23 days away

yup had one return from 23 days ago this morning lost him in a race in the midlands he had been coming well before that ..about 5 primaries missing in the one wing ,thin as a rake and feet caked in dried mud ,still has race rubber on ...glad to see him but of course finished until next yr ,never nighted out before 2 year old cock ,see ya never know whats happens to them eh but fair play to the bird been some awful weather of late but today was first north wind for some time so he probably got up early this morning and thought "yeah i can make it in a tailwind with my half wing"

good bird to come home after 23 days away darren, obviously he`s had a mishap of some sort ........just shows the love of home stays strong in them eh .

Great news Darren probably a BOP gone into the flock and they’ve scattered them into a bush of tree and damaged itself, i had a BOP skim over my loft last week, all mine scattered in every direction, my best yearling flew down the small gap next to my loft, it came out nervously about an hour later limping with loads of feathers missing from underneath, it hit the corner of the wooden box I keep the mouse poison in.

If only our feathered friends could talk, some stories I believe would be unbelievable.

At least it is now back home and probably be very hard to lose in the future.

Regards.

To me that would be a keeper. Shows determination!!!

Boosey wrote:

Great news Darren probably a BOP gone into the flock and they’ve scattered them into a bush of tree and damaged itself, i had a BOP skim over my loft last week, all mine scattered in every direction, my best yearling flew down the small gap next to my loft, it came out nervously about an hour later limping with loads of feathers missing from underneath, it hit the corner of the wooden box I keep the mouse poison in.

sorry to hear that steve always the better ones it seems to happen to eh atb for the rest of the season ....this bird has been getting some food from somewhere its thin but survived eh...one of the lucky ones or a natural survivor ? either way he is doing very well just feeding him some energy + at the moment easily digestible and vits in the water and confined to his box for a few days atb

Glad its back Darren just see how it comes through the moult now

oldstrain wrote:

yup had one return from 23 days ago this morning lost him in a race in the midlands he had been coming well before that ..about 5 primaries missing in the one wing ,thin as a rake and feet caked in dried mud ,still has race rubber on ...glad to see him but of course finished until next yr ,never nighted out before 2 year old cock ,see ya never know whats happens to them eh but fair play to the bird been some awful weather of late but today was first north wind for some time so he probably got up early this morning and thought "yeah i can make it in a tailwind with my half wing"

That's is great to see Daz, what a pigeon he could have taken the easy route but no just shows the determination of the pigeon wanting to get home after being hit by the BOP

Hes earned another year racing fingers crossed he can have a great moult and be ready for next year