I was always of the understanding that pigeons can not catch it in the traditional sense. However when exposed to the virus, they can transport it to other locations. For example say a garden bird has the virus, pecking about in your garden/shed roof, your race birds pick it up through contact with ...

Murray wrote: ↑Sat Mar 22, 2025 9:42 am Yea I know, I was just suddenly taken with an urge to tell a story.

Pretty good one at that too!

As much as I'm pleased that you are all commenting on this thread and keeping it on the front page, I would be far happier if you guys had managed to stay on topic and not be dragged back into hostilities! Everyone on this forum should be entitled to their own opinions, and be free to share them wit...

Murray wrote: ↑Thu Mar 13, 2025 10:59 am No, but I was very sorry to see Constitution Hill fall.
I still think he is an exceptional hurdler. Put that down to bad luck.

Yes definitely, part of the magic no doubt!

Hello all

Anyone got any good tips for the races today?

Are the insults really necessary? I would have thought that after the disappointment of you and your friends at the AGM that an attempt would have been made to mend fences not continue with the bile spitting Was this aimed at me? I don't see any insults anywhere, and certainly wouldn't have been my...

I think you’ll need a bigger sample of the membership than you’ll get here for it to mean anything don’t you? Apparently there are 13000 plus members in the RPRA and 95% of them couldn’t care less how it’s run as long as they can fly their birds, I’ve taken part in the survey but the vast majority ...

Hello mate, what do you hope to gain from the surve6y and what dp you intend to do with the results? I'm interested to see the receptiveness of fanciers to the idea of a new union, and possibly use responses to build a framework of a theoretical union built from the ground up. Like I said in the fi...

king wrote: ↑Fri Mar 07, 2025 5:39 pm Will you be posting the results?

If there's enough people interested I will be happy to share the results!

We only have around 4 weeks left til racing begins and all the political b*ll*cks will get forgotten about for another year! So just before we get to that point, I have put together a little survey, to try and get some feedback from the membership. Obviously this isn't binding in anyway, but I would...