Total Newbie

[fiferman1]

hi folks

im a complete beginer hoping to start a small racing pigeon loft from scratch.

im in no imediate hurry to race as i would like to rear my 1st birds myself and breed my own racing team from scratch

i would like to start with the minimum amount of birds and slowly and selectivly build up over the years and even then i would like to keep things on as small a scale as poss.

as i said before i am a complete and utter newbie at this apart from a pet pigeon we had when i was about 10 yeas old lol,

hard to believe just how tame he was, landing on us and feeding from our hands and the fact he flew free and always returned amazed me at the time and even now 25 years on homing pigeons amaze me.

until now iv never had the opertunity to keep some but at last im in a position to have a go.

 

i would really like to start from the very begining as its as much about the rearing and breeding my own birds as it is the racing.

 

could anyone tell me what clubs or organisations i would have to join in order to breed and take part in races?

how many birds to get to raise for breeding?

just how small scale i could be and still take part in racing?

minimum loft size and how many pens required to keep and breed a small team?

 

any help and aadvice would be very much appreciated and i will no doubt be picking your brains for many years to come

[OLDYELLOW]

welcome to Pigeon Basics quite a few onsite from Fife who will be more than willing to help and advise you on how to set up , we all hope you enjoy our site

[sapper756]

Welcome to the site, where about in Fife are you from?

[clockman]

http://forum.pigeonbasics.org/topic/37329-free-youing-birds-ready-now/page__pid__562024__st__0entry562024

 

 

here's a great start for you

[Guest youngboy]

hi and welcome to site and sport, if you have any questions just ask.

[fiferman1]

thanks folks,

im in kinglassie in fife

[sapper756]

thanks folks,

im in kinglassie in fife

 

 

You should pm catalaelofts on here, he will advise you as to which clubs are around your area m8http://forum.pigeonbasics.org/public/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif

 

Fife federation are the federation you can joinhttp://forum.pigeonbasics.org/public/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif

[fiferman1]

cheers sapper,

so do i just join the fife federation and no need to join a national federation?

do i join before getting my first birds or once i have them?

its all new to me sorry.

[JohnQuinn]

You don't have to join a club until you are ready to race. When you do join, the club will take your fees for the Fed, and the SHU at the time you join, sort yourself out with some GOOD birds to get started, then when you have a team of young birds, join your local club, everything starts with them.

As others have said, don't be shy asking for advice or tips, plenty good fanciers on this site will help you out. All the best.

[showman]

 

minimum loft size and how many pens required to keep and breed a small team?

 

 

 

What sort of room do you have available for your new loft ?

[Guest spin cycle]

thats exactly what i said when i started 'just a small team' ....it depends how much space you've got. you could have say a 10x6 and fly everything to it 6 pairs of ob and 10 ybs perhaps. or a couple or 6x4 sheds 1 ob,1 yb.remember you'll need somewhere for baskets/feed . work out what sort of loft/ size you want to have/start with and work from there. its great fun starting up...best of luck

[sapper756]

cheers sapper,

so do i just join the fife federation and no need to join a national federation?

do i join before getting my first birds or once i have them?

its all new to me sorry.

 

 

As stated already, your priority should be to get a loft and some stock birds, then breed your own team of youngsters to race, then look to your local club which I believe is Lochgelly, their secretary is on this site as catelae lofts, he will help you I am sure. Do you have any birds yet?

[fiferman1]

thanks for the advice folks,

iv no birds or loft yet, iv got plenty room in the garden to have one or two lofts but got a wife to contend with lol.

shes happy enough for me to start keeping pigeons but doesnt want me to go over the top n take up the whole garden.

lifes a whole lot easier when she gets her say lol

[sapper756]

Well your priority has to be to get a loft set up firsthttp://forum.pigeonbasics.org/public/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif

[showman]

thanks for the advice folks,

iv no birds or loft yet, iv got plenty room in the garden to have one or two lofts but got a wife to contend with lol.

shes happy enough for me to start keeping pigeons but doesnt want me to go over the top n take up the whole garden.

lifes a whole lot easier when she gets her say lol

I would start with a 12x6 loft...2 equal sections for old birds & young birds. If things do well, you could have another loft in the future, say, 8x6 for your youngsters, and have your bigger loft just for your old birds.

[geordie1234]

fiferman welcome to the site this is the best place to learn ive been picking everyones brain for weeks and ive went from four weeks ago to having nothing to haveing a 10 x 6 loft 2 sections and picked up my first five ybs yesterday loving it lol

 

all the best !!!!!!!!!!

[billt]

thanks for the advice folks,

iv no birds or loft yet, iv got plenty room in the garden to have one or two lofts but got a wife to contend with lol.

shes happy enough for me to start keeping pigeons but doesnt want me to go over the top n take up the whole garden.

lifes a whole lot easier when she gets her say lol

You've got the first step right, keep her indoors happy and all will be well, welcome to a great sport and site, all the very best, Bill