Were are you racing from this week 18/8/12

David wrote:

Kevin Webb wrote:

4th club

well done kev, nice to see you in the cards again.......

Cheers Dave Gregs just been in touch says we got 5th as well

thats good to hear kev, 4th and 5th is doing well............ATB for this week coming.

Thanks Dave

nice one kev yer doing well atb for the rest of the yb season

well done Kev

We have had a youngbird reported in Dudley its 1,from Saturday so thats still 6,missing we are totally baffled as to why we dropped 7 but thats pigeons for you lets hope for a better race and returns this week.

well done mate

VanReet Man123 wrote:

We have had a youngbird reported in Dudley its 1,from Saturday so thats still 6,missing we are totally baffled as to why we dropped 7 but thats pigeons for you lets hope for a better race and returns this week.

Which Dudley Van Reet Man the one here in the midlands

lost 10 out of 33 on saturday all were having there 5th race can't understand why or what happened wither
was 13 missing saturday night
had 2 early sunday and 1 came back this afaternoon, not in bad condition
but some of the ones missing have eggs and have been coming well
must of clashed i think

i never sent the weekend but we had massive losses in our club alot of members not even clocking they were at leicester 100 miles to the west country most members over half missing and some many more seems alot of clashing may have happened but why arent they working back in disease maybe ...picked up on the transporter ...not getting watered ...whats yer thoughts lads

oldstrain wrote:

i never sent the weekend but we had massive losses in our club alot of members not even clocking they were at leicester 100 miles to the west country most members over half missing and some many more seems alot of clashing may have happened but why arent they working back in disease maybe ...picked up on the transporter ...not getting watered ...whats yer thoughts lads

cant understand mate ours were desperate for a drink when they arrived,
1 of my best friends is the fed convoyer and he only has the birds best intrest at heart and he says that the birds drank on saturday.
but we all know that they all abviously cant get a drink

I think the heat must have played a huge part, not only the temperature outside, but the temperature inside the panniers. You only have to put your hands above one when the birds have been inside one for an hour.
your right not every bird gets to the drinker.
My mate had two reported last week that had gone down into lofts in close proximity to the lib point. In fact he had them reported a good hour and a half before he clocked.
One of the birds was reported to have been severely dehydrated.
After a drink and a feed he released the bird the following day and he arrived home safely flying over a hundred miles.
I think it pays dividends to remove your drinker from your birds on the day of basketting just before you feed um and leave um a good hour and a half without a drink after they have fed, then return the drinker with glucose added to ensure they get a good drink and the glucose will perhaps help them from becoming dehydrated.
Just a thought guys.

Portsmouth this week sending 5

Don Webb wrote:

VanReet Man123 wrote:

We have had a youngbird reported in Dudley its 1,from Saturday so thats still 6,missing we are totally baffled as to why we dropped 7 but thats pigeons for you lets hope for a better race and returns this week.

Which Dudley Van Reet Man the one here in the midlands

Yes Don the one in the midlands we have managed to get it picked up and the person is coming up to Manchester so we will get it from him he picked the youngbird up this morning it were in a ladys garden totally flown out so it wont race again this season.

VanReet Man123 wrote:

Don Webb wrote:

VanReet Man123 wrote:

We have had a youngbird reported in Dudley its 1,from Saturday so thats still 6,missing we are totally baffled as to why we dropped 7 but thats pigeons for you lets hope for a better race and returns this week.

Which Dudley Van Reet Man the one here in the midlands

Yes Don the one in the midlands we have managed to get it picked up and the person is coming up to Manchester so we will get it from him he picked the youngbird up this morning it were in a ladys garden totally flown out so it wont race again this season.

The only reason i asked because i don't live far there may have been able to help you out but glad you have been able to sort things out

fletch wrote:

oldstrain wrote:

i never sent the weekend but we had massive losses in our club alot of members not even clocking they were at leicester 100 miles to the west country most members over half missing and some many more seems alot of clashing may have happened but why arent they working back in disease maybe ...picked up on the transporter ...not getting watered ...whats yer thoughts lads

cant understand mate ours were desperate for a drink when they arrived,
1 of my best friends is the fed convoyer and he only has the birds best intrest at heart and he says that the birds drank on saturday.
but we all know that they all abviously cant get a drink

Lee you know me mate i convoyed the worcester fed and the biggest problem you have is that a lot of fanciers don't teach there youngster to drink in the crate and as the old saying goes you can take a horse to water but you can't make it drink mate

But i will second your comment about Richie he does have the birds best intention

Gaz b wrote:

I think the heat must have played a huge part, not only the temperature outside, but the temperature inside the panniers. You only have to put your hands above one when the birds have been inside one for an hour.
your right not every bird gets to the drinker.
My mate had two reported last week that had gone down into lofts in close proximity to the lib point. In fact he had them reported a good hour and a half before he clocked.
One of the birds was reported to have been severely dehydrated.
After a drink and a feed he released the bird the following day and he arrived home safely flying over a hundred miles.
I think it pays dividends to remove your drinker from your birds on the day of basketting just before you feed um and leave um a good hour and a half without a drink after they have fed, then return the drinker with glucose added to ensure they get a good drink and the glucose will perhaps help them from becoming dehydrated.
Just a thought guys.

Gaz your correct about the heat fanciers don't realise plus the youngsters are racing when the so called summer weather is at its so called best heatwave time

Lets put it this way an avarage transporter carries lets say 5,000 pigeons if you were to have a loft of the same size with this amount of pigeons in it i wonder what other fanciers and your neighbours would have to say