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i found myself that some fanciers do not like it when you win, i dont suppose its any different nowadays either......a friend of mine told me that when he wins only the odd one or two people come up to him and congratulate him/shake his hand.....the others just go off in a huff giving dirty looks.....

Hi David, it let me think of the old saying , "jealousy makes you nasty"

yes people do get jealous and vindictive (big word eh impressed)

hi niel, hope you are well ... have you found the same sportsmanship in s/africa as we sometimes get here ? what is the reaction towards the winners in your club ?

ian, you are allowed to use big words now you are doing well with the racing...lol
well done ian for getting 2nd in yesterdays race...

pic of one of the ybs weaned tommorrow.....hope i can manage to keep hold of this one....

because i didnt have many ybs this year and with me loosing one the other day ive decided to hatch a couple of eggs my stock birds were sitting to make the numbers up a bit....does anyone think its too late to hatch ybs now ?
this is the cock sat his eggs, they are due to hatch on tuesday....

no david you get your best youngbirds now the reason we breed so early is to make sure there mature enough for start of racing

thanks ian, ill be happy to hold on to a couple of pair of ybs this year so i can breed off them next season...

Totally agree with Ian with the regards to breeding youngbirds now

Ian must say yes its all about winning but it is also nice to see prizes shared and everyone has a bite of the cherry

But i hate to see people take defeat in a bad way, when they have been winning regular and they have a bad race and it shows

yes know exactly what you mean got afew like that in every club and my club is no exception

Must say Ian it's sad to see thats the side of the sport that brings it down

dont know why but although some pigeon men are always eager to help other fanciers there are some who wouldnt do you a good turn even if they could....

Spot on there David

yes david and them people are the greedy members who all they want is the money not the sport

Some fanciers take losing as a challenge to be more competitive , while others is jealous and cant take losing. If i would be a loser, i would exept the fact , and would go and consider factors that made me losing.

yes youve got find out why your not winning and put it right not easy but will only make you a better pigeon man

Grizzle cock wrote:

Some fanciers take losing as a challenge to be more competitive , while others is jealous and cant take losing. If i would be a loser, i would exept the fact , and would go and consider factors that made me losing.

spot on there niel....look to yourself and your management or wonder if your birds are good enough and then get your own house in order.....( i didnt mean you niel, i mean fanciers in general...)

what do members think the % is regarding the key to success with pigeons,i thinks its 50%fancier and 50% birds.

i think 95% fancier 5% birds

thats a big % there ian...in favour of the fancier...lol, i would say 60% fancier and 40% birds....although i cant make up my mind if it would be a different % if flying sprint/middle or distance....

i think a lot depends on fancier and there methods dont think there is such thing as bad pigeons its getting them right

I think 90% good pigeons, 10 percent fancier, if they dont have the homing ability , the fancier could do nothing at all, good health ,and good loft is a tiny drop in the bucket.

i tend to go the other way nielthink its up to fancier to get pigeons right they will never come unfit or diseased