geordie1234

Mad hatter

17 for me the rest are either injured or too young

disgusted is all i can say

canny be her if it was it would be everywhere

How many ybs are you sending this week? are you sending the lot or splitting the team???

Police think they may have found Maddie http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/07/28/madeleine-mccann-dna-test-taken-from-little-girl-in-india-brit-woman-believes-is-maddy-115875-23302881/

Paratyhoid scares the sht oot ae me

I had a few at the start just after i weaned that went light so once removed all been fine! fingers crossed it keeps up

yip, makes sense really

Ive heard of some people that miss the first race so most of the birds with sickness get lost

couldnay managed one today and dont want to take them tomorrow and risk getting a bad yeen

Lanarkshire Fed. Otterburn 84miles approx

This is a reply i got from the RSPB, i asked them what i can do if my pigeons keep getting attacked by bop Dear Mr Baird, Peregrine and sparrowhawk numbers have increased naturally in the wild thanks to better legal protection and the banning of pesticides such as DDT. No organisation has reintroduced them. I sympathise if your birds are being taken by birds of prey but if you are releasing them into the wild then they will be at risk from wild animals. You might be interested to read this information on birds of prey and racing pigeons, which explains the situation in more detail http://www.rspb.org.uk/ourwork/policy/species/birdsofprey/pigeons.aspx Were do i stand if i see a sparrow hawk killing one off my racing pigeons in my garden? Am i entilted to compensation from the sed organisation that are releasing them into the wild along with the peregrine??? ^^^that is my email

I do believe there is many factors bt the rspb pluck figures from anywhere

2.7.3 Exhaustion MacKenzie (1995) reported research conducted by Wageningen Agricultural University in the Netherlands which indicated that a major contributory factor to losses during races was weakness due to the conditions imposed on pigeons during transport to liberation points. Lack of drinking water, or the opportunity to utilise it, caused birds to dehydrate and overheat. Pigeons, thus weakened, were more likely to die on the race route. MacKenzie (1995) also reported that overheating may be exacerbated by overcrowding birds into poorly ventilated transporters. So they blame transporters

Do you know what methods were used to do this? I like how they say birds die of exhaustion or hit walls both could be results from Bop going through them as wee know after bop hits they can scatter in all directions How can they actually tell if a doo dies of exhaustion if know one seen it

Back on topic Rspb pluck figures from the sky just the same wae percy plucks doos fae it

Quite right i was going to get another one in before friday but i dont believe i can learn them anymore than they have had and the amount of times they have all came back in ones will have learned them a thing or 2! So now i will get them out morning and night just to keep the fitness up

I think thats the best thing that we can do! Sad to say but the less oor doos are in the sky the better! Also i may go onto widowhood next year as your doos dont need trained as much

Whats gonny happen when there is no song birds no racing pigeons for food??

I have emailed them to ask them what happened to a yb i have missing to see if they can tell me what building it hit off or if it has been OILED! They seem to know everything else

Can someone explain to me what way they RSPD collect there information as reading on there site they seem to know exactly what happens to every pigeon????? straying and exhaustion accounted for 36 per cent of losses collisions with solid objects like buildings and windows – 19 per cent of losses collisions with overhead wires – 15 per cent of losses predation by birds of prey – 14 per cent of losses shooting, entanglement in netting, poisoning and oiling – 8 per cent of losses predation by mammals, including domestic cats – 8 per cent of losses.

Otterburn m8