pigeons/ bathing

have you ever been given a stray ian and raced it ? how did it do if you did ?

David it is the best thing to do putting the young birds in the stock loft

If you ever have a gold breeding pair you can bred from them but always bred 2 to 3 rounds max to keep the quality of both birds

The best pigeon i ever owned cost me £5 and she bred loads of prize winners with different

yes i agree don, good birds dont have to cost a fortune, some do and hopefully they breed the winners....but ive heard of fanciers getting birds given and they do well for them.

Sometimes one could be real lucky with some pigeons.

i think free birds that do well are out there, but like you say niel.....you have to be lucky to get them.

DAVID wrote:

have you ever been given a stray ian and raced it ? how did it do if you did ?

david would never take a stray of anyone to race good pigeons do get lost but do you want to take a chance on them not for me

just wondered ian, read in back issue of r.p. that someone did well with a stray.....like you say, good birds do get lost for some reason tho.

few and far between tho david

just had a look at louella webcam....some nice ybs for sale....50 pound difference if you want the pedigree!!!!!

yes there is david a lot for a piece of paper tho

wouldnt bother with them for 50 quid...what difference would it make by hyaving them ? the birds will either get lost or race and maybe do well so see if the ybs off them do ok....dont need the pedigree do you.

If you are lucky you can get good birds for free

Sometimes if you know of a top fancier pairing up there top birds you can sometimes get the unwanted eggs you take them bred the young

I know of fanciers doing this and getting some good birds

For pedigrees anyone can make a pigeon look better but as i always say it is not the paper that you race but the pigeon and the basket always tells you if they are any good

Forgot to say some times if you get that gut feeling follow it as sometimes it mat work out

fanciers can write anything in the pedigree, it might not even be off the birds in question...they could say ybs are off a certain winner and it might be off a bird thats last home every week...

yes youve got to get birds off somebody you can trust otherwise who nows what you might get

pedigree is only as honest as the man who wrote it isnt it ian...

i think if they are genuine they would be of benefit when pairing up to studdy parents, g/parents etc...

people have spent hundreds on pigeons what havent done or bred anything

yes true ian, remember the bloke i told you about last week....wife paid 1,000 pound for a pair that bred nothing...

unbelievable

For me you are always best to buy pigeons from an entire clearence sale and you can see what you are buying which can make a big difference

For me it is always best to see what you are buying before you buy

i think if you are buying birds you have to be very careful as unless its a clearance sale who would part with top breeders ? you can never have too many can you ?