Young Bird Sale

Royal Pigeon Racing Association
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Opening on our auction site on Monday morning: https://auction.rpra.org/

Perhaps how the sales go will indicate if the sport is in as bad a state as it appears.

Just hope the increase in the cost of living does not have too much detrimental effect.

Although we had certain problems when I was a kid, would gladly go back to those times.

Regards.

i think misty depends on what name/ breed is given to the bird

they all start at £30 winner is at£750 2nd is at£210 don't think last batch will sell for £30

George & Morgan wrote:

they all start at £30 winner is at£750  2nd is at£210 don't think last batch will sell for £30

Is there only 60 left from the original intake?.

Think the winner will be bought in and the owner have a go at the yearling event.

Gets half the price back and will be only a drop of the winnings.

Think everything is at the cross roads at this time and people in general do not
know if they are comming or going, our set of idiots running the country certainly
have lost their way, shoud have left Borris alone.

Regards.

just had a look in they must be the worse photos taken of a bird for sale i would think a lot will remain unsold

Think the pictures have been a rush job.

Surely those who entered the event must believe their pigeons are worth more than £30 and buy them back.

Regards.

not so sure i would want mine back if there was a£55 courier fee

Good point never thought of that.

More than the pigeons apparent value in some cases.

If I was starting again I would buy 24 young birds of one family, have open loft, let them pair up, race them all and the best would become the stock birds, would have no prisoner stock birds.

In fact that is what I did second time round.

Did introduce sevaral young birds after a while for new blood but dispose of them after a while.

Regards.

Good point never thought of that.

More than the pigeons apparent value in some cases.

If I was starting again I would buy 24 young birds of one family, have open loft, let them pair up, race them all and the best would become the stock  birds, would have no prisoner  stock birds.

In fact that is what I did second time round.

Did introduce sevaral young birds after a while for new blood but dispose of them after  a while.

Regards.

too old for me to think of that misty

got a message off my older brother earlier, asking if i know anyone for his 20 birds, seems hes had enough of pigeons, he was 70 yr old last week, started with them when he was 12 .

that's sad news David had he been racing

David wrote:

got a message off my older brother earlier, asking if i know anyone for his 20 birds, seems hes had enough of pigeons, he was 70 yr old last week, started with them when he was 12 .

Can understad his present regard for the sport David but he still has plenty of petrol in the tank and may have regrets, but afraid many others who have seen some of the best days in the sport may become disenchanted with it in it's present state.

Good luck to him anyway.

Regards.

he raced in a club up until around 8 - 10 years ago, but then just raced in the mnfc up until around 3 years ago flying mainly hofken janssens he bought at a frans verheyan sale in the uk in 1986, and a few van loons from eijerkamp.

David wrote:

got a message off my older brother earlier, asking if i know anyone for his 20 birds, seems hes had enough of pigeons, he was 70 yr old last week, started with them when he was 12 .

Sad news that etc David another one gone type of thing .

in olr sale only 4 birds have received bids think £30 + 55 courier £85 is far too much after the first 10 birds what happens to unsold birds do you have to take them back there should have been no reserve this was there first year i was going to send along with dev but we changed our minds

i think with the price increase in corn, and the demise of walkers courier, plus the cost of other couriers buying pigeons wont be top of peoples list,

plus with the price increase of every day living fanciers might not want to spend money on buying more birds .......

do you know David what happens to unsold birds must you take them back with all olr

i think they reduce the starting bid, or re auction them george .....either way they get rid of them one way or another .

think for most of them £10 may be too much unless at that price you buy a few

i think the courier costs have harmed the pigeon hobby, not many want to pay £55 + for 1 bird transported .

could not agree more with that the rpra yearlings started with 196 birds nothing yet on the website

do we know how many started  with the cotswold olr

this is the info i could find george .


https://www.oneloftrace.live/?page=3&loft_id=195