mealybar Posted February 9, 2008 Report Posted February 9, 2008 A recent google search turned up the story of Percy, a racing pigeon that took 11 years to complete a race in Melbourne, Australia. Read the article on: http://www.pigeonbasics.com/news/news373.html to find a link to a poem about 'Percy the Prodigal Pigeon'. Has anybody got a similar story or know of any weird and wacky races in the pigeon world?
gangster Posted February 9, 2008 Report Posted February 9, 2008 must have been bred by me!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D
Ian McKay Posted February 9, 2008 Report Posted February 9, 2008 Hi Gangster Look at the pedigree it was bred up here :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/
Guest spin cycle Posted February 9, 2008 Report Posted February 9, 2008 part of the fun is having the odd character in the loft. when i started i bought a pigeon 'to do 250/300 miles a week' with a 'pedigree' to prove it.i called him 'parcelforce' as he was always 'next day'. in fairness he did do 300 miles a week the only trouble was the racepoint was only 60 .
gangster Posted February 9, 2008 Report Posted February 9, 2008 part of the fun is having the odd character in the loft. when i started i bought a pigeon 'to do 250/300 miles a week' with a 'pedigree' to prove it.i called him 'parcelforce' as he was always 'next day'. in fairness he did do 300 miles a week the only trouble was the racepoint was only 60 . ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Guest TAMMY_1 Posted February 9, 2008 Report Posted February 9, 2008 must have been bred by me!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D aye it must have :P
gangster Posted February 9, 2008 Report Posted February 9, 2008 aye it must have :P IVE GOT 2 SAY CHRISSY ISHAVING A GOOD INFLUENCE ON YOU LATLEY TAM???? ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Guest TAMMY_1 Posted February 9, 2008 Report Posted February 9, 2008 IVE GOT 2 SAY CHRISSY ISHAVING A GOOD INFLUENCE ON YOU LATLEY TAM???? ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D Stop shouting , I am not deaf . ;D ;D ;D ;D
ALF Posted February 9, 2008 Report Posted February 9, 2008 Stop shouting , I am not deaf . ;D ;D ;D ;D WHAT DID YOU SAY??? :-/ ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
carlsberg Posted February 9, 2008 Report Posted February 9, 2008 i had a hen come back from a race of 90 mls 18 months later
Lennut Tar Posted February 9, 2008 Report Posted February 9, 2008 must have been bred by me!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D None of you blokes ;) :X :X :X are within the ball park, :D one could say ?????? compared to me. (Very Very Very ???? close to home) Must have been bred of some of those pommy imports here, to be that slow ;D ;D ;D 4 years is my best effort in a race etc & 18 months for a bird I once tossed from 26 miles :D (Didn't quite make the stock loft) But he wasn't to know that, when he decided to come home at his own leasure. Enjoy
jimmy white Posted February 10, 2008 Report Posted February 10, 2008 a number of years ago,, i had a bird come home from cheltenham 6 years later as it said in the paper ,,,"didnt say much for its racing ability , but boy, what a memory " true ;D ;D ;D
blue bar Posted February 10, 2008 Report Posted February 10, 2008 A fellow in NZ had one come home after 9 yrs and he was going to breed from it
chichichi Posted February 10, 2008 Report Posted February 10, 2008 we had a cheq hen come home after 4 years and believe she had escaped from someones loft.. she was in imaculate condition so we bred from her and she bred a winner last year.. we only bred 2 from her and they were still left in the race team at the end and they had every young bird race.. watch out for them this year,, "55" and "56".. a lot of these slow birds go into other lofts and they keep them to breed off.. but some escape and remember after all them years.. ant
Guest TAMMY_1 Posted February 10, 2008 Report Posted February 10, 2008 WHAT DID YOU SAY??? :-/ ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D Well you will not miss much with the size of your ears .
Michael J Burden Posted February 10, 2008 Report Posted February 10, 2008 I am still waiting for mine to arrive sent him in his first race in 1988, he'll be here soon.
Lennut Tar Posted February 10, 2008 Report Posted February 10, 2008 I am still waiting for mine to arrive sent him in his first race in 1988, he'll be here soon. ;D ;D ;D :D I like to see a man who has plenty of optimism here :P ;) & you appear to me ????? to fit into this category. I think!!!!!!! Real well :D . Enjoy.
883girl Posted February 14, 2008 Report Posted February 14, 2008 A recent google search turned up the story of Percy, a racing pigeon that took 11 years to complete a race in Melbourne, Australia. Read the article on: http://www.pigeonbasics.com/news/news373.html to find a link to a poem about 'Percy the Prodigal Pigeon'. Has anybody got a similar story or know of any weird and wacky races in the pigeon world? Still hope for some of mine that have gone missing then ;D
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