Looking forward to reading all your posts.

wonder if there is any cure for it....?

yes dont keep pigeons

i was cured for 20 years.....caught it again.

now your sick again

sometimes wonder why the wife cant stand me..........mmmmm

Its all about motivation your pigeons and yourself

yes don finding out what makes them tick still a lot to learn

Yes its hard and it takes a lot of time but once you know what it is that makes them tick your there and pigeon racing becomes a little easier

anyone had the ybs away today raining ? how long is it now to yb racing, about three weeks ?

two weeks come saturday david had them 20 mile tonight all back

good to hear all back ian, did you take them this evening ?what time was that........did you exercise round loft before you took them ?

Must say all the top fliers in my area have there young birds to 40/50 miles and the young cocks are starting to look like yearlings

hows the training gone today ian, youve a couple of weeks yet before the racing starts.....hope they do well for you , they certainly looked the part when i saw pics.....

went yesterday twenty mile not going until mon and tues next week on porter 40-50 miles same the following week then thats me until they race

That should do them good ian good schooling before racing starts

Ian have you been taking them yourself???

i think ian does if im not mistaken don, my neighbour who sent hes with the club training yesterday said they were coming back in ones and twos with pink wattles because they had been through heavy rain....and some were still not back later in the day for him and others, dont know what happened to make them late like that......maybe clashed with other trainers ???

when you go club training its best to have had a few yourself as other members pigeons drag yours away as theres have not been schooled properly , however this is good experience

David that for me is good training because it is making them work there brain and this is the making of the pigeon a god pigeon can cope but a bad pigeon can not

As Malcolm says they need to work there brains and the best will be left at the end of the season

Must say a few fanciers i know when the young birds have had some training they will feed the birds early on a saturday about two hours before they let them out

When letting them out they do as the young birds can clash or be takern by any large kit so this makes them race overground that they have not seen before and at the end of the day if they are all there then you can say this team of young birds have got something about them

was reading an old pictorial yesterday don and i think it was d.v.belding said that when the first race birds had passed his loft he would let his ybs out....he said it was good learning for them as if they got carried off with race birds they would have to break away and find their way home.....he recond he had never lost a yb by doing this!!!

You school young birds well then you will not lose any at all once racing has started as the ones left are the brainy ones left

Must say there is always something to learn from the old timers

to be honest don, when i race i wont mind loosing some as i wouldnt be able to kill any at the end of the season.....wouldnt have the heart to do it. ill end up with a loft full of rubbish just because i cant kill them.