Pigeon Flown More Than 157 Miles With One Wing

[Guest HEATHLOFTS]

racing pigeon flown more than 157 miles to get home with half an wing was released on friday evening,it was way dark to fly so stayed out that night spent the next day flying then stayed out again to come home sunday lunch time,

little bugger,

doing great came in like she never went,

courier bringing her back up north this week,

[billt]

Hi James, haven't seen you on here in a while, are you saying you have moved up North, I think you used to live in Poole if I remember rightly

[Guest HEATHLOFTS]

Hi James, haven't seen you on here in a while, are you saying you have moved up North, I think you used to live in Poole if I remember rightly

 

aye not up north but moved not saying much due to partnership

and yeah i used to live in poole not that long ago with about 20-30 odd pigeonslol

take care

regards

 

does anyone else have any pigeon story's like this one??

[sapper756]

Away back in the early 90,s when I first started, I bought a stock hen from a fancier about 9 miles away from my little loft, he suggested that when I got it home, that I should cut 4 of its primary flights on one wing only, to get it to stay with me (something that I would not do now) this I did, and let the hen out, which seemed to work, as she struggled to even fly upto the landing board. I let her out for a couple of days with no problems, then one day once I had all the birds back in the loft, and noticed the hen was missing, I hunted everywhere for her, but no joy. That night I got a phone call from this fancier to say that this little hen had flown the 9 miles back to his loft, what a brave and determined wee henhttp://forum.pigeonbasics.org/public/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif

 

 

Hardly 157miles with half a wing, but still amazing IMOhttp://forum.pigeonbasics.org/public/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif

Edited November 2, 2010 by sapper756

[Guest HEATHLOFTS]

Away back in the early 90,s when I first started, I bought a stock hen from a fancier about 9 miles away from my little loft, he suggested that when I got it home, that I should cut 4 of its primary flights on one wing only, to get it to stay with me (something that I would not do now) this I did, and let the hen out, which seemed to work, as she struggled to even fly upto the landing board. I let her out for a couple of days with no problems, then one day once I had all the birds back in the loft, and noticed the hen was missing, I hunted everywhere for her, but no joy. That night I got a phone call from this fancier to say that this little hen had flown the 9 miles back to his loft, what a brave and determined wee hen

 

 

Hardly 157miles with half a wing, but still amazing IMO

 

 

well she has got no fight's at all she finds it hard to fly up to the nest boxes :L

i reckon she must me a real good bird to be able to do that and to do it in real good time as well,

sliver shadow's can't say one bad thing about them.

[lvlasked]

my fault for clipping the birds wings

[Delboy]

I sold a stock pigeon to a guy in Dorset, the pigeon had never been in a basket as it was bred solely for stock purposes. The guy bred a couple to score in the yb classic off it and just after mating it up ( March ) the following year, the hen got out the door and disappeared. You guessed it, she came back home ( think it was 2 days ) but it had never been in a basket before. 370 miles as the crow flies from Dorset to Kirkintilloch, needless to say the guy was delighted to get her back. Makes you wonder about pigeons doesnt it, they ve either got it or they havent.

[Guest HEATHLOFTS]

I sold a stock pigeon to a guy in Dorset, the pigeon had never been in a basket as it was bred solely for stock purposes. The guy bred a couple to score in the yb classic off it and just after mating it up ( March ) the following year, the hen got out the door and disappeared. You guessed it, she came back home ( think it was 2 days ) but it had never been in a basket before. 370 miles as the crow flies from Dorset to Kirkintilloch, needless to say the guy was delighted to get her back. Makes you wonder about pigeons doesnt it, they ve either got it or they havent.

 

must be a real nice bird