Elimar .......?

cant get onto elimar, looks like they have a problem, or is it me .....?

anyone else get onto it ?

No the site is down David by look of things

thanks colin, ive birds ending today, just wondered what was happening with them ......

i just put 3 on yesterday on a 2 day auction ........i normally put 6 - 7 on in a group, so its worth the £45 + for the cost of a courier, but i just happened to have 3 ready, and couldnt make numbers up , next groups are a couple of weeks off, so just put them on cheap .

one has a third bar, and handles lovely,wouldnt have minded keeping it for future stock, but cant keep them all .........

good luck with the sales david

thanks darren, i dontthink they will make much, seeing as there is only 3 of them......it will cost as much paying the courier

2 hours to go, they making £60 , more than i thought for just 3 birds ......

lets hope they pay

David wrote:

2 hours to go, they making £60 , more than i thought for just 3 birds ......

lets hope they pay

one can but hope etc David .

yep, sold for £60, happy enough with that for 3 birds ............will have around another four lots of 6 in the next week or two, hopefully they will make more

Well done dave glad to see you are moving them OK

thanks mark, yes they are selling ok at the moment, i think ive around 30 in the nest at the moment, so thats 5 lots of 6 hopefully.......i just hope im not too late with them as most will have already got their yb teams i would think .

David wrote:

thanks mark, yes they are selling ok at the moment, i think ive around 30 in the nest at the moment, so thats 5 lots of 6 hopefully.......i just hope im not too late with them as most will have already got their yb teams i would think .

At those prices David why should anyone breed their own.

A full young bird race team for far less than some pay for one dicky stock pigeon.

No problem with dummy eggs or fighting etc: all on a plate.

If I was a youngster starting up would buy 24 young birds fly them full programme and use  the best as breeders on a continual basis, all open loft.

Cannot understand some of the individual prices paid for untried young off so called champions.   

Hope rest goes well.

Regards.

yes misty, they are going for a price cheap enough to race, cant understand some fanciers paying silly money for un tested ybs, simply because they have a piece of paper showing parentage etc .........a pedigree is only as good as the man who wrote it.

the thing which bugs me, is adverts in the BHW where fanciers are advertising ybs or older birds, and not quoting what they have won, simply reeling off what the grandparents or great grandparents have done, and putting a high price on them.

even if the grandparents have raced well, it doesnt necessary mean they will breed birds to win ........

i think £20 a bird is cheap enough for anyone to race .

if you were starting up again misty, i would breed you some for free ........

David wrote:

yes misty, they are going for a price cheap enough to race, cant understand some fanciers paying silly money for un tested ybs, simply because they have a piece of paper showing parentage etc .........a pedigree is only as good as the man who wrote it.

the thing which bugs me, is adverts in the BHW where fanciers are advertising ybs or older birds, and not quoting what they have won, simply reeling off what the grandparents or great grandparents have done, and putting a high price on them.

even if the grandparents have raced well, it doesnt necessary mean they will breed birds to win ........

i think £20 a bird is cheap enough for anyone to race .

if you were starting up again misty, i would breed you some for free ........

Yes David when you consider the different prices paid for paper pigeons as opposed to performance pigeons with no long pedigree it  seems unreal.

After your kind offer  of starting me up, I am going to see a specialist  in rejuvination, if  he can knock 50 years off my body and mental state Iwill be giving you a call.

Thanks.

Regards.

buyer phoned me this afternoon, said would it be ok if they collected them themselves, will be coming from newcastle area ......probably cheaper than a courier, plus the ybs wont be in a box for nearly two days .

sounds good to me .

especially worth it if he brings his part-way training David

yes, good thinking colin,

David wrote:

buyer phoned me this afternoon, said would it be ok if they collected them themselves, will be coming from newcastle area ......probably cheaper than a courier, plus the ybs wont be in a box for nearly two days .

sounds good to me .

Maybe get another order for the later young ones if you show him the stock birds.  David.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Regards.

fancier collected his ybs this morning, decent chap, recently returned to racing after 20 years away .....

theres more of us doing it after 20 years away eh colin ........

David wrote:

fancier collected his ybs this morning, decent chap, recently returned to racing after 20 years away .....

theres more of us doing it after 20 years away eh colin ........

You see sometimes it's not all doom and gloom David, still needs a lot more fanciers starting up though, big ask.

x fanciers seems more common starting back up, than new fanciers i think colin.....i told the fellow today that i restarted 10 years ago after 20years away, i also told him that in a lot of ways i wish i hadnt, and thats true .......if i didnt have pigeons now, im pretty sure i wouldnt start back up

David wrote:

fancier collected his ybs this morning, decent chap, recently returned to racing after 20 years away .....

theres more of us doing it after 20 years away eh colin ........

Glad your happy etc David win, win all round it appears .

group of 7 about to run out shortly on elimar ...doing nicely had 17 bids on them ,

got another 12 - 14 after these finish .

David wrote:

group of 7 about to run out shortly on elimar ...doing nicely had 17 bids on them ,

got another 12 - 14 after these finish .

Leeds' equivalent of Louella churning them out

Good luck David they always look well mate.

they sold colin, fancier in totton, hampshire, bought them ........just hope he pays for them

Good job David, you need a bit of better luck after the last shambles.

Good to see so many interested bodes well for the next lot.

Maybe be able to borrow a few bob.

Regards.