Looking forward to reading all your posts.

Hi Julie

Great to see you are enjoying your pigeons all the best with them

hi julie,enjoy your pigeons,even if you dont get to race them they will still give you a lot of pleasure and happiness.

Agree totally with you littlehen

yes,its good to see a new starter enjoying their birds don.

are you racing littlehen if you are how long you been racing

how long have you been racing ian, did you say you once raced in partnership with someone ?

Hi David

Raced with my father until we fell out over pigeons 12years ago but at the moment do not race due to having a young family and work commitments but still visit freinds and keep in contact with the sport having all the latesed dvd's, weekly books, and go to all the shows

Have been apart of this fantastic sport for 31 years

don, does your dad still race pigeons ? i raced with my brother and packed in with a bit of "unfriendlyness" so to speak...lol ,seen him twice in over ten years and i know he still races but i just get on with my own buiseness....did you and your dad fall out over the management of the birds or having different views on racing etc....

David my dad still races but does not have the same success as he did when we were a partnership

We fell out in a big way have not spoke for over 10 years you can say i hate him very much

We fell out over the management of the pigeon as i had different veiws as i would try different methods and this did not work out

With stewarding at the old commrades show i was mixing with the best flyers in the country and they would talk to me about different methods of flying cause i would take there advice and try to use it at the loft but this caused problems between meand my dad

So got fed up of all the hassel and me and my dad had one big fall out and that was that and i left the partnership

i think you are right about the need to try different things with them, and when top flyers are giving tips and advise only a fool would not listen....even tho some methods do work i dont think you should do the same thing week in week out it has to vary every now and then....and try something different.

i would agree with you if you keep everything the same then the pigeons get a little bored and loss the reason for racing home

yes don...we would do different things every few weeks when it was basketing time...sometimes we would pick the cock up as soon as he went in to the hen, and other times leave him with her for different lengths of time...maybe sometimes just turn the bowl over and not even show the hen....

David if you try different things it keeps the cock thinking what will happen next and help keep them on there toes

yes i agree with that keep them thinking

do widowhood go stale to the extent that they go off form altogeather ? why does it happen, hens not showing interest or bored of the system ? amy thoughts....

yes they do go stale for many of the reasons you say some fanciers tend to pair back up for a week and seperate again to get a lift unfortunately you only get one or two weeks then they are flat again

wonder if a widowhood cock is in condition all season or if it comes into condition for a week or two and thats it for the season ?...if you know what i mean.

Always remember when widowhood was starting to be the norm people would say that widowhood cocks would keep there form all season

But for me if you can keep them in form for 6 weeks max before you have to do something to make them keep there mind on the job

You are doing well

yes your right don trying to get that edge not easy there are many methods

Dont know, have no clue

is that your game talking daft

Im talking something you could understand.

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