul l]

i think you will get better results from your back garden and yur on site and dont have to go to far