What a bad day

Yes there are. Heck of a wind today but above freezing. Spring has to be soon. Dog logs are peeping thru the snow!

Another hawk attack today, birds took off all over the place, they have been making there way back all afternoon, still 3 missing. But they have done well to return. so that is the good side of it.

devo56 wrote:

Another hawk attack today, birds took off all over the place, they have been making there way back all afternoon, still 3 missing. But they have done well to return. so that is the good side of it.

glad they are all home devo

should get some more back tomorrow dev

Your having some crap luck devo, could mean your luck will change come race season

All the reading i have done on hawk attacks, there most be a good % of hawks in the Uk now.
But hey lets see what tomorrow brings.

Hope things get better Devo hope all return

Soul destroying Devo

devo56 wrote:

All the reading i have done on hawk attacks, there most be a good % of hawks in the Uk now.
But hey lets see what tomorrow brings.

May I suggest Devo talk to the local pigeon men as such & learn the patterns of hawks & how they hunt in your area. Patience is a verture I've found & much of the times our birds are out flying etc it's not really required "As much as we may like it" overall in the big picture.

devo56 wrote:

The petition is being done by a 16 yr old lad, he started in the sport when he was 5 yrs of age. I signed the petition early this morning, and yes it happened to me and my birds. But i call them my family, and they live on my property so i will do whatever to protect them. Along with many others in the sport.

done it on another site devo

sorry to hear dev must be a nightmare with all the cover the hawks get with them trees around you ...probably a sparrow hawk ,ambush merchants

oldstrain wrote:

sorry to hear dev must be a nightmare with all the cover the hawks get with them trees around you ...probably a sparrow hawk ,ambush merchants

Yes Daz, i have broke the bad news to the parents of these youngsters, and told them they need to work harder at breeding a few stealth youngsters. They need to think outside the box, and breed some youngsters that go under the radar.

Get them to go out tooled up Devo.

Boosey wrote:

Get them to go out tooled up Devo.

that would be great boosey

Boosey wrote:

Get them to go out tooled up Devo.

If only i could Boosey, Its a case of more breeding i guess. I have 14 gabys in the bowls, and some Dutch Janssens to arrive soon. To help keep the plan moving forward.

I am over the moon, just got the young grizzle hen back at 3.00pm. This lady is off Rays white grizzle. just on 25 hours she has been missing. Just hope the other 2 make it home.

sorry to hear this dev, hope the other 2 come back safely and you get a rest from the attacks....

sry to hear the hawks been bk pal

oldstrain wrote:

sorry to hear dev must be a nightmare with all the cover the hawks get with them trees around you ...probably a sparrow hawk ,ambush merchants

I've seen what your talking about O/S & down here we class them as a bunch of bushes/garden plants .

devo56 wrote:

oldstrain wrote:

sorry to hear dev must be a nightmare with all the cover the hawks get with them trees around you ...probably a sparrow hawk ,ambush merchants

Yes Daz, i have broke the bad news to the parents of these youngsters, and told them they need to work harder at breeding a few stealth youngsters. They need to think outside the box, and breed some youngsters that go under the radar.

I call it the art of zigging & zagging Devo if one wishes to survive etc. When the falcon/gossies are zigging the art is having your babies zagging & vice a versa type of thing .

Knackered wrote:

devo56 wrote:

oldstrain wrote:

sorry to hear dev must be a nightmare with all the cover the hawks get with them trees around you ...probably a sparrow hawk ,ambush merchants

Yes Daz, i have broke the bad news to the parents of these youngsters, and told them they need to work harder at breeding a few stealth youngsters. They need to think outside the box, and breed some youngsters that go under the radar.

I call it the art of zigging & zagging Devo if one wishes to survive etc. When the falcon/gossies are zigging the art is having your babies zagging & vice a versa type of thing .

pmsl

shippy wrote:

Knackered wrote:

devo56 wrote:

oldstrain wrote:

sorry to hear dev must be a nightmare with all the cover the hawks get with them trees around you ...probably a sparrow hawk ,ambush merchants

Yes Daz, i have broke the bad news to the parents of these youngsters, and told them they need to work harder at breeding a few stealth youngsters. They need to think outside the box, and breed some youngsters that go under the radar.

I call it the art of zigging & zagging Devo if one wishes to survive etc. When the falcon/gossies are zigging the art is having your babies zagging & vice a versa type of thing .

pmsl  

I'm glad you got a laugh out of that one Shippy Just as well  thou I didn't tell you about the times I've had my babies sitting up my gum trees here as such at times & in amongst them was an eagle    . Believe it or not     but it's the truth. Hand on bible stuff.

Two of mine escaped from the look out and had a night out Sunday. Fog cleared yesterday late afternoon so let the YB.s out. Fog rolled back in and 6 had a night out. Rained last night. So let out the yearlings this morning. Dull day light rain.
Did the night outers learn anything? Or just lucky not to be owl bait? Think lucky! Not too interested in racing young birds so not too worried about numbers.
Spring!!!!

24 hours. All back in.

halcanada wrote:

24 hours. All back in.

Good news Hal, wonder if they've learned anything