PIGEON RACING

cafcledbury

before all the abuse of flat caps and whippets its for old man sport start.am 35 yrs old.just wondering if there are any charlton fans that race pigeons or no anyone that does.i no pigeon racing is not seen by the public as a sport.but over the world now more and more people are taking it up.atb tony

Swisdom

My grandad (rip) used to have some of The best birds in the country if not Europe. He had tons of trophies and medals etc.and raced from Northumberland Heath

DaveMehmet

I tried it but made my arms ache

BIG_ROB

Me old neighbour, Billy Skinner use to race em, had loads!

RodneyCharltonTrotta

Remembered this from primary school....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFDd4dOO_F8

BIG_ROB

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5c4uMaJKt_g

AddickUpNorth

I used to keep fan tail pigeons when I was a kid. Entered a couple of shows but just did it for my own enjoyment. Loved my birds.

BIG_ROB

Can't beat a nice looking fan tail AUN pal, jokes aside.

nth_london_addick

We will need the pigeons to defeat those pesky foxes and moles if AUNs cats dont eat them

cafcledbury

there a new thing now called a one loft race.were you breed a pigeon send it off to a loft in south africa were its trained and a few races then they have a final race.were the winner gets a millon dollars.and if you win any of the training races you get a car.it does cost £700 to enter your bird could get lost or eaten by hawks.

DaveMehmet

Our ducks hate pigeons, chase them all over the garden. One cheeky fecker used to walk up and down outside their pen whilst they went berserk trying to get to it. They got so frustrated they used to attack each other.

AddickUpNorth

BIG_ROB said:

Can't beat a nice looking fan tail AUN pal, jokes aside.

I know mate, if I had the space I'd consider getting some more. Used to spend hours with them.

AddickUpNorth

nth london addick said:

We will need the pigeons to defeat those pesky foxes and moles if AUNs cats dont eat them

Haha leave my cats out of it, they're innocents in all this.

nth_london_addick

I watched a fella up epping forest every sunday let 20 or so go for about a month in the end we used to go for a bite to eat in the little burger bar and within a couple of hrs they would come back


The bloke was great to talk to and his love of his pigeons was brilliant

Then he got sick and told me he was giving it all up after 30 yrs of racing them

One day i turned up and there was loads of the pigeon fellas up there letting doves go


Turns out he had passed away within a month of him telling me but i had a great insight into it and was really intrigued by it all

One of his birds vinnie jones bought for 30k as a tiny chick and he said he had one that was worth 3 x that amount he couldve been bull shitting but he was such a nice bloke

Uts an interesting past time , which seemed quite competitive

cafcledbury

nice story there.there is lots of big name people who keep pigeons mike tyson.the queen.ducan ferguson.gerry francis.the only problem is money.its going to spoil it there was a bird a few months a go sold for £370.000 they was paying for the breed

soapy_jones

Where's ole norvern lardie OP when you need her? Months stalking CL and chipping in when we don't want her and then when a topic comes up that she will understand the ins and outs of nothing...