UkPigeonRacing

Murray wrote: ↑Sun May 04, 2025 11:47 am The young birds were off their heads this morning, so they had a toss this afternoon, a nice little fly into a head wind.
They must have been going pretty much full throttle, because they didn't arrive in a bunch, there were four or five, then 20 seconds later another couple and a few seconds later another couple.....
All were counted, except the little dark hen. I figured she'd be back, she has been several minutes behind a few times. She's tiny and I don't think she's much good. Sure enough a little bit latter she came storming in.
I might pull her out and keep her for a mate for the young grizzle cock. She won't make a racer, she's just a 'come home' pigeon.

Murray wrote: ↑Thu May 08, 2025 9:04 am The ever diminishing young bird team, , The red hen is out for stock, the little dark hen is no good.., went for a toss this afternoon.
I was driving along listening to Bohemian Rhapsody, then Paradise by the dashboard light, so of course I ended up going a bit further.
I hurried home, at no time exceeding the speed limits, and was home before them.
They went bang on the board and in.
I said to Catherine this morning, in the space of a week these have turned into racing pigeons.

Murray wrote: ↑Fri May 09, 2025 8:21 am Three days ago I took the very young team, George the grizzle and four other young ones for their first toss. From the football field, about a mile.
One flew straight into a tree and sat there. I was constantly looking for it, today I was not hopeful.
This afternoon it was sitting on the shed over the back fence, looking pretty ordinary. I picked up the old Diver and took him out and let him go to bring it in. They flew around for a while then I got it in. It was pretty buggered.
But crikey they are tough I put it on a perch with a pot of light feed. A few minutes later I had to take it away, it was going to eat until it was sick. It had a sleep for a couple of hours and then was in with the other young birds eating and arguing,