Stock hen.........

was scraping out this morning and as i opened the door they always try to follow me out, as i came out of the door a blue hen ran out of the loft and flew up onto the loft roof.........i quickly realised she was an 08 stock hen which i have on loan, i kept calm and quickly got the corn tin and slid the door open, i threw some seed into the section she had come out of and called her in.........she flew straight in the loft as tho she had been born there and mingled in with the other hens........


no need to tell you how glad i was as i dont even know if she is settled to the man who loaned her to me..........

nice one

my heart was pounding........lol

dont know what i would have done if she had flown off...............

rang the guy and told him nbe a start imalright i only have 3 loaned to me

Glad you got it back David its times like that you wish you never had it At Backpool there were 3 pigeons flying around that was the reason i did not ask to handle any birds i did not want to be responsible for the 4th as i'm sure they would end up having to shoot them at the end of the show

terrible that, obviously someone was handling the bird or the owner was handling it.........if they cant hold them properly they shouldnt be asking to handle them.


probably all for nothing anyway, most dont have any clue as to if the birds any good anyway.............

plus ive seen some so called experienced fanciers holding birds, its unbelievable that they dont know how to hold them correctly.

David wrote:

my heart was pounding........lol

dont know what i would have done if she had flown off...............

been their david lol glad you got her back in

thanks darren, ive had her since the 2011 breeding season and she bred me some good ybs, she was in my stock loft with her mate but now they are seperated she isntg used to the section really so very pleased she didnt fly off.......

nice one david glad you got her back

me too alex, would have felt a right t**t having to phone the man up and tell him..........

pretty scary david i think pigeons do settle though by seeing their surroundings.

im sure it was phil who had some stock birds or a stock bird that was let out by accident and came back months later.