RPRA Oneloft entries

looks like premier olr has put a list up i could be wrong was to be 600 birds think it may be 261 now not sure what they started with

i think pigeon fanciers have give it a miss george, what with the cost of living and the one lofts taking people for mugs, they have decided not to bother .

i wonder how many got home from he other olr hot spot it was 90 they started with 800

rpra olr birds were basketed yesterday and taken one mile and released the weather held up so there was no holdover

George & Morgan wrote:

rpra olr birds were basketed yesterday and taken one mile and released the weather held up so there was no holdover

A real test, the poor little blighters can see more than a mile and will think what the ???? is going on.

Does more harm than good.

They never seem to learn from one year to another these managers.

.Regards.

i was in it o15:30:10ne year he took them 3 mls and lost 300 also only 2 birds on the day from the final that year

the other olr says the older birds went ranging took the younger birds with them some have been lost

George & Morgan wrote:

i was in it o15:30:10ne year he took them 3 mls and lost 300 also only 2 birds on the day from the final that year

Should be on open loft George all day.

Manager should be there all the time.

They would be on the move most of the time not sat on perches stagnating.

First training should be no less than 30 miles.

Afraid pigeons more intelligent than managers but managers fail to realis the fact.

Regards.

I know nothing about racing really but sending young birds 1 mile down the road which should have been ranging is a joke

David wrote:

I know nothing about racing really but sending young birds 1 mile down the road which should have been ranging is a joke

You do not need to know anything about racing David to know from nature that a pigeon does not need to be shown the way home in stages it needs only to be physically and healthy enough to return from any distance asked of it, and if it is not it will get lost.

Fanciers train to get their pigeons fit it does nothing more and if they are on open loft they need no training at all.

Fact not fiction or theory.

Last year I raced had 16yearlings never seen a basket, did not race year before.

8 Straight into 60 mile race, all back not up with winners in the club I flew with but up with local club.

The other 8 straight into second race, same result.

Found it too hard to travel and could not do my fair share of work in the club, although one young fancier said sit down we will see to the pigeons.

So I stopped racing until the water races started and decided to send four to test them, 350 miles.

Clocked two, still rubbers in STB unopened, another returned later in the day.

Never raced again.

So all a pigeon has to be is healthy capable and have the desire to get back.

Lets be fair which pigeon would enjoy life in a OL.



Regards.

olr birds have been jumped from one mile to 3 miles that will suit the distance birds

these few I got been 4m, 10m and then this week 20m next one will be 35m and that will be as far as they go. Can't afford the petrol to be up and down motorway every day through YB season.

have you still got them all Colin

olr i'm in start training next week from 6mls and will do a hand scan

George & Morgan wrote:

have you still got them all Colin

yes touch wood george

always gave mine a 5mile toss first time,then swiftly onto 10 miles then 24 miles they were my only 3 tossing points and i dont think it does any harm letting them have a taste prior to the races but some train daily me 8 tosses before yb season started then i would stop

I've never had much luck with 1 mile trainers, they tend to go off ranging from where they are liberated and some get lost/attacked or come home the day after....

thing is David to basket 1170 birds for one ml toss is silly

George & Morgan wrote:

thing is David to basket 1170 birds for one ml toss is silly

Agree entirely George, stupid does not begin to explain it.

The pigeons will not have had the time to settle down in the baskets before being tossed up and then will be able to see their loft so how any can get lost ?.

Cannot see one thing it does to help the pigeons.

Regards.

remember on a visit to the lofts of the late Ken Hine a good distance flier and he said i take my ybs 40 mls first toss i don't worry how long they take to get home but would never keep a bird he had to collect

Premier olr has 240 birds home from 8ml trainer but no were can you find how many went

my olr basked the birds for first training toss nd got as far as next farm and the trailer had a puncture

hot days with a blue sky for pigeon racing does not bode well for the falcon can see for miles and once them pigeons have been terrorised and flown well off course they de-hydrate and then its game over ,one lofts are mainly homers anyway by the time the final comes around due to all the silly tosses ,what they get out of a mile toss is beyond me as they will come out of the transporter and just mess about as they can see the loft

mine should start to-morrow first toss 5 mls at least my 3 birds are on the list

thats great news george and i hope you get some joy in the hotspots/final that would be great to hear...good luck to you george