We race both cocks and hens on widowhood and generally send on average 8 cocks per race, but only timing three in the clock unless there is a club special nomination race.
With the DEFRA ruling on only being able to send pigeons every other week, we are having to concentrate on the bigger races and whilst we would like to support our local Federation, these rules are preventing us from competing. However, we will do our best to support the Federation when we can.
Living directly on the south coast of England means the vast majority of races are from France, with our birds having to cross 100 miles of open sea and this makes these races very difficult to win, as the winds will dictate where the winning birds arrive along the coast, obviously, those lofts nearer that point are nearly always the winners. |
