pigeons in race basket

just like to ask how many pigeon do you put in paniar for race what is comfortable the combine states 25 but i say it should be no more than 20 ,our club put up to 25 but had a lot of birds came back this week pecked whats your view

sorry ian, cant give my opinion on that one....cant remember how many were in baskets when i raced, but if they are coming back pecked i would say there is too many in the basket...although i have heard of very aggresive widowhood cocks sometimes which take over the baskets.

my pigeons obviosly had no rest last night

when you are basketing are there any birds that are very aggressive ian ? ive heard about this before and they take over most of the basket and the others cant get a drink or anything....

Maybe the basket need a bouncer

the cocks always tend to be noisy were as the hens sit quietly

couldnt you suggest that the cocks are getting too aggressive and fighting too much and that you ask for them to be thined out a bit ?

i think they would just say its sour grapes not worth the hastle

i bet they would have something to say if it was your birds fighting and carrying on and their birds were getting battered....

yes they would

it`ll stick it right up em when you top the fed ian, your turms to come yet.....
ian, a fancier i know wins fairly regular and he told me hardly anyone comes up to him and says well done....they just sulk away and give dirty looks, are all clubs like this ? surely not....

whats the situation like now with the ybs in the baskets ian ? are they overcrowded or fighting much......

the up north combine states that 25 birds to inland race 22 to channel we basketed birds last week while waiting for porter i started to count birds in one of the baskets because it looked overcrowded , it had 27 birds in , down to club members incapable of counting when basketing

did they take them out or leave them ? could have been 30 in another....some dont care do they.

no they were all sealed up so they just left them

it not that they do not care i think they have,nt the time,its always a mad rush to be done in time for the porter coming

ray they dont care ive mentioned it a few times even before they have been sealed they dont want to pay for one extra basket so they would rather put 26 birds in than 23- 24

do you think that over crowding contributes to losses from the race ? ive heard that over crowding in the loft can cause losses off the loft..... any thoughts

yes i do the more crowded the more they fight and dont settle

It's all about the cost of racing ???????????????????

The reason for this is because if you have a basket with 10 to 15 birds in then they put extra birds in different baskets to save the cost of that extra basket

Must say inland racing had 25 bird limit and the channel had only 15 bird limit

no wonder you hear of birds coming home dehydrated and pecked through fighting.....the more in the basket means they will fight more and not be able to get water if offered it.

doesnt matter how much extra the cost is i want my birds to be comfortable when they go to race