moral dilema?

[Boggy]

here's one to test ya!

last week a racing pigeon decided to "rest" on our bathroom window ledge. so we put out some seed to feed it.and it has adopted us as its new family

now! when i was young(last week) my grandad had a pigeon coup and raced them for his hobby(rc heli's wern't invented and jet provost ruled the skies.). if a bird was slow returning home it was considered a waste of corn and duly dispatched for a (very nice:) ) dinner. the pigeon racing club used to have a policy that if someone contacted them that a bird had landed and was staying put,then after 48hrs they would send a member around to catch it. inveriably(or at least my grandads method was to hold some seed in his hand and make a tch tch sound,this worked a treat and the bird would flutter down and peck the seed,now on the third peck he would grab its neck and spin it...click it was tonights dinner!!

so there is my dilemma guys do i ring the pigeon club or eat the ****er myself? :D:D

[MartinH]

Funny enough this happened to us, we called the pigeon keepers (from up north, lancashire I think) and they came and got it after a bloody week :/, didnt eat it though lol.

[Rctintin]

Have it yourself :ack2:

(if your happy to kill it, pluck it, gut it, stuff it, cook it, and then eat it!)

[dam74]

Do you have the details from tags? My uncles are both pidgeon racers but don't mind the odd meal. Nor do I :) Most likely given the weather you'll be able to get yourself a nice dinner and the owner will be happy to know what happened to his pidgeon.

[stevieb337]

channel four mate thats all i say

Kill it, Cook it, Eat it

[Jamin_00]

Some of these can be very very VERY expensive, 000's even.

So I would give it back myself :)

[LipolyGone]

[quote=Jamin_00;393351]Some of these can be very very VERY expensive, 000's even.

So I would give it back myself :)[/quote]
Think you will find only the ones who make it home quick are worth anything ben :)
This one of boggys thinks it's at a truck stop.

[EnVeeTee]

I'd really like to get into pigeon racing but I don't have any birds. Maybe I could have it.

I know there are different types which fly at different speeds, has it got brown or white strips behind it's ears - I was told the ones with white strips are faster.

I'm learning

[dam74]

Boggy, given the weather conditions I'd say it's got blown off course and is tired and hungry. Cut it some slack :)

[Geek]

Boggy find out who own's it ask if has a reward for it.
Ask if he want's it?
then make your mind up

You should train it to fly to your house
then when leaving the flying field you could send the wife a massage :)

[Boggy]

lol dont worry darryl its got a box and some food. it'll probably move on home when the weather turns,can't say what kind of welcome it will get:(

it already flies off in the morning but comes back late afternoon Paul.

ive been on [URL="http://www.homingpigeons.co.uk/straypigeons.htm"]this [/URL]web site but although i can lean out of the window and feed it from my hand i can't get hold of it yet so they wont collect.(if the guy looks like my dear old grandad he's not having it :D:D:D)

[dam74]

[quote=Geek;393412]Boggy find out who own's it ask if has a reward for it.
Ask if he want's it?
then make your mind up

You should train it to fly to your house
then when leaving the flying field you could send the wife a massage :)[/quote]


**** Paul.....that pigeon must be real expensive if it can massage as well!

[Geek]

I have worked as a Falconer
And we get dlamed for them going missing
They clame they can cost thousands.
also in the war birds of prey where shot on the south coast because they throught they would stop massages getting back.

Keep it Boggy
buy a chicken if you want to eat it :)

[Smoothound]

If you plan on eating it a *Woodie* is far better flavoured ;)


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[dam74]

[quote=Geek;393428]I have worked as a Falconer
And we get dlamed for them going missing
They clame they can cost thousands.
also in the war birds of prey where shot on the south coast because they throught they would stop massages getting back.

Keep it Boggy
buy a chicken if you want to eat it :)[/quote]

Lucky git, I'm a lover of Birds of Prey and have had some great experiences photographing them in the wild. Had a feeding station setup in the Forest of Bere with lots of small birds feeding from it. I was standing against a tree observing the station and the next minute from behind me darting through a small clearing came a Sparrowhawk flying like a bat out of hell trying to take one of the birds. It was unsucessful that time :)