UkPigeonRacing

I bred a hen that topped the Cornish Combine from Nantes twice in a fortnight from a 14 year old cock. He was still filling his eggs at 17.

Sounds a top Hen Andy what’s that distance to you 270 -300 ?

I was in Bodmin in Cornwall then Neil. It was 266 miles. But of that if they took a direct route 122 miles was over water.

She was a very good hen. The sire had flown Thurso 530 miles as a yearling for a friend in Godalming, Surrey. He was packing up and I brought him as a 2 year old for the princely sum of £10. I was in Sussex then. He moved with me 4 times and was broken out every time. The dam was a gift bird from a fellow club member in Cornwall.

Andy wrote: ↑Mon Nov 25, 2024 7:24 pm I was in Bodmin in Cornwall then Neil. It was 266 miles. But of that if they took a direct route 122 miles was over water.

Was you farming in Bodmin ?

NeilA wrote: ↑Mon Nov 25, 2024 8:11 pm

Andy wrote: ↑Mon Nov 25, 2024 7:24 pm I was in Bodmin in Cornwall then Neil. It was 266 miles. But of that if they took a direct route 122 miles was over water.

Was you farming in Bodmin ?

Yes I was Neil. I was the herd manager on the Llanhydrock estate. We were milking 360 cows 3 times a day. We had one of the best, highest milking herds in the country. Taken from a herd of 120 average milking cows when I went there to what it was when I left to farm on my own 6 years later. Also done quite a bit of showing with them down there too.

I have been through the area a beautiful place though I imagine hard work farming

NeilA wrote: ↑Mon Nov 25, 2024 8:52 pm I have been through the area a beautiful place though I imagine hard work farming

It is a lovely area. Pigeon racing is difficult down there as Bodmin is just the other side of Bodmin moor and the birds rarely came over the moors. They would either go around to the North or South through Exeter or Plymouth. Also of course because of the prevailing SW winds usually into a head wind. But I loved the years I spent down there not only the job itself but also the people, and of course the surfing.

I can imagine Andy a lovely area