MIL wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 6:46 pm My best pigeons started throwing winners as yearlings and only stopped when they died

A good un is a good un - simple as that

Cherish the good and build around them

That sums it up.
Good one are good ones and always will be.

It;s cloudy and 10 degrees this morning. Maybe a shower later.

I have spoken to Dev this morning. He assured me it is nothing to do with anything anyone said. He says he just needs time out. He has had things hard lately with his own health, Maria’s health along with losing a good friend recently. His friends funeral is tomorrow. Great to hear that. I know Dev...

And I don't know why, but when i downloaded that it brought this one up. Youngsters in the sputnik back in Bendigo.

Banjo's new frog, He's only a little bloke, maybe an inch long. He's sitting on the weather sensor outside the kitchen window. Clever little bugger. The lights attract the moths to the window. He is motionless. Then...Bang! he's got one! Banjo sits on the windowsill, about 3 inches away from him and...

Exactly.

Too right, Trev.
I also think that because we are on the interweb, we are discussing stuff with people we don't even know.
It can be a mine field.
These days I think I have learnt a bit. On the forum I try to speak to people in a way that I would want to be spoken to.

And by the third generation, the pigeons has 16 great grand parents. 15 of them are not Kittel.
So, you are paying lots and lots of money for what is just another pigeon.

Most of the top flyers only have a handful of real top pigeons in their lofts. The trouble is they use the names of these top pigeons to sell youngsters 2 or 3 generations down from them. Let’s take Kittle for example, as this is a pigeon mentioned in this topic. How can one pigeon possibly have so...