Pigeon Books

[Mark E]

Recently wanted to buy some " beginner " pigeon books. Looked on a well known online book shop and fancied one by David Glover " Racing Pigeons " Anyway £16 odd. Thought my local library would'nt have any pigeon books, but checked online and found the book I wanted above and another one on order. RESULT

 

Saved myself £16 odd and looking forward to reading it

[just ask me]

great find mate

 

 

any advice lads on what are the best books for beginners I'm unsure to be honest

[Mark E]

Other members say " Widowhood " is good, but my research shows it quite an old book, with an american view on pigeons. I think

[just ask me]

a lot of members like to read Dave allen's widowhood year British author

[JohnQuinn]

Alf Baker's book Winning Naturally is a great read, maybe old fashioned but still some very good insights to how he motivated his doos. Even if a non fancier picked it up they would grasp the man's methods.

[Guest IB]

Agree with the first post, try your local library first for pigeon books. Goldmine. For example the very first 'substantial' book I read as a teenager in the 60's was Leon Whitney's 'Keep your pigeons flying' and although dated, my local library has a copy of that and 'The Pigeon' by Wendell Levi, also dated, also a classic, but still available to buy at £80! and a book by one of Scotland's all-time great fanciers, Dr Anderson of Armadale, a classic (donated to the library by one of us fanciers, so if you have a book at home, think about the future generations of pigeon fanciers to come, and donate it to your local library).

 

For a beginner, I think David? Neilson-Hutton's (the Major's son) paperback 'The Racing Pigeon' priced around £6 is really good. It's now out of print too, but I first came across it in our library. Started to read John Clement's 'The Long Distance Pigeon' this year, also from our library. As I said, can be a goldmine and save you a few ££s.