reporting strays

just wondering how many people report strays.i report every pigeon i get in as i have done tonite in total 6 ova the weekend.and i neva eva get mine reported eva.it makes me sick i no full well that my pigeons are some were.sometimes think not going to botha to report any thing but thats not me im a genuine fancyer.

i used to get info and phone flyers but had a few who gave abuse so i stopped doing it

same here mate was told to nite to take it as far as i wud travel an throw it up.the poor bird was in a bad way hawk made a rite mess.he told me to bin it and not waste his time.also said good birds dont get reported.wot a joke thats why this sport is on its arse

was talking to a fancier yesterday and he told me that most fanciers in his area never bother to report strays, especially if they are not stamped or rung with phone number.....he said they just kill them.

DAVID wrote:

was talking to a fancier yesterday and he told me that most fanciers in his area never bother to report strays, especially if they are not stamped or rung with phone number.....he said they just kill them.

this means flyers dont want them reporting or want them back, i put split rings on if birds dont have them they wont get in my lofts, i chase them off, i wont risk my birds health for strays

reported stray last week gb received letter saying the owner has been notified then got phone call off pigeon force saying hes coming to pick it up , the owner has never phoned me to say thanks for looking after it for a week , ithink its a disgrace no wonder people dont report them

i know what you mean mate happens alot over here most of the fanciers here just take em down the club ouse and the put em on the boat back to england the way a lot of em think is if the birds make it ome they make it ome if not tough

ive had guys not bothering as well but also had others quite happy about getting his bird found.i had one guy who told me a courier was coming in the morning never turned up same thing happened a few days later and then he didnt contact me again.

ian wrote:

reported stray last week gb received letter saying the owner has been notified then got phone call off pigeon force saying hes coming to pick it up , the owner has never phoned me to say thanks for looking after it for a week , ithink its a disgrace no wonder people dont report them

these fanciers who woudnt even phone to thank you for reporting and looking after their lost bird cant be called sportsmen.........it seems as tho some of them ony caim the lost bird because they have to, it annoys me when some of them just take it for granted that the finder will automaticaly keep the bird just because the owner doesnt want to pay £30 to get it back........

if you are prepered to breed the bird, send it training and send it to a race, then you must be prepered to send for its return if lost........and not try palm the responsibility on to someone else.

Rene A wrote:

i know what you mean mate happens alot over here most of the fanciers here just take em down the club ouse and the put em on the boat back to england the way a lot of em think is if the birds make it ome they make it ome if not tough

read in homing world/racing pigeon the other week about a fancier who has been sending lost racers back home from gurnsey and surrounding islands for many years........he also said it was very rare for fanciers to get their lost birds reported who live on gurnsey etc and could uk fanciers do him/them the same favour and report their lost birds......

i dont think by what ive heard/read that enough fanciers put themselves out to get a lost bird returned, but if i had one reported id certainly be gratefull to the man who reported it for me...

DAVID wrote:

Rene A wrote:

i know what you mean mate happens alot over here most of the fanciers here just take em down the club ouse and the put em on the boat back to england the way a lot of em think is if the birds make it ome they make it ome if not tough

read in homing world/racing pigeon the other week about a fancier who has been sending lost racers back home from gurnsey and surrounding islands for many years........he also said it was very rare for fanciers to get their lost birds reported who live on gurnsey etc and could uk fanciers do him/them the same favour and report their lost birds......

i dont think by what ive heard/read that enough fanciers put themselves out to get a lost bird returned, but if i had one reported id certainly be gratefull to the man who reported it for me...

yes its very true mate we hardly if ever get em reported to us here some times its like gettin a kick in the teeth wen you dont get a thank you or kiss my arse from them

yes i can emagine rene, then we wonder why some fanciers dont report strays.....i suppose it could be that they have done in the past and got not even a thank you, so they might think never again

ill be honest, i never let strays into my loft if i can help it.........unless they wont go or are injured, the other week i had one come in with a broken leg and phoned the owner from the wing stamp, i even took it back to him as he didnt live far from me...........and after doing that he killed it as the broken leg was too much of a problem.

DAVID wrote:

yes i can emagine rene, then we wonder why some fanciers dont report strays.....i suppose it could be that they have done in the past and got not even a thank you, so they might think never again

ill be honest, i never let strays into my loft if i can help it.........unless they wont go or are injured, the other week i had one come in with a broken leg and phoned the owner from the wing stamp, i even took it back to him as he didnt live far from me...........and after doing that he killed it as the broken leg was too much of a problem.

i got one here with a broken wing rang the guy up told him the rspca had it in and passed it on to me as my two daghters were just starting up he said he didnt want it as he had just sorted out all his birds for the breeding and race season and to give it t the girls as it was no good to him wiv a broken wing and hed send the transfer and ped papers i said not to bother as it couldnt fly but he sent them any way wen i looked at the ped its a harthog and a neice to it apparently got sold for £9,000 its not thrown anything out yet this is the last year il be keppin it if nothin flys from him

thats what i mean when i said some fanciers just presume they can off load the stray onto the finder, its not your problem or responsability if he has sorted his pairs out.........he should have thought about that when he sent it racing. hope it breeds a good un for you rene, but it just shows some are cheeky b******s

very true mate

hi rene, are you sending tonight.....?

no mate im not sending having a rest this week tryin to keep the one i do have for my dads trophy and pos the BBC bourdaux then just con on my YBs thats if all go's to plan that is