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free hens to any forum members who may be short of any,due to us only flying widow cocks we have some spare ,all have raced the programme some have scored
to all have raced the yb programme racing north to 190 miles ,this years and last years birds are available all would be ready to pair as and when as all through the moult,frans Zwols breeding sorry no cocks though ...if not they stay here as too good to cull ,thanks for looking

Great offer darren

great offer darren, im sure they will do someone a good turn breeding..........i need to get rid of at least half of my birds, had a letter today about the land my lofts are on, looks like its going to be a small loft in the garden if im to carry on ......

It s hard to understand with all the good will and help available to both existing and the (hopefully) new members why our sport is not flourishing.

Despite all the virtual reality available once you come into close contact with our feathered friends one cannot help but be enamoured by their abilities.

I think too much emphasis has been placed on matters that are in the main beneficial to the money boys and the grass root fanciers needs ignored.

I think it is time the grass root fanciers took an interest in how the spot is conducted before it is too late.

Regards.

i think if a pigeon is offered free, people tend to think they are rubbish, and only pigeons with a high price tag are any good .......its not always the case, many a free bird has bred or raced well .

I agree David.

Would be very interesting to calculate the number of pigeons bred by studs every year and any useful pigeons being bred and the same from small back garden lofts.

Then from gift birds and exchanges along with strays.

Bet it would be a real eye opener or the studs would have been out of the sport within a couple of years, if a reasonable number of winners and breeders of winners
were bred for a couple of years.

Once you have commercialism you have problems.

Regards.

yes correct david stick £100 on each bird they would be gone ...these are cracking hens ,not really that bothered if they stay here ...I will have to devise a plan for them if so .maybe gear them up for the old hens amalgamation race ,looked through and they have all scored down the club some more than once ...I am really sorry to hear about the lofts david

oldstrain wrote:

yes correct david stick £100 on each bird they would be gone ...these are cracking hens ,not really that bothered if they stay here ...I will have to devise a plan for them if so .maybe gear them up for the old hens amalgamation race ,looked through and they have all scored down the club some more than once ...I am really sorry to hear about the lofts david

Daz that's a fantastic offer, and yes if you asked £100 they would be gone now

Why don't you take a picture off each pigeon and up load it on the sites facebook page mate??

to be honest don I only want um going to a regular or longstanding member I will put a few pics on the forum

David wrote:

i think if a pigeon is offered free, people tend to think they are rubbish, and only pigeons with a high price tag are any good .......its not always the case, many a free bird has bred or raced well .

Mine, culls, used to go for meat to a Portugese flier. Then he bred off a couple. They won for him. Others heard about this os no problem giving them away. As you may know, recently got rid of about a 100. Pointed out the useless ones to the guy. He was happy with them.

all gone now ,thanks for looking ...pensioner returning to the sport in my area is having all 4 of them

Was a fancier of long standing. Was around pigeons for over 80 years in the end. Only had one winner incidentally, and that was the Pinnacle Lerwick race and got the 'Gold Cup, four years before he died … We all were so very pleased for him ( Mind a knowledgeable lad went and helped him believe it or not and he ….
Well from his 20's onwards very member took their culls to him for his soups and pies.

Good you have found good homes for them, old fanciers know the works.

Do not be down hearted when he shows you how it's done.

Regards.

glad to hear you found a good home for them darren,

does he want another 30 .............

David wrote:

glad to hear you found a good home for them darren,

does he want another 30 .............

Do as I've just done here etc David maybe . Decided my time has come as such so just opened the stock loft doors here to cut my numbers down. End of the story I now have one empty stock loft going to waste.