lost birds

hi lads terryp here got a young bird friday night drop on the gantry got him in just skin and grief gave light feed of seed saturday afternood another youg bird drops on the gantry got him in still in good condition the first young bird has been living rough and kept on trying to get home the other one must have been in someones loft any thoughts if the young will turn out any good cheers terryp

hi terry, i dont quite understand your post, do you mean will the ybs bred off these birds be any good, or will these birds be any good for racing in future......?

if i had enough i would keep neither personally

but if circumstances allowed, there is no reason why they could not be any good

had a bird that as a yb was lost and reported 5 times( 3 times at same loft 2 miles away)

only kept him to fill the boxes his 1st race as a yearling was lost for 3 weeks from 78 miles

after getting him right he had a few races and was decided to try him across the water
nothing special but the further he went the better he got
at saintes 465 miles as a yearling was 3rd club 10th fed flying 14 hours

the following year he was lost from 78 miles again for 4 weeks then eventually he ended up saintes again winning 2nd club 4th fed


the following year he was left in the loft till the races went over 120 miles
at saintes he was 3rd club 3rd fed with no day birds arrived next morning 700
i was a 13 year old rember it liked yesterday

so they can amount to anything after a dodgy yb season if they have learnet

terryp wrote:

hi lads terryp here got a young bird friday night drop on the gantry got him in just skin and grief gave light feed of seed saturday afternood another youg bird drops on the gantry got him in still in good condition the first young bird has been living rough and kept on trying to get home the other one must have been in someones loft any thoughts if the young will turn out any good cheers terryp

For me the one that has tried to get home has only gone in your loft due to being under weight just shows the birds character

With the other one it's not worth the time for me

Ill give any pigeon a chance if it try's because even the best makes mistakes but they are only young for one year

there is always an exception to the rule, but going on past experiance, me personaly i would bin it as it is or are malingeras?.

terryp wrote:

hi lads terryp here got a young bird friday night drop on the gantry got him in just skin and grief gave light feed of seed saturday afternood another youg bird drops on the gantry got him in still in good condition the first young bird has been living rough and kept on trying to get home the other one must have been in someones loft any thoughts if the young will turn out any good cheers terryp

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