Ambition in sport

you think so misty i thought a cock it was a gift from olr by chap who won yesterday

misty do you think my hens by the drinker have too much chest

i like them like that george, apple bodied and not long and thin like a boat ......

George & Morgan wrote:

misty do you think my hens by the drinker have too much chest

Think photos can be deceiving George.

For myself I knew immediately when handling a pigeon if I liked it, balance being the criteria I looked for and an intelligant look about it, like the one I like.

Mostly had medium sized pigeons myself because that was the norm for the breed but as with humans and any other species winners come in every shape and size.

In our sport Mr Basket is the best selector.

Regards.

bred one yb from checker hen was lost in olr this is her line of breeding

George & Morgan wrote:

bred one yb from checker hen was lost in olr

No test of a good or bad pigeon George.

You need at the very least least six youngsters tried and tested off potential breeders.

Not one pair of pigeons have ever bred all winners in good competition, or you would only want one pair.

If it was me I would pair that hen to oldstrain's pigeon.

Regards.

it was just i wanted to pair him to a raced hen

George & Morgan wrote:

it was just i wanted to pair him to a raced hen

Good luck choose what you decide George.

On another note, had a look at the independant auctions.

Lots of pigeons, very few with bids on them.

Same with Massarella's auctions, some very well bred pigeons reasonable prices no bids.

Wonder what they do with them ?.

Regards.

cull them misty to save on corn

MISTY wrote:

George & Morgan wrote:

it was just i wanted to pair him to a raced hen

Good luck choose what you decide George.

On another note, had a look at the independant auctions.

Lots of pigeons, very few with bids on them.

Same with Massarella's auctions, some very well bred pigeons reasonable prices  no bids.

Wonder what they do with them ?.

Regards.

Total waste of time & effort, bidding early on birds in a general on line auction type scenario Misty from my perspective here. All comes down to the last 60 seconds there type thing in the end I found on average .

yes same here knackered, wait until the last seconds then bid.......thats my ebay bidding method anyway

David wrote:

yes same here knackered, wait until the last seconds then bid.......thats my ebay bidding method anyway

Agree with that but many end up with no bid being made.

Think we may see a few fanciers calling it a day if they think they will not be getting a full racing season in, for one reason or another.

Regards.

its become a farce has racing over the last couple of years, what with brexit , covid and bird flu nothing is straight forward or there are restrictions and rules to obey just so fanciers can race their birds .....

David wrote:

its become a farce has racing over the last couple of years, what with brexit , covid and bird flu nothing is straight forward or there are restrictions and rules to obey just so fanciers can race their birds .....

A fanciers yb season can be finished before it realy got started, yb sickness, or other problems caught in the race panniers and, season over, most likely the ones who caused the problems will still fly their pigeons.

Cannot see the reason for many of the restrictions and requirements fanciers face to enable them to fly their pigeons, would not have happened if we had not left the EU.

Just another nail in the coffin.

Regards.

judging by what ive read lately i really do think pigeon racing as we know it isnt going to last too many more years ......it is deteriorating by the day .

you can tell that by the number of fanciers calling it a day and selling there lofts on facebook

misty you said you would like to know how many members in rpra now less than
20,000 now

yes your right george, nearly every day i go on theres a loft up for sale .....just looked on there a while ago and there was some pigeon just sold in auction for 15 thousand pounds in the uk, a pigeon called red sonia ......

but then David a well known fancier sells ybs from the nest £ 2500 each

madness george, who in their right mind would buy a yb from the nest for that price ....

only one bird back to-day for Moray olr held on Saturday still 206 birds missing

George & Morgan wrote:

misty you said you would like to know how many members in rpra now less  than
20,000  now

According to the balance sheet George and subs there are far less than that.

There should be an appendix on the balance sheet as in many previous years.

Would frighten the present members.

Regards.

George & Morgan wrote:

only one bird back to-day for Moray olr held on Saturday still 206 birds missing

that is un believable george, i think questions need asking about this ......

David wrote:

George & Morgan wrote:

only one bird back to-day for Moray olr held on Saturday still 206 birds missing

that is un believable george, i think questions need asking about this ......

As David said on a previous post, this did not happen on the same scale previously,
Yes there were losses but not the thousands lost today in OLs
and not only in our country but world wide.

But then everything has gone to pot.

We have no real idea what will affect our pigeons homing ability nor what nature and the scientists are throwing at them.

But nothing in the world today appears normal.

Regards.

talking to my friend 210 birds still missing next race from ile of man looks still on the 40 birds you spoke about misty is for winter racing