Pigeons, there in the ya Blood

Was out playing snooker last nite, on way to hall noticed a pigeon sitting in a shop doorway, this was about 9pm, pigeon hunched up looking tired, played game till 11pm, pigeon on my mind as concerned neighbourhood moggy would have it for supper, so after finishing at 11pm made a detour to see if still there, it was so picked it up, turned out to be a very tired yearling chequer racing pigeon from tynemouth North, just over the water from us, gonna look after it for a few days and send it back via transporter, reckon any non pigeon fancier would have left it but always been a soft touch where a racing pigeon is concerned, reckon it overflew on saturday with shields rivenhall pigeons. Pigeons, there in ya blood. Think thats why I will never have any real success as its a hobby to me and I would never kill a healthy bird.

good on you mate its nice to hear when others care

well done paul, good to see there are still some caring people around..........im the same, could never kill a pigeon myself.......had an ill yb a couple of weeks ago and after giving it a chance for a week had no choice but to put it out of its misery which really was the kindest thing to do in this case.


well done paul.

yes once there in your blood there for life I've had em since I was 6 in my old dads hen pen, packed in racing twice but always had a few pigeons about me, I showed for about 12yrs must have kept 20+ different breeds, couldn't imagine not having any!!!

must be in the blood pete, i packed in for 20 years then came back to it two years ago......just cant seem to get away from them.................

yeah they there in ya blood for sure.i had them all my life as may dad had them well before i was born and so his dad before him so well in my blood,once a pigeon fancier always a pigeon fancier.i had a break for 8 years do to work and family matters but i missed them so much i will never be without them now no matter what, the shitty lot who live around me even tried complaining to the councle about my birds say they were dirty and smelly the councle came round took one look and said no probs there cant see what they complaining about and told me to cary on doing what i doing with the birds and no one can do anything about it, so yeah mate pigeons are well in ya blood

Paul wrote:

Was out playing snooker last nite, on way to hall noticed a pigeon sitting in a shop doorway, this was about 9pm, pigeon hunched up looking tired, played game till 11pm, pigeon on my mind as concerned neighbourhood moggy would have it for supper, so after finishing at 11pm made a detour to see if still there, it was so picked it up, turned out to be a very tired yearling chequer racing pigeon from tynemouth North, just over the water from us, gonna look after it for a few days and send it back via transporter, reckon any non pigeon fancier would have left it but always been a soft touch where a racing pigeon is concerned, reckon it overflew on saturday with shields rivenhall pigeons. Pigeons, there in ya blood. Think thats why I will never have any real success as its a hobby to me and I would never kill a healthy bird.

the trouble with putting it on porter not many keep them when they have been brought back on porter , i would feed it up and water it and let it find its own way back

Yes Im the same and totally agree, it gets under the skin and thats it hooked forever. I used to visit the Islands off our coast on a regular basis and always tried catchin the Irish strays that never made it over. I looked after them and then realeased them or reported them but the Irish boys never want them back but I did it anyway.

Paul your right once pigeons are in your blood there is no going back

ian wrote:

the trouble with putting it on porter not many keep them when they have been brought back on porter , i would feed it up and water it and let it find its own way back

Spot on Ian and very true, we all know they make mistakes and always feel better if they find them sat on loft after making a mistake

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