Life in Bendigo.

[killer]

Andy , weather plays a mayor part in race time ,the last 40 years times have changed ,what we did in yards per min ,we do in metres ,but in saying that the birds are not consident ,our old Jurion family ,love 900 to 1000 metres ,,but we rarely get those days ,cheers

[killer]

Murray Dave’s a legion in your part ,seek him out & see if he as changed with the times ,I know his distance birds are second to none ,not ,sure if he as gone down the Euro path,

[Murray]

Murray Dave’s a legion in your part ,seek him out & see if he as changed with the times ,I know his distance birds are second to none ,not ,sure if he as gone down the Euro path,

David and I are not mates.

[killer]

Sad ,May be he lost patients in you ,anyway he gets the job done ,you can’t beat experience ,remember Mate you must learn to abdapt ,feeding is one of those thinks hope you don’t take a fence ,only trying to help you ,

[Murray]

There are two blokes called David around here, one I am am very good friends with, and Dave Hartley, with whom I am not.
Long story, which does not need telling on here.
You dont offend me, killer, I appreciate the advice. I am not a top of the ladder flyer, but I can get them going when I feel like it.

[killer]

Best of luck ,but to do well ,you need local advise ,I needed it when I move here 30 years ago ,then I adapted it & mixed it a bit ,my old ways at which we were good at ,took a back seat ,pride is one thing ,results are another ,cheers

[Murray]

I have had pigeons in Bendigo for a few years. About 10 years ago I had my first pigeons and flew a small team of yearlings in a sprint series they set up. A pigeon called The Diver won the first race by an hour for me, and won again the next two weeks, after which the series was cancelled due to lack of interest
I raced for another couple of years, then there was a PMV outbreak stopped it for a couple of years, then a Rota Virus stopped it for a couple of years, then one night I went to the club to pay my subs and get my rings for the year.
In the course of discussion, I objected to a proposal on the race program. An old timer, one of the 'clique', put his hands behind his head, and told me that I did not know what I was talking about. In front of the whole club.
Not the right way to make friends with me.
So I have not been near them for about 5 years, and cannot see any reason for that to change.
I will wait till the spring and go in the other program.

[killer]

Not easy being the new boy on the block ,but it’s best to listen than tell them what happened before coming to the club ,had a childhood pigeon mate ring me to day ,he raced in Hobart ,Melbourne , then yes. Bendigo ,have a look on the honar board ,he won his share ,unlike you he took his family of birds there ,it took him 12 months ,he learned from Harold ,David’s dad ,seems Rick as the best of them a brother ,if you need some advice I’ll hook you up, remember local knowledge is golden ,

[Andy]

When moving, which I have done a few times, it always takes a couple of years or so to get established again even with the same pigeons. I have found that sometimes the best pigeons/family at one location aren’t the same in a new one.

[Murray]

When moving, which I have done a few times, it always takes a couple of years or so to get established again even with the same pigeons. I have found that sometimes the best pigeons/family at one location aren’t the same in a new one.

That is so true, Andy.
That is the problem with some of the imported pigeons here. They might have been super brilliant in Europe, but it is probably a great deal different here, in terms of climate, loft management and race programs. Some don't adapt to being factory trained and being raced in the middle of winter.
The new pigeons I have are bred down from the offspring of imports that have succeeded, and at the top level. And when I say bred down, we are not talking several generations. My Jos Thone' grizzle and his blue brother are out of a grizzle hen that won 1st Fed several times. An absolute top class pigeon. That is a branch of an import family that has worked here.
But some things are imprinted in them. They like my small loft and quiet management system. They like being here, where they are not herded into wire crates, but are one by one picked up and put into a box with 8 others.
I wont top the averages, but my percentage of birds on the sheet is always many times better than the blokes with hundreds of youngsters.
Always is.