Good Morning

George & Morgan wrote:

26 birds only bred 15 ybs give 8 away 3 to olr and 4 i kept

Pity you could not form a partnership George.

However, there are now fanciers who only indulge in OL racing and just breed to enter them, mostly monied people.

Oh for the days when you could hardly see a garden or allotment without a pigeon loft.

Happy times.

Regards.

tried partnership misty did not like it

I enjoyed racing in partnership, racing and managing the birds was easier because it was shared, plus the person I raced with knew a lot more about it than me.......how to feed, pair up, vaccinate , train etc etc

if the birds had been in my garden i would have a partnership but i did not enjoy it one bit in his garden and the family there

Yes, you do have to get on with each other and it can be hard at
times.

No good if you do not enjoy it.

Let's see how the OL pigeons do.

Regards.

David wrote:

Back from corn shop, two. Sacks of corn, one sack of to conditioner, one sack of mixed grit and a bag of black minerals .......£78

How long will that last you? and for how many birds?

I've got around 30 pairs Jon, last time I raced was about 6 years ago, I just breed young birds and sell them on the internet since then, I may give by racing a go next year, I'm not certain, still deciding ....two sacks will last me around 6 weeks .

David wrote:

I've got around 30 pairs Jon, last time I raced was about 6 years ago, I just breed young birds and sell them on the internet since then, I may give by racing a go next year, I'm not certain, still deciding ....two sacks will last me around 6 weeks .

Lot of pigeons David to feed all Winter.

Are any of the current pigeons settled ?.

Could maybe mix selling with racing.

Seems a pity not to have a go when you are lucky to be in a good club, not many of them left.

Regards.

David wrote:

I've got around 30 pairs Jon, last time I raced was about 6 years ago, I just breed young birds and sell them on the internet since then, I may give by racing a go next year, I'm not certain, still deciding ....two sacks will last me around 6 weeks .

Just a few birds then You must miss the racing side of it

David can i ask who's conditioner seed you got

i think its bamfords george, TK conditioner .......i`ll check tomorrow .

mine is countrywide stinks of aniseed going to ring them in the morning

yes mine smells of aniseed too george, they are just their own cheaper version of redband , which is expensive .

mine stinks more than normal

cant see it harming them george .

Yes, Redband has always had aniseed in it.

Never used aniseed other than to hang a small bag in the loft pigeons like the smell.

Regards.

rain again a lot of the day here, thankfully means no hose pipe needed toning for the plants .....all coming on nicely so far anyway .

David wrote:

rain again a lot of the day here, thankfully means no hose pipe needed toning for the plants .....all coming on nicely so far anyway .

Good to see David water here is like gold now I'm & nearly as dear as electricity & gas type thing End of the day, rain coming here shortly for those racing today while I sit in front of my nice warm wood fire, coughing & shaking I'm   attempting to recover now from my first bout of Covid as such.

Knackered wrote:

David wrote:

rain again a lot of the day here, thankfully means no hose pipe needed toning for the plants .....all coming on nicely so far anyway .

Good to see David water here is like gold now I'm & nearly as dear as electricity & gas type thing End of the day, rain coming here shortly for those racing today while I sit in front of my nice warm wood fire, coughing & shaking I'm   attempting to recover now from my first bout of Covid as such.

Sorry about the covid thing Knackerd hope it goes from whence it came.

As for water, we waste more than we preserve, floods one day hose pipe bans the next day.

The Government too interested in trying to work out what a woman is.

Things here gone beyond the realms of reason.

Roll on.

Regards.

had lot of rain yesterday looks like same to-day

Had nothing but wind and rain last couple of days here, need to cut grass but won't be able to yet ....

same here David

can't do anything in the garden when it's like this George, been going through kitchen cupboards sorting tins of food out, 4 big bags of stuff we will never use, taking them down to local charity shop after the weekend see if they can make use of it ......

just had phone call from owner of this cat saying because i feed it has not been home for 2 weeks ask if it had a Cat flap he said no if it's locked out what does he expect strange it leaves here about 9-00 so i thought it was going home

Looks happy enough to me where it is George.

Regards.