6 mistakes to avoid in racing pigeons

6 mistakes in racing pigeons for beginners make you wiser
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I kept pigeons since 1979 when I was a kid and I still make mistakes and I bet we all do

i think i make mistakes every day..........but hey ho, they get fed, and watered, grit and minerals and cleaned out every so often, so thats good enough for me .

Always learning with pigeons   always

Biggest mistake is having the bugger's

Wouldn't be without them but I must admit if I was on my own it might be a different story. I missed out on a lot over the years with keeping them but I am making up for that now with being 3 of us . It makes it a lot easier. I would honestly struggle on my own and take my hats off to you that are

peel bros wrote:

I kept pigeons since 1979 when I was a kid and I still make mistakes and I bet we all do

Will second that Ray I MAKE LOADS

alzajilalmaghribi wrote:

6 mistakes in racing pigeons for  beginners make you wiser
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welcome

Thanks for that etc Alzaj been here for years trying to find out what I've been doing wrong as such . Now I've finely found out thanks to your effort .  


*****

made more than 6 this year

Whats the biggest and most regrettable mistake  you have ever done.. one of ours was to kill a hen by mistake that bred a fed topper  total mix up in the ring number..still regret than even now

paired an unsettled stock hen to a widowhood cock, let her out by mistake never seen again. The 2 nestmate youngsters got swapped and reared under another pair were 1st and 2nd fed as yearlings

A friend, Bill Halifax gave me a dark cock I took a liking to as a young bird, very well bred.

It paired to two sister blue hens and both nested next to each other under the nest boxes. (nusance).

He sat with both hens at times and all four young were reared.

All blues.

I killed him because he was a nuisance. (after the young were reared)

All four youngster scored over time and also won in shows.


Not a happy bunny after the following events.


All were open loft.


Regards.

I would have been gutted

peel bros wrote:

Whats the biggest and most regrettable mistake  you have ever done.. one of ours was to kill a hen by mistake that bred a fed topper  total mix up in the ring number..still regret than even now

Tossing my pigeons on the side of a highway at a place called Wallan here. Birds took off heading north with a gale up their backside few minutes later come back at ground level heading south into the gale on the way home. Only problem was they decided to take on the oncoming traffic, travelling at 60 odd miles an hour head on where my car & baskets were. Total carnage I'm & the worst part, for me was a cop car 3rd in line who saw it all unfold & then gave me a good lecture on the finer points of the road laws as they understood them . End of the day     not a good one & especially     when I got home & then had to explain to my other half here I'm         why I required urgently hundreds of dollars to fix some one else's brand new car which he had had, for only a week    .

Jesus that horrendous...keep them coming lads . I think that's the best one yet so to speak..frightening

peel bros wrote:

Jesus that horrendous...keep them coming lads . I think that's the best one yet so to speak..frightening

I was just thankful etc Ray on the day  it was just my B team as such . Now I see that side of ours  lost their first game for the season the other day still going Ok thou I suggest & certainly better than that Bristol side I see fortunately.  

Still horrible and regarding Sunderland   they were rubbish and I mean rubbish

Expensive training toss Knackered.

Think very mixxed feelings involved and none good ones.

Regards.

Knackered wrote:

peel bros wrote:

Whats the biggest and most regrettable mistake  you have ever done.. one of ours was to kill a hen by mistake that bred a fed topper  total mix up in the ring number..still regret than even now

Tossing my pigeons on the side of a highway at a place called Wallan here. Birds took off heading north with a gale up their backside few minutes later come back at ground level heading south into the gale on the way home. Only problem was they decided to take on the oncoming traffic, travelling at 60 odd miles an hour head on where my car & baskets were. Total carnage I'm & the worst part, for me was a cop car 3rd in line who saw it all unfold & then gave me a good lecture on the finer points of the road laws as they understood them . End of the day     not a good one & especially     when I got home & then had to explain to my other half here I'm         why I required urgently hundreds of dollars to fix some one else's brand new car which he had had, for only a week    .

got nout to match that pal, should have done the decent thing and thrown yourself on to your scraper

Haha

few years ago our club had a member who would take the birds training for anyone who wanted them to go, and he would sometimes take them for the odd open race we held........anyway he was a bit of a drinker, and called into the pub on the way to the liberation point.

when he came out the trailer of pigeons had gone, not sure if the car had too, but never heard if the birds made it home or not ........

redrog wrote:

Knackered wrote:

peel bros wrote:

Whats the biggest and most regrettable mistake  you have ever done.. one of ours was to kill a hen by mistake that bred a fed topper  total mix up in the ring number..still regret than even now

Tossing my pigeons on the side of a highway at a place called Wallan here. Birds took off heading north with a gale up their backside few minutes later come back at ground level heading south into the gale on the way home. Only problem was they decided to take on the oncoming traffic, travelling at 60 odd miles an hour head on where my car & baskets were. Total carnage I'm & the worst part, for me was a cop car 3rd in line who saw it all unfold & then gave me a good lecture on the finer points of the road laws as they understood them . End of the day     not a good one & especially     when I got home & then had to explain to my other half here I'm         why I required urgently hundreds of dollars to fix some one else's brand new car which he had had, for only a week    .

got nout to match that pal, should have done the decent thing and thrown yourself on to your scraper

No time for that etc I'm   at the time Rog irate drivers attacking me from all directions, 2 young keen young buck type female coppers reading the riot act to me as such as if I was some young kid type. End of the day one of those memory type moments that many would find hard to believe I suspect somehow but it's all true sadly.

If you are going to make a mistake, why not make it a REAL one.

Would have taken me ( and no doubt you) years to come to terms with such an unfortunate event.

Sad how such circumstances arrise from innocent activities.

As an unforunate occurance as I have heard of.

Feel for you Knackered.

Regards.