Separate Baskets

was talking to a pigeon friend of mine last night, he is one of the three members resigning from our club and going to race in another local club .......one of the three has already sent to a couple of young birds races and they tell me each members birds are put in their own baskets, and not mixed with other members birds .

so no birds from different lofts are in contact, whats your thoughts on this anyone ...?

David wrote:

was talking to a pigeon friend of mine last night, he is one of the three members resigning from our club and going to race in another local club .......one of the three  has already sent to a couple of young birds races and they tell me each members birds are put in their own baskets, and not mixed with other members birds .

so no birds from different lofts are in contact, whats your thoughts on this anyone ...?

Tried this years ago David and fanciers said it gave some an advantage.

Makes sense to me to stop the spread of disease etc;

Also some used to say the position of the baskets on the transporter favoured some .

Also what about when some fanciers only send a few pigeons, half empty baskets.

Nothing easy in pigeon racing to make things equal.

Regards.

yes misty, im un decided on it ......as you say there are pros and cons .

David wrote:

was talking to a pigeon friend of mine last night, he is one of the three members resigning from our club and going to race in another local club .......one of the three  has already sent to a couple of young birds races and they tell me each members birds are put in their own baskets, and not mixed with other members birds .

so no birds from different lofts are in contact, whats your thoughts on this anyone ...?

Quite frankly David I think it's a total load of rubbish etc I'm when birds go on a transporter to race. 2 blokes side by side in own crates. one with rampant/bad respiratory & the other a clean skin & some are somehow making out apparently, their will be no cross contamination there to a degree type thing. End of the day     modern day transporters now on average are a sick bed in waiting for most birds unfortunately. Unless somehow I feel one has the highest of health as part of their normal regime come race day. End of the story     spent a life time here with everybody's birds mixed in-together on race day, only separated by the sexies as such     & the young birds, I've seen over the years fly 5/600 odd miles would make a total mockery of the thinking behind what some are apparently thinking with what's been suggested on this topic as a solution to perhaps their failings    .

Said for many years, not the condition a pigeon is in when it goes onto the transporter but on liberation and many things can affect this.

No pigeon's ability will be affected by a close contact with a ill pigeon during the time it is in the transporter, it may develop problems later but not affect the race.

However, the fittest pigeon can be affected to the extent it is not as fit at liberation
as when put on the transporter, due to several factors in the transportation that have neve been investigated.

There were very few problems when they went by rail.

Regards.

alot of transporters have a drinker running the length of it where the baskets are situated so seperate baskets wont stop cross contamination in those with that design

oldstrain wrote:

alot of transporters have a drinker running the length of it where the baskets are situated so seperate baskets wont stop cross contamination in those with that design

Here O/S with our modern, modern up to date new fancy, fancy transporter etc my club birds always go in at floor level type thing. Heat rises type thing & when the shutters go up on release first out the door etc .