Shocked

[geordie1234]

Yesterday I moved a stock cock to my new loft I have he is only 9 months old never been out flying except when he was just weaned he was in a cage at the top of my loft when he was a squeaker with the rest of the youngsters, but anyway yesterday put him in a section at my new loft 2.5 miles away with a few other cocks went down there tonight and he was missing worked out he must have got out the cage as it's not fixed on the landing board but the other cocks never have escaped. So thought that was that lost him gutted drove home and there he was sitting on the sputnik lol

 

Anyone else got any stories that have surprised to ye?

[Guest Tooshy Boy]

THATS GOOD MATE.///

[ALF]

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[sapper756]

Fifer has a good story about a youngster he gifted to a fancier in Nottinghamhttp://forum.pigeonbasics.org/public/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif

[geordie1234]

Fifer geez the story? lol

[Rooster J. Cogburn]

"The first babies I bred of the hen (‘Sissi’) were horrible and I eliminated them.

The following babies were just as horrible but I could not kill them all, could I?

However I was lucky. At least that’s what I thought. One of her babies got lost and I was relieved. ‘One bad pigeon less to feed.’

But imagine my surprise when some days later a guy from Hamburg (Germany) phoned me. He had a baby of mine in his loft. I asked for the bandnumber and was happy. It was a child of ‘Sissi’. ‘The bird is yours’ I told the German. ‘You may keep it.’

This was a decent way to get rid of birds I did not like I thought.

But imagine my surprise 2 days later. The bird, only 10 weeks old was back in my loft. He made it without any training all the way from Hamburg to my town, no less than 600 kilometers. Can you believe it?

This bird was 92-5212278. Later on he would win 7 races among which 2 provincials in 2 weeks’ time. Mr Timmermans got a baby from this 278.

It became father of his 99-1944577 which won:

14,454 pigeons – 1st

9.508 pigeons – 1st

10.500 pigeons – 1st"

 

Taken from "A pigeon called Sissi"

[geordie1234]

"The first babies I bred of the hen (‘Sissi’) were horrible and I eliminated them.

The following babies were just as horrible but I could not kill them all, could I?

However I was lucky. At least that’s what I thought. One of her babies got lost and I was relieved. ‘One bad pigeon less to feed.’

But imagine my surprise when some days later a guy from Hamburg (Germany) phoned me. He had a baby of mine in his loft. I asked for the bandnumber and was happy. It was a child of ‘Sissi’. ‘The bird is yours’ I told the German. ‘You may keep it.’

This was a decent way to get rid of birds I did not like I thought.

But imagine my surprise 2 days later. The bird, only 10 weeks old was back in my loft. He made it without any training all the way from Hamburg to my town, no less than 600 kilometers. Can you believe it?

This bird was 92-5212278. Later on he would win 7 races among which 2 provincials in 2 weeks’ time. Mr Timmermans got a baby from this 278.

It became father of his 99-1944577 which won:

14,454 pigeons – 1st

9.508 pigeons – 1st

10.500 pigeons – 1st"

 

Taken from "A pigeon called Sissi"

well that blows ma story oot the waater lol

[Rooster J. Cogburn]

well that blows ma story oot the waater lol

 

Its no a story competition

 

We've no really had anything like what you are saying but I mind reading somewhere(Cannae mind where now) of a fancier who kept youngster in a loft from weaning in which they couldnae see out,he took them away tossing a good distance when they were a few weeks old having never been out the loft and some of them returned,they didnae ken how to get in the loft on arrival mind you

 

makes ye wonder what it is they use to navigate,wil we ever really know?

[T_T]

What has suprised me on a couple of occasions is a pigeon coming in here having a feed and drink and within five minutes of it entering the loft being taken a distance of 100 miles plus and coming back !!!! absolutely amazing.