Love at first site

had a cock that wouldn't pair up, put him with about five hens, just wasnt interested so i just kept him just in case. had hen come back last week i lost her in the 2nd week in august so i cankered her and treated her. After the week i put her in the widowhood shed and what do you know these two have paired. i lost her for six months now i cant even put my hand in there box with out them both attacking me.

And these birds came back on the first ever race to win 1st and 2nd club

has anyone had any strange things like this

i had a pair of ybs that had paired i lost the hen for 2 months and her cock sulked until her return,this month i paired them with different partners and would they take no so i put them back together and all is harmony as i did not want to upset the cock as he won a first place last yb season and i exspect good things of him this coming season ,i do believe that certain pairs just click and are best left together if they are racers

i parted all my young birds last year so i dont think they paired together but if this keeps them happy so am i

[quote="wraggydoll2008"]i parted all my young birds last year so i dont think they paired together but if this keeps them happy so am i[/quo i only bred 10 so i left them together it seemed to motivate them though this year i have bred later and will have a few more but i will still leave them together unless they start to pair prior to raceing as i found last year they got lazy once they paired and need to be trained as soon as they do

this cud be a matched pair ive just lucked them up in book and the cock is 1 i got off a pair off simeon turner ,he is a scrbe in the raceing pigeon , the hen is off neil steptoe from sussex he won the national last year fingers crossed

wraggydoll2008 wrote:

this cud be a matched pair ive just lucked them up in book and the cock is 1 i got off a pair off simeon turner ,he is a scrbe in the raceing pigeon , the hen is off neil steptoe from sussex he won the national last year fingers crossed

good luck with them wraggy doll

hopr they breede some winners for you wraggy, it muxt be fate the cock wouldnt pair to other hens and then the hen returning...................

i thought he was crossed with a hawk at 1 time he scalped 1 hen

i had one this yeaqr who scalped his hen, after a day or so tho it didnt look too bad and is hardly recognisable now............you do sometimes get this with cocks which are aggressive so its always best to put somethiing in the nestbox for the hen to get out of the way if need be......

should have taken my own advise too eh.........

so is six months a long time for a pigeon to get home then

wraggydoll2008 wrote:

so is six months a long time for a pigeon to get home then

not if it walked

just depends wraqggydoll, what sort of condition was she in when she came home...? if she was living rough she could have been flying hundreds of miles all aroubnd the country for the last 6 months, or maybe someone had her in their loft....???

nice 1

oldstrain wrote:

wraggydoll2008 wrote:

so is six months a long time for a pigeon to get home then

not if it walked

she ad dryed mud on her ring thats all feathers nice wottle white

quite possible she has been in somewhere by the sounds of it to me wraggydoll, if her condition was good but just mud on her ring it could mean she stopped for a drink on the way home............

i had a hen missing for 5 weeks durig racing who had been living rough, she was in a pretty poor state by the time she got back home, and this was in the summer.....

been down for a drink then somewhere

i had one come back after 6 weeks with a grubby chest and muddy feet but dont think it went in anywhere and will give her another chance

david do u no any flyers in morley

yes this is what im thinking darren, sounds like someone has had her in their loft and either let he out or shes escaped, and stopped for water on the way home.....

david do u no any flyers from morley

DAVID wrote:

yes this is what im thinking darren, sounds like someone has had her in their loft and either let he out or shes escaped, and stopped for water on the way home.....

yes seems that way mate

HI WRAGGYDOLL, NOT REALLY BUT MIGHT RECOGNISE THE ODD NAME OR TWO if they are top flyers. like you do.........

i think his name was jackson i got a strag in years ago this bird turned out to be a grate racer for my mate wen a kepted allsorts

i do know a flyer called jackson, im not sure if he lives in morley but i thinks its somewhere over that side of leeds...........hes and older man but he has been the top flyer in his club for years and years, ive had some good info and advise from him over the last year or so but dont see him now because the pigeon supply shop he worked in has closed down now....