Trainer from today

Not sure , but I think the one loft birds had a trainer today, just checked their site and looks like we were 63, only 9 seconds off the first bird, pretty good I’d say, our other bird is still there in 177th, getting exiting now lads

Lofty wrote:

Not sure , but I think the one loft birds had a trainer today, just checked their site and looks like we were 63, only 9 seconds off the first bird, pretty good I’d say, our other bird is still there in 177th, getting exiting now lads

Steady on their Lofty you know what can happen I suggest when an old fella gets excited etc & the out house, is some distance away as such .

Lofty wrote:

Not sure , but I think the one loft birds had a trainer today, just checked their site and looks like we were 63, only 9 seconds off the first bird, pretty good I’d say, our other bird is still there in 177th, getting exiting now lads

sadly ive lost track of whats going on in the mnfc one loft roy, info / updates are very limited ........

3rd and final hotspot today from poole on the south coast the final is in 2 weeks time ...todays race has to be around 160 miles


changed liberation point to Portland just around the corner from poole

Do you know if they’ve had a liberation daz

You are doing very well and hope you have two for the last race, which is the one to win.

How many actually started in the loft and how many are left?

Regards.

no liberation yet wont be until around midday from what I can see of the forecast down at Portland and no doubt a few liberations down there in peregrine alley today...I think their was 520 entries misty about 260 left in at this point but can see a sticky race today with many liberations this afternoon ...after todays race it will be just the final left

no liberation for our club either yet, due to low cloud.......

I think its from buckingham .

they were up at 12.25 in a west wind turning south en-route

Long end 205 miles up at 7.30. Short (one I am in) 155 miles 9 am. Sun cloud some rain. T storms later. Sent 18.

David wrote:

no liberation for our club either yet, due to low cloud.......

I think its from buckingham  .

Our lot have cancelled the race, bringing birds back to clubs, so glad we didn’t send

were still basketing tonight for tomorrow ,wont be sending many

lib 11.30, Monmouth 85 miles, sent 19 all home 1,2, & 4th club

well done rog nice returns excellent result we sent 6 to Coventry tonight left 6 at home their to far moulting now

we were 94th in the one loft today proud to say we got 1 going to the final hopefully our other one will turn in ,seems to have been a difficult race

Brilliant news, at least we have a chance in the final

redrog wrote:

lib 11.30, Monmouth 85 miles, sent 19 all home  1,2, & 4th club

Well done Rog Easy, easy isn't, etc .  

Lofty wrote:

David wrote:

no liberation for our club either yet, due to low cloud.......

I think its from buckingham  .

Our lot have cancelled the race, bringing birds back to clubs, so glad we didn’t send

Have a whole Fed here Lofty wishing they had down the same type thing etc with our recent debacle of a race as such. My man here is looking for a wise Vet for help, along with his close neighbour the Face book champ     to help with their dilemma in the return stakes I'm . Now not that I would ever mention names. But 2 flyers, 100 odd pigeons lost & one of them, still has the cheek   & front to let one purchase champions off him at a rip off price as such.

Knackered
Once thought of catching a few townies and testing them out as an experiment, they never appear to get lost.

But it would have meant stopping racing my own pigeons as I could not do both, and it would have taken several years but I do at times regret not doing so as I feel ferals will have a far stronger immune system built up over advercity and being exposed to ????, and could be introduced to my racers after selective breeding of them.

I discussed this with my late friend Steve Spinks and he thought it a good idea and mentioned it in the BHW.

This would have cost nothing other than the basics and would probably have ended up with far better pigeons than the ???? in your area charging over the odds for rubbish.

Too many pigeons from many quarters are sold on the backs of just one or two pigeons that have done well and then the fanciers sells from every pigeon in the loft.

Funny old game but many fanciers have only themselves to blame.



Regards.

MISTY wrote:

Knackered
              Once thought of catching a few townies and testing them out as an experiment, they never appear to get lost.

             But it would have meant stopping racing my own pigeons as I could not do both, and it would have taken several years but I do at times regret not doing so as I feel ferals will have a far stronger immune system built up over advercity and being exposed to ????, and could be introduced to my racers after selective breeding of them.

            I discussed this with my late friend Steve Spinks and he thought it a good idea and mentioned it in the BHW.

           This would have cost nothing other than the basics and would probably have ended up with far better pigeons than the ???? in your area charging over the odds for rubbish.

          Too many pigeons from many quarters are sold on the backs of just one or two pigeons that have done well and then the fanciers sells from every pigeon in the loft.

         Funny old game but many fanciers have only themselves to blame.



Regards.

       

             

Certainly is Misty "Funny old game" but the part I rather like after our debacle of a race here is I lost 11 dollars worth of normal rings & the chook farmer types on average with their Electronic chips, lost around 150/200 odd dollars .

Done that. Feral pigeons. In with my others. 2 of them years ago. Pics are on here somewhere. Idea was to let them mingle (young ones) to boost immunity. Lost one young at about 80 miles. Other disapeared from the loft.

Hal,
I was going to try the feral experiment in the early 70s not just one or two but several pairs and then use the young to progressively introduce them into the racers, this would not take ten minutes but several years, because you would have to at the same time safeguard the racing ability.

One of the reasons the present day pigeons are unhealthy has been covered numerous times and the losses confirms that something is drastically amiss, so if nothing is done to address the situation matters will only get worse season on season.

Problems have to be addressed they do not go away.

Regards.

Lofty wrote:

Brilliant news, at least we have a chance in the final

Same, same Only need one for me to be driving around in luxury type of thing etc .

Will they let you know if the other one returns in time for the final race?

In any case you have done better than many in having one in the Final.

Cannot realy get my head round so many being lost from the original number, when you consider it they have not realy been hard pressed and fanciers you would have thought only put in what they thought were their best bred ones.

Just hope you are done proud in the final.


Regards.

the bird had not returned end of play last night their will be an updated list midweek the final is on 1st September