Where do they get too ?

Tue Jul 04, 2023 5:28 am

Does make you wonder, sometimes they get dragged that far they eventually get lost and work back slowly surviving on what they can until they reach home, the longest I have ever had one return from is 3 weeks late and thin as a rake

Tue Jul 04, 2023 7:39 am

Andy wrote: Tue Jul 04, 2023 7:37 am The longest I ever had was back in the 80s. Ilost a young bird off the loft in 1985. She returned 4 years later in the spring of 1989. By the look of her she had probably been a streetcar over that time. Once settled back in I did try racing her but she was useless.

4 years blimey

Thu Jul 06, 2023 6:14 am

Trev wrote: Wed Jul 05, 2023 10:17 pm As much as we do need to lose a few pigeons so that we can keep producing youngsters year after year it is always nice to see birds turn up after they've been out a while. I've had a few turn up after a year or so away but I can't remember having any turn up having been away much longer !!! I did have one turn up a few weeks ago that I lost as a youngster last August !!! He was so flown out that he has only just started to venture out of the loft again. I know he will never be any good now but having put so much into getting home how can I condemn him

You never know Trev we never know what they endure when missing like that