fed up , new start

hi all , these past few months i haven,t realy had the pigeon bug just going through the motions if you no what i mean , so ive decided to have a short break from it all and im going to pull my loft down and start all over again new loft and new birds i might just keep a few back and keep them in my garden shed till every thing is ready . ive been put on short time at work have been for a couple of months now so just at the moment im not feeling that chipper so i think the break might do me good and the wife and kids will see more of me . any how enough of me cheers every one .

best of luck kev, hope work picks up and new start is the start of better things mate

hi kev, sorry to hear youve lost interest in them for the time being............i go through this myself often and think just the same as you, but then after a while i change my mind again............when you say new loft/new birds is it because youre not happy with the way they are racing/performing that youve lost interest ? maybe your right and the short break will rekindle your interest so hope all goes well for you and look forward to you still coming on site........good luck with whatever you decide.

a lot of it is down to to losing to many good birds one moment im clocking them in from the nationals
and the following season there going down at 70 plus miles , i sent two to the saintes national ok i was late but i got them both a few days later one off the birds just vanished in to thin air probably hawk attack ive lost all my pigeons this season what flew the nationals last season most of them from less than 80 miles is it hawks i don,t know i know the birds are healthy had them tested but i just can,t keep on losing good birds like this it might be cos ive been racing them down the south west route which is hawk infested so i might stop that and go back to what i was doing before and just private train them . ive got plenty of time to think it over to what im going to do i wount stop coming on here by the way i work at a local builders merchents so the wood wount be a problem very cheap and it will be done in stages to spread the cost .

must be heartbreaking and anouying when you loose good birds like that, especially when its a good chance it could be down to hawks/bops etc...........i read every week in the R.P. and B.H.W. about fanciers having to pack in because every time they let the birds out hawks are taking them, maybe a change of route like you say might lessen the amount of losses.....?

losing good birds to hawks and so on is why i wouldnt race my birds.i know how it feels to see one of the good onesw just going missing.i know it takes a lot of time to get racing pigeons the training needed so maybe you could take up a fancy pigeon.or maybe some perforning rollers,they are good to watch spinning 20-30 feet at a time.

used to have some rollers when i was a kid way way back all good fun
but having rollers down here i think would be to crule on them they would be just sitting targets
at least the racers have a slight chance of escape if there quick enough .

got home from work at tea time went down the birds and sitting on the loft
was the hen that went missing over a week ago so a bit happier to day
she as a broken flight but other than that she ok .

glad shes come home kev, just shows what a difference it can make to how your feeling about them when you get something good happen for a change........think the best thing is dont force yourself to like them, ive tried it and it doesnt work......if it isnt there you cant put it where it isnt, so just relax and enjoy them with no pressure, youll come round to liking them again im sure.

yes mate if you have these preditors on your doorstep then the rollers are sitting targets.the very same happened to me.

Its always sad to hear of people packing it in, but when they so clearly still want birds and forced to stop cause of this recession makes it more sad. GOOD LUCK ..and when you want to restart I for one would give you some babies from the best...

rudderfett wrote:

Its always sad to hear of people packing it in, but when they so clearly still want birds and forced to stop cause of this recession makes it more sad. GOOD LUCK ..and when you want to restart I for one would give you some babies from the best...

same here mate always willing to help where and when i can

thanks for comments guys that,s a realy nice offer very kind of you
it,s a combination of things realy but what realy toped it off for me was
a thread on pigeon chat about tarbes whatchers if you can go on there read my threads
and tell me if there is any thing on my thread to up set any one , when you read what i said about the UNC
im sorry i did not mean it i was so angry i just wanted them feel how i felt when they started to attack me for saying what i said .thanks