Pigeon's out or not over the winter months

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Anthony webster
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Iv exercised all winter won 1st race then been carried away hunting started exercise 2 weeks before first race had 2 tosses n won first race but think as a team the team exercised in winter flew better as a team the whole season but team I started late flew unbelievable in July like they found unreal form but was two late by then.
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We’re back to the same thing, each to their own
Bowbroom
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Open hole for a few days then onto the flag and then down the road.
Yes Ronnie was a character, ex bare knuckle fighter sold his birds to Louella
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Mine are shut up now until February/March, can't see the point letting them out. Never had any problems with wing lock ect.
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always let my birds out over winterdidnt seem to care tomuch they didnt do tomuch darting about but they seemed happy lol
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Won’t they have to stay locked up until next year anyway due to bird flu?
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PeteDerby wrote: Fri Oct 31, 2025 9:37 pm Won’t they have to stay locked up until next year anyway due to bird flu?
No mate u can normally exercise for 1hr around home and private train just can't mix with others I think .
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NeilA wrote: Sat Nov 01, 2025 9:09 am
Anthony webster wrote: Sat Nov 01, 2025 7:28 am
PeteDerby wrote: Fri Oct 31, 2025 9:37 pm Won’t they have to stay locked up until next year anyway due to bird flu?
No mate u can normally exercise for 1hr around home and private train just can't mix with others I think .
That’s what I did although I was told after there different levels of zones with other restrictions
I never really understood it mate
Personally I find the whole thing insane. Doncaster yesterday you could only take birds into the venue if they were registered. Like registering them included any kind of health check? Of course it didn’t. Just the usual DEFRA pointless bureaucracy.
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