UkPigeonRacing

Totally agree.
Peas are called 'sinkers' here, i don't know anyone who feeds big beans anymore.
As Neil said, there are other ways of feeding protein. Safflower, for instance, is about 16% protein and is a rich source of fats.
There are are various 'protein digest' products which are very good.
Neil is clearly very much on the pulse with feeding.

Totally agree

Beans is ‘old school’

You can feed feeds thar offer everything beans does and more and the birds digestive system is worked less too

Some fanciers just don’t like change though

back in 60s some would feed just beans because the droppings looked good and must say so did the birds

Murray wrote: ↑Tue Sep 10, 2024 9:19 am Totally agree.
Peas are called 'sinkers' here, i don't know anyone who feeds big beans anymore.
As Neil said, there are other ways of feeding protein. Safflower, for instance, is about 16% protein and is a rich source of fats.
There are are various 'protein digest' products which are very good.
Neil is clearly very much on the pulse with feeding.

That’s very kind of you Murray

This is an outline of Australia. it's quite a big place.
When a pigeon gets lost, sometimes it can go a long way before it hits the ocean. Sometimes it is a bit difficult to collect a reported pigeon, as it might be a thousand miles away....

Murray wrote: ↑Tue Sep 10, 2024 10:53 am This is an outline of Australia. it's quite a big place.
When a pigeon gets lost, sometimes it can go a long way before it hits the ocean. Sometimes it is a bit difficult to collect a reported pigeon, as it might be a thousand miles away....AUSTRALIA.jpg

Even though I know how big it is
It’s mad when you lay it out like that Murray
Do you guys race north to south on the east and west of the country
I guess there isn’t much pigeon racing through the central area

Murray wrote: ↑Tue Sep 10, 2024 10:53 am This is an outline of Australia. it's quite a big place.
When a pigeon gets lost, sometimes it can go a long way before it hits the ocean. Sometimes it is a bit difficult to collect a reported pigeon, as it might be a thousand miles away...

The furthest distance I've had a bird reported was in 1994 when I had a bird reported in Sofia, Bulgaria some 1,360 miles away. The bird was lost the year before as a YB from Peterborough 102 miles.

NeilA wrote: ↑Tue Sep 10, 2024 12:35 pm

Murray wrote: ↑Tue Sep 10, 2024 10:53 am This is an outline of Australia. it's quite a big place.
When a pigeon gets lost, sometimes it can go a long way before it hits the ocean. Sometimes it is a bit difficult to collect a reported pigeon, as it might be a thousand miles away....AUSTRALIA.jpg

Even though I know how big it is
It’s mad when you lay it out like that Murray
Do you guys race north to south on the east and west of the country
I guess there isn’t much pigeon racing through the central area

No, there's not much racing in the centre, not much of anything.
The racing is from all directions, and a lot of clubs and feds race alternate roads, for example north/south one year and east/west the other year, to give everyone a fair chance.
The Melbourne Feds tend to race north/south, and send up to 10,000 birds every week. Clashing with them is not good. Last weekend the Bendigo blokes had their Gold Ring race and it was a bad one. Word is the pigeons ended up in Melbourne, and worked their way back the next day.