A few pics from the allotment today

Couldn't resist a trip to the allotments today to see how things are going.











Shame I didn't change the batteries in the camera before I went, but Kev has everything under control his end.
I just need to get my lot sorted now.

looking well gary seems he has it all undercontorle

all looking well gary, are yours paired up...?

Kev is an old hand. For a disabled guy, the new lofts have given him a new lease of life. 40 pairs paired up and 7 pairs now on eggs.
I just need to pair my 12 pairs, the bull cock and his four hens.
He has been at the loft till gone 9 at night. He's never been able to do that before.

your paired up early arnt you gary, ................

Gary Burgess wrote:

Kev is an old hand. For a disabled guy, the new lofts have given him a new lease of life. 40 pairs paired up and 7 pairs now on eggs.
I just need to pair my 12 pairs, the bull cock and his four hens.
He has been at the loft till gone 9 at night. He's never been able to do that before.

will you get your rings on time gary

It's just right mate, also some of them are going straight to stock and there's a few pairs just feeders. yeah, we get the rings on the 3rd we pick em up. if push comes to shove, we'll put GB rings on.

ok we dont get ours until the 10th

was reading on another forum the post strike could make the rings late, dont know if this is right tho but as long as you pick yours up it will be ok...........

The 10th mate, that's a bit rough. Are they NEHU?
There is always a post strike
RPRA usually send theirs out on the 23rd, if you order them direct. We've picked em up from the sorting office before today.

Ian nehu rings are available from the 3rd january and can be picked up by the fed sec from
the office.

get your pigeons rung early gary

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WOW-NEW-2012-SAUDI-PIGEON-RING-CARD-/270854754675?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f10339173#ht_522wt_1398

Cheers Alex. I could get NL rings, but I think it's cheating in some way.
I breed small pigeons.
I even saw someone trying to auction a pedigree off the other day, because their pigeon died. What's the world coming to.

your joking gary, the ring and the pedigree...? just gives us a hint at what is going on in the minds of some feather merchants eh..........makes you wonder what your buying doesnt it.

Like anything these days mate. Who can you trust.
That's why I only use tried and tested and trusted sources.
I once many years ago bought a black pied hen. I gave a few pounds for it.
When I got her home, I sat and studied the pedigree. There was no way, these light cheq's could have bred it. I won't mention the guys name. but I rang him up and politely told him I had been robbed. Oops, he got the pedigrees mixed up. We resolved the matter and I also got a free bird as well for my trouble. I honestly believe it was a genuine mistake.
But how many fanciers actually study their pedigrees.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/20-Rings-TAIWAN-2012-TP-Racing-Pigeon-Rings-Cards-/180758722225?pt=UK_Collectables_AnimalCollectables_SM&hash=item2a160f36b1
Ebay is littered with them.

how come these foriegn countries have theres before us.............

there breeding seasons different david

Alex wrote:

there breeding seasons different david

ah right, yes of course....never thought

we have members from the usa and south africa etc who we speak to, their racing season is different to ours isnt it...........silly me

buy them up and transfer themdavid haha

Na I want to retain the heritage of our birds.

how many bird will you be taking to blackpool to sell gary.....?

Hopefully about 40 youngsters, if things go to plan mate.

Im not positive these rings are authentic. Mr don/sky tx can verify but there is a ring maker in china that can make rings of any sort that look to be but are not authentic.

Personally I don't really see the point. OK like Don once said in an old post, that I was reading this afternoon. About Belgium rung pigeons, fetching more money than British rung birds.
I'm inclined to believe that this is a true fact.
Just the same as people are obsessed with brands of pigeons.
I personally would be very dubious about such birds, unless of course they are being offered by Belgian fancier.
If I have youngsters that are too big to ring so be it, they go into the stock loft. Many birds I breed for stock, I usually put an old ring on them or sometimes don't bother at all. The reason for doing so, is that I am not inclined to race them, because that would be a breeding season wasted if I was to lose them for any reason.
I suppose, maybe you can buy fake rings, but what if someone places an objection against one of your birds that have won, because I have had this done on a few occasions in the past.
It's just not worth it.