percy away with my open winner first time out

Subject: percy away with my open winner first time out Thu Mar 24, 2011 7:00 am

cant believe it birds out for first time since racing stopped last year and percys away with my open winner out of 16 birds it just has to be that hen i have two off her at least but would have rather had her back the cocks bringing up the two youngsters his self ok as there 15 days old
ps thats the lows of the sport starting early this year lets hope for a better race season

hen hawk vanished from our lofts last week never to be seen again, yesterday another took its place calling when flying above lofts, they need a killer disease

stormqueen wrote:: cant believe it birds out for first time since racing stopped last year and percys away with my open winner out of 16 birds it just has to be that hen i have two off her at least but would have rather had her back the cocks bringing up the two youngsters his self ok as there 15 days old
ps thats the lows of the sport starting early this year lets hope for a better race season

Sorry to hear the bad news mate looks like you have had your bad luck now before the season starts

very sorry to hear your bad news, you must be absolutelty gutted atb

well lets hope that it gets better from now on allways hoping she turns up hurted but liitle chance of that now thats been three days just really sick she was on my hand every morning eating out of one hand standing on the other why is it allways your best that gets it.

we put a hen away a month ago a 07 hen never been in a basket never been tossed . took it 37 miles let it up when darkness was just starting to come down and the hen came back last week was out for 4 weeks dodging hawlks the lot and my open winner gets out for 30 mins and gets taken its just not right

gutted for you mate , carry on regardless pigeons these days have a very short life span .
i try not to get to attached to the birds cos if you do things like this happen , these past few seasons i taken to having a open loft pigeons are ment to fly not to be locked up all day and in 2 years i have lost no more than 2 or 3 birds to the hawk , im in a position where i can have the birds out with out up setting the neighbours
and when they spot any hawks there heads go sky wards and there straight in the loft , im also very lucky to have up to 12 buzzards flying over head every day and i think i might be wrong but they tend to keep the other hawks away this is some thing i have done now for 2 years and it works ok for me . cherrs kev

Youngbird Posts : 3337 Join date : 2010-09-22 Age : 85

so sorry to hear

o well up wards and on wards
just have to breed another one
nothing ealse for it
not so simple to do but thinking about what i have now not what i lost. Wink

In egg (newbie) Posts : 28 Join date : 2009-11-02

stormqueen wrote:: cant believe it birds out for first time since racing stopped last year and percys away with my open winner out of 16 birds it just has to be that hen i have two off her at least but would have rather had her back the cocks bringing up the two youngsters his self ok as there 15 days old
ps thats the lows of the sport starting early this year lets hope for a better race season

gary which race was it your 1st open with and what distance also how old was the pigeon in question .these hawks are everywhere i see the percy everyday . i was watching percy on sunday whilst at work and what a noise they were making sqeeling back and forth . there was a guy on site yesterday with a harris hawk and i told him about them he said its just them showing off to each other before they get ready to nest . god help our doos these cannibals are everywhere

sorry to hear this john, it always seems to be the best ones that get took............hope it doesnt come back. Evil or Very Mad

In egg (newbie) Posts : 28 Join date : 2009-11-02

DAVID wrote:: sorry to hear this john, it always seems to be the best ones that get took............hope it doesnt come back.

it will be back trust me they are everywhere clown

DAVID wrote:: sorry to hear this john, it always seems to be the best ones that get took............hope it doesnt come back.

a well david we will just have to try and breed another one this year. fingers crossed

hope you do well again , look forward to hearing how they do for you............ Very Happy

when does your old birds racing start ?

Hatchling Posts : 558 Join date : 2009-04-22

sorry to hear this mate, all the best for the coming season sunny

DAVID wrote:: hope you do well again , look forward to hearing how they do for you............ when does your old birds racing start ?

23rrd david the birds was out today for first time so alot of work to do with them to get fit now

havnt even had mine out yet , but will get them out after the weekend when i part my ybs........... Very Happy

Youngbird Posts : 3337 Join date : 2010-09-22 Age : 85

you should be fine david, i worried too much about the ybs first thinking what may happen....but it never did happen so i just let them out now and pray they all come back in Laughing

will be parting my ybs maybe about tue or wednsday, then will be getting them out every day if possible..............

should be ok david the sparrow hawk hens are sitting on there eggs now at least with you lads

hope so, it would be nice to get them knowing their surrounds in peace.......also i`ll have to put them straight onto the dark as the clocks altered a few days ago....... Crying or Very sad

weaning ybs tommorrow, so need to get my covers sorted out for darkness........ affraid

will a week or so make any difference as they should have gone onto it when the clocks altered............ scratch

i will put another 4 ybs over next week david and they will go straight on the dark but was told they need 12 weeks on the system maybe some of the other lads might be able to throw some light on the subject sorry for the pun lol

Youngbird Posts : 3337 Join date : 2010-09-22 Age : 85

Would like to hear if this is ok too that as long as they are on darkness for 12 weeks if it matters if you start later.

percy took one of my good hens straight off the loft and was eating it only a few feet away behind the neighbours bin.i was wondering what happened to it when a half hour later i saw percy on the tree next to my loft cleaning his beak on the branch.i did notice a bit earlier crows and magpies were gathering round the tree like vultures.anyway looked over the neighbours fence to see lots of feathers and two wings still attached to the skeliton.

In egg (newbie) Posts : 28 Join date : 2009-11-02

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stormqueen wrote:: cant believe it birds out for first time since racing stopped last year and percys away with my open winner out of 16 birds it just has to be that hen i have two off her at least but would have rather had her back the cocks bringing up the two youngsters his self ok as there 15 days old
ps thats the lows of the sport starting early this year lets hope for a better race season

gary which race was it your 1st open with and what distance also how old was the pigeon in question .these hawks are everywhere i see the percy everyday . i was watching percy on sunday whilst at work and what a noise they were making sqeeling back and forth . there was a guy on site yesterday with a harris hawk and i told him about them he said its just them showing off to each other before they get ready to nest . god help our doos these cannibals are everywhere

yes gary sickening for you losing your first fed doo Crying or Very sad

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