My goal when racing was simple. I want the birds best and finest effort on a Saturday. What happens Sun-Friday with other people's pigeons (and my own) was of little significance to me. Saturday is the be all and end all I've seen birds apparently doing amazing times in training, flying the skies ou...

Well done all. Its good to see that your Father's birds are still leaving their mark Mike 😁 Thanks Trevor Yes, it's really lovely to see the birds winning and receiving the feedback each and every week without fail. The winners are never ending. They are still a cracking family of pigeons It keeps ...

he'll be an asset

Barley's a great moderator. If they leave the barley they've had enough

A good sprint pigeon and I mean a "good one" will give you every inch and ounce of effort in their body in order to get home in the shortest time possible. They'll fly through a brick wall for you. I've met cocks coming in through an open door (me coming out them coming in) and there's onl...

Thanks George

The birds get this on Saturday & Sunday - I like it and the birds seem well on it

https://pigeonvitality.com/product/improver/

I'm out of the country from Thurs 9th May for a couple of weeks but i'm happy to offer you Phil's loft on Saturday if req'd?

He's at Yeovil - a distance of 141 mls 438 yards back to his loft in Derbyshire

I'll find a way to update you all asap depending where I am in the world

Yes of course

All roads lead to Rome, but that's the way I would operate personally

I also liked to bathe them on a Thurs night (ideally)

Below is an example of Phil's droppings this morning from cocks raced yesterday

Their recovery looks good to me

In the past I would have agreed George, but the finest way to prepare your pigeons for ther forthcoming race is to ensure the birds have recovered as quickly and as efficently as possible from the previous race. To me this means that Sunday is now "a day of rest" and they start in earnest ...

Steve Howells wrote: ↑Sun May 05, 2024 6:53 am That's them Mike. Rockefeller is a beautiful pigeon he was also a gutsy bird, he returned badly hawked from Narbonne but still put up a credible performance. The son I have off Miracle Ace is a lovely looking chap till you handle him,then not so nice.

I like them with a bit of "feist"