Re: Widowhood box
Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2024 11:38 am
I did that once and never seen the cock again, it wasn't done intentially but every time I raced the cock when he returned another cock had taken his box so I tried letting him in whilst keeping cock whose box it was out, the end never to be seen againMurray wrote: Wed Oct 02, 2024 11:10 am I used to mix them up a bit, take the bowl away and have them sitting on a block of wood in the box, or put the bowl in then show the hen, or put the bowl but no hen, or a handful of straw and the hen.....Now I don't think it made a scrap of difference. All it did was make work for me and a sleepless night worrying about it.
Widowhood cocks race to the loft and their box, absolutely.
The only thing I think is wrong, very wrong, is using jealousy, where a cock is sent away having seen another cock in his box. The pigeon can get so overwrought that he is worn out before they are liberated.
If a pigeon has had a few races and always finds his mate in his box, he knows he will this time too.