old book about pigeons

Gives an idea of what fanciers were using to treat birds 100 years ago, some old remedies in there would make your eyes water.....

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diseases and remedies

tell us a few

Brilliant, I will download that for our barry. Thanks

peel bros wrote:

Brilliant,  I will download that for our barry. Thanks

Truly is brilliant as you say Ray & also while your at it etc with Barry there ask him maybe how he would go now carrying 100 lb bags of grit or feed on his shoulder these days (like, back when) year in, year out now as such .

Would love to see some of them, bring back memories no doubt.

As I remember the 30s there was more concoctions doing the rounds than sand on the beach.

Regards

By gum barnie, what a read, think times have changed somewhat.

Any outsider reading that lot would think twice about keeping our feathered friends.

The bit I liked was, the more freedom a pigeon has the less health problems.

Tis confinement that causes most problems, what I have always thought.

The cures proposed makes one shudder.

In the 30s in my area the only problems most fanciers met with was, one eyed cold, coxi and canker.

Coxi treated with sulphermenthodine, canker with end of a match and other such and cannot remember what was used for one eyed cold.

But as for feed and concoctions too numerous and humerous to list.

Thanks barnie enjoyed that but hard going.

Regards.

MISTY wrote:

By gum barnie, what a read, think times have changed somewhat.

Any outsider reading that lot would think twice about keeping our feathered friends.

The bit I liked was, the more freedom a pigeon has the less health problems.

Tis confinement that causes most problems, what I have always thought.

The cures proposed makes one shudder.

In the 30s in my area the only problems most fanciers met with was, one eyed cold, coxi and canker.

Coxi treated with sulphermenthodine, canker with end of a match and other such and cannot remember what was used for one eyed cold.

But as for feed and concoctions too numerous and humerous to list.

Thanks barnie enjoyed that but hard going.

Regards.

Maybe for some Misty (changing times) found I still have some of those old type remedies here I'm   in my medicine cabinet etc.

I know it's said fanciers of yesteryear didn't chuck everything under the sun into their birds to try and win, but human nature as it is, I think the only reason many didn't was because the antibiotics and such of today weren't freely available back in the day. I'm sure 100 years ago plenty fanciers would be looking at whatever concoctions they could use to give them the edge on raceday. If antibiotics were available then, they would have been in the drinkers for sure

i remember in 50s  as kids mum got free orange juice and codolive oil think that's how it's spelt we got the orange juice and  the pigeons got the oil

The fanciers in the village where I lived as a child, miners mainly, lived for their pigeons.

Not much else about, many would never leave the village in their lifetime.

Can assure you the fanciers tried numerous different concoctions to increase their chances of success.

Not many actual commercial products about as today but one or two.

Johnsons Iron tonic was available and believe OLd Hand was about.

But it was the concoctions fanciers made up themselves that was interesting.

Many made from different vegitables and berries  etc.Cod liver oil played a part.as did mallasses.

These are just a few that I can remember but many more were tried.

One thing is for sure, the pigeons were not medical dependant as most pigeons are today and none would fly ROME as some did then.

Commercialism has ruined the sport.

Regsrds.

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also at end of racing i would have to dig a  large  hole in the garden lol

we got rosehip syrup at school but it's banned now apparently

barnie wrote:

we got rosehip syrup at school but it's banned now apparently

everything seems to be banned now colin, creasote, duramytex and now proper jeys fluid ..........