Bird Reported in Holland, any ideas?

Just recieved the dreaded letter from NEHU, after racing from Lille a couple of weeks go one of my Pigeons has been reported in holland, letter says non fancier so gonna write a letter asking for details, condition of bird etc, dont know what to do as cant afford to pay postage, cost a fortune, any ideas anyone. no telephone contact number either.

dont know what to say about that mate.the rules are its your responsiblity to gat it back home.i send you a pm

hi paul, tricky situation your in, as its a none fancier obviously they wont want to keep it and then again you can expect them to dispose of it like you could a pigeon fancier..........i would emagine it would be very expensive to get the bird returned to you and cant think of how you would do it......??? as they are none fanciers they are within their rights to have the bird humainly disposed of if you dont want it back and they only way for them would be by taking it to a vet which when you think about it could be cheaper than getting it back home to you.......

at a loss as to what to say to do about it, hopefully other members might be able to offer good advise.

I have a good idea for you, I have bought birds from europigeons based in holland, they transport hear all the time, I bet he would get it for you and transport it back for you. They are on the net www.europigeons.biz

good idea martyn, excellent advise.................

Nice one Martyn good info

How far aproximately did the bird fly? Only curious.

hi niel, good to see you on.........hope the birds are well and ready for racing and taking up where you left off last season.

Hahaha, my racing season is over before it began, one guy make me an offer for all my birds , after i beat him time and again at the training tosses, i could not resist.
I have learnt one thing, he does not know, Good pigeons is the basis of racing, but with poor management, is worth nothing.

I am planning a trip to Netherland an belguim to purchace some new stock.
I was thinking about Koopmans and janssen pigeons maybe 2 pairs.

Grizzle cock wrote:

Hahaha, my racing season is over before it began, one guy make me an offer for all my birds , after i beat him time and again at the training tosses, i could not resist.
I have learnt one thing, he does not know, Good pigeons is the basis of racing, but with poor management, is worth nothing.

why would anybody get rid of all there birds before racing cant understand neil no price could buy my birds before racing them

Grizzle cock wrote:

I am planning a trip to Netherland an belguim to purchace some new stock.
I was thinking about Koopmans and janssen pigeons maybe 2 pairs.

seen some koopman y/bs for sale on another site class looking y/bs £100 each

Grizzle cock wrote:

I am planning a trip to Netherland an belguim to purchace some new stock.
I was thinking about Koopmans and janssen pigeons maybe 2 pairs.

might as well go for the good stuff niel, lets face it you only need a few good pairs of proven birds and your laughing, good luck with the new birds....

p.s. your right regarding the pigeons and management, do you remember malcolm saying "you can buy the bird, but you cant buy the man" this is true in my view......also a good pigeonman said something to me a few weeks ago and it made me realise he was right, "MOST PIGEONS ARE NO GOOD" and he was right too........

David they are the truest words spokern mate

made me face reality don, the man bred me some ybs and when he gave them to me he said, these are off this and that winner........so i thought great, good ybs.......then he said "but they most likely wont be any good" so i said what you on about ? most pigeons are no good he said, and he was right........

At first i didnt understand the phrase"you can buy the pigeons but not the man"
But now i totally understand, Talking about malcolm , i tried his training at dusk methods , believe me that is great stuff. Health management and observation is vital in the sport.
Is malcolm still with us?

Hi Grizzel cock, malcolm is a freind of mine on facebook and i was asked by David to send a message which i have last week and have not had a reply yet but as soon as i have a reply will inform you all of his reply

Must say his comments were spot on and very good so i hope i can hear from him soon and let everyone know

yes don, please let me know if you hear from him, i enjoyed his posts very much........

DAVID wrote:

yes don, please let me know if you hear from him, i enjoyed his posts very much........

he was on line earlier david if it the same one

ah right, no thats not the same malcolm rene........the malcolm we are talking about uses the name "chanco" and he hasnt been on site for quite a long time, i know you are very interested in the war and being liberated......maybe you might find this post of malcolms interesting.


https://pigeons.forumotion.com/general-discussions-f2/pow-in-germany-t250.htm#7121

that was a good read mate thanks for that wished i would of seen that before i done everything that would of made a good read for others at our liberation site

glad you enjoyed reading it rene, im sure you might find more of malcolms posts equaly interesting too........................

Whats happened to the bird in holland, has it been recovered?