How Did You End Up In The Pigeon Game ?

[geordie1234]

Hi there guys just a bit of chit chat how did youz become involved in the fancy and what age

 

 

personally my mate flew the pouters then i got into them about ten year old for 4 or 5 years then chucked it then many years later i visited a family friends loft and got hooked on the racers so next year will be my first racing year and hopefully many years to come.

 

Whats your story???

[billt]

When I was 7yrs. cut through a Church yard on the way home from school there was a youngster had come down from its nest so I took it home, that was 60yrs. ago so I guess I'm hooked

[sapper756]

Back in 1992 I started getting interested in my dads pigeons, use to go training with him, and even took them myself for a training toss. Then would accompany him to the Friday night basketing, which in turn, would then spend every Saturday around at his loft waiting for the race birds to come home.

 

That was it, I was hookedhttp://forum.pigeonbasics.org/public/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif

 

So in 1994 I got myself a 12ft x 12ft loft, and bought 6 Buschaert youngsters from John Crowder, the rest they say is historyhttp://forum.pigeonbasics.org/public/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif

 

 

[Fair Play]

Had been out of the pigeon game for over 25yrs and when I retired I built a large garden shed and my mate kept on at me to convert it into a loft that was the start sadly he is no longer with us so I suppose I will just keep going till we we meet up somewhere and catch up where we left off

[Guest bakes]

didnt start up to half way threw 2009 but have been interested in pigeons since a young age from when i seen a friend many years back time in one of his birds from a channle race. and always use to see his birds out exerciseing most days when going to school asked my parents anychance i could put up a 8ft by 6ft shed and convert to keep a few birds got told no as got told ive all ready got ferrets and lurchers i was gutted so when i moved into here the house of my own with me misses first thing that crossed my mind after everythink was sorted was nowt stopping me now getting set up and try to race a small team of birds the bug has got hold of me mega ive been called the lot at work jack dudworth and so on as all the lads no i got birds as to be onist all i go on about or always reading bhw or rp mag on my break so still new to the sport and learning but all being well i still have a good few years left of the sport to enjoy all being well.

 

all the best.

[airdrie2]

dad had pigeons when i was a boy used to love the racing and the friday night basketing then the pigeons went by rail dad had to give up pigeons becuase of pigeon lung and started rabbits with me grew out of that when the pub and woman came along to cut it short some 20 years later caught 2 strays with rings on contacted shu but it took them 2 mths to notify me who the owners were and they said i could keep them if i wanted i was hooked a friend of my dads was giving them up then and i got some off him and that was me since then my brother has came into them with me with great delight to my father who gives us advice but cant come into the loft or handle them

[Guest Tooshy Boy]

TOOSHY BOY .I STARTED IN RAWYARDS HAMILTON DRIVE ME AND MA BEST MATE DANNY Mc AULEY. WE WERE ONLY ABOUT 10 OR 11 YEARS OLD WE LOVED THE PIGEONS .ONE DAY THE OLD MAN ACROSS THE ROAD ASKED US IF WE WANTED A RACE .SO THE BIRDS WERE TOOK TO CHAPLEHALL.4 BIRDS LIB.TOOSHY BOY 1st AND WE NOW CALL THAT RACE RAWYARDS OPEN .ME AND DANNY. ARE NOW IN THE SAME CLUB CLARKSTON & DIST../BY THE WAY 1st PRIZE WAS HALFCROWN....//

[kelly tom]

I was married on 29th August 1970,my late father in law Jock Stirling from Burnbank was waiting on his young birds the day we got married.I lived with my in laws for 4 years while we were waiting for a house and it took off from there.I moved to England 25 years ago ,i still have the doos and we celebrated 40 years married this year.

[rasbull]

My dad kept them all his life. He was disabled so used to help when I was younger. As he deteriorated my interest grew and finally we went into partnership. He passed away in 1999. I continued on my own for 3 years before I moved house. The garden of the new house was too small for a loft. I moved back to my old address in 2008 and restarted in the sport....best decision I have ever made!

[Guest KING BILLY]

its in te blood it has been for about 200 years genaration after genaration

[greenlands]

Must have been born into them,I can remember going to my grandfathers loft in the late 40's,my father had them and both my uncles had them and how things have gone downhill.

[fletch]

all my live my dd had them since 1967, so when i was born in 1980 it was just the thing for me to do i race with my dad in partnership, but my dad says that next year will be is final year and as he is hoping to retire to a bungalow, i have to decide if i will race on my own, when he finishes, i have the stock loft at my own house it may be get rid of stock and turn it injto a race loft of my own in 2012, ony time will tell.

[lanarkshire lad]

My dad liked the burds and his dad liked the burds and i like the the burds especially the ones with big pectorals.

[Delboy]

My dad liked the burds and his dad liked the burds and i like the the burds especially the ones with big pectorals.

 

Pectorals and glutimous maximus

[lanarkshire lad]

Pectorals and glutimous maximus

[Guest WINGS 04]

Moved houes in 1999 and the next door neighbour had them watched the doo's for about 3 months and asked him about them told me to get some rings and put a loft up had to move them to my mum and dad houes and we started racing ybs in 2000

[Guest redlad24]

was about 8 yrs old my da was working on a big estate, i used to hang around and help the gamekeeper,he was looking up to the sky saying any minute now, i said what he said ul see a flock of pigeons going over, nipa were after releasing bout 30000 pigeons e miles down the road, he was a fancier and brought me in a few strays, that was 92, started racing them in 98, won my 2nd race, been in and out of them with school and college so got back into them serious mode last year and enjoy every minute of them

[Guest Tooshy Boy]

I LOVE EVERY PIGEON .I THINK ME AND Mmc AULEY LOVED THE DOOS.DANNYS McAULEY AND WERE STILL LUCK TO BE HERE DANNY HAS GOOD BIRDS I KEEP TELL HIM TO RACE THEM OUT .BUT THATS THE WAY HE IS HE WORKS.