Devo1956 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 04, 2024 3:25 pm
It will be a sad day for you Buster, and i truly know that feeling. I found it so hard because it was happening over a few weeks, birds getting picked up on different days. Then the last day when the final birds got picked up, i was left with 2 empty lofts. They went the following week, and i was then walking into an empty back garden. I still miss them today and always will do.
Yes I had this on the Isle of Wight when I packed up, I managed to re home most of the younger birds but had to dispose of the older ones. I also had chickens at the time, I found homes for the hens but had half a dozen cockerels that had to go.
It was horrible and I wouldn't want to do it again.
If i could keep birds again, i would only keep 4 pairs of breeders. My lofts when i had the birds, there was 28 breeding pairs and a section for 24 youngsters.
Devo1956 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 04, 2024 3:25 pm
It will be a sad day for you Buster, and i truly know that feeling. I found it so hard because it was happening over a few weeks, birds getting picked up on different days. Then the last day when the final birds got picked up, i was left with 2 empty lofts. They went the following week, and i was then walking into an empty back garden. I still miss them today and always will do.
Yes I had this on the Isle of Wight when I packed up, I managed to re home most of the younger birds but had to dispose of the older ones. I also had chickens at the time, I found homes for the hens but had half a dozen cockerels that had to go.
It was horrible and I wouldn't want to do it again.
Shame that Trev
The issue I have is none of mine are broken except few oldies that I used to race, and folks just don't want them what I may have to do is just go down one day and open the doors if they go they go and if they stay they stay, as much as I don't want to go down this route I may have no choice as I will not cull any
Devo1956 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 04, 2024 3:25 pm
It will be a sad day for you Buster, and i truly know that feeling. I found it so hard because it was happening over a few weeks, birds getting picked up on different days. Then the last day when the final birds got picked up, i was left with 2 empty lofts. They went the following week, and i was then walking into an empty back garden. I still miss them today and always will do.
Yes I had this on the Isle of Wight when I packed up, I managed to re home most of the younger birds but had to dispose of the older ones. I also had chickens at the time, I found homes for the hens but had half a dozen cockerels that had to go.
It was horrible and I wouldn't want to do it again.
Shame that Trev
The issue I have is none of mine are broken except few oldies that I used to race, and folks just don't want them what I may have to do is just go down one day and open the doors if they go they go and if they stay they stay, as much as I don't want to go down this route I may have no choice as I will not cull any
Ahhh I see as you say its not ideal but could be your best option to start with mate. At least that way they have a chance and you can then have another think about it when you know who's stayed !! Maybe there is something you can do to enable you to do more of the feeding etc from outside the loft !!
Don't bother me going in Trev it is all the work involved now and it takes longer and longer to do, that is why I said iof I could get numbers really low would be able to keep some
Buster121 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 06, 2024 1:54 pm
Don't bother me going in Trev it is all the work involved now and it takes longer and longer to do, that is why I said iof I could get numbers really low would be able to keep some
Ahh I see I thought going into the loft was affecting your health mate !!
Let's hope you find a way of reducing your numbers then mate so that you are able to keep a few
The pigeons have to live in a big shed while we take over the cottage at St Arnaud and renovate it.
I put the birds in the shed today. It’s a bit rough until the perches and things arrive tomorrow, but they seem happy.
Gordon likes it
Greetings from the land down under.
Blessed is he who expecteth nothing, for verily, he shall not be disappointed.
I gave away a lot of youngsters, but when the time came to move, I just packed up the old birds and bought the lot. All my talk about getting rid of some, well.....
Greetings from the land down under.
Blessed is he who expecteth nothing, for verily, he shall not be disappointed.
as you say its not ideal but could be your best option to start with mate. At least that way they have a chance and you can then have another think about it when you know who's stayed !! Maybe there is something you can do to enable you to do more of the feeding etc from outside the loft !!
