PIGEON TALK

We're Back! The OB season at the Williams Family Loft has started off with a Bang!!! The Slidell Club is flying with the GREATER NEW ORLEANS COMBINE. I like these guys. They are serious flyers and like to compete.

The first race of the season we won with my hens, Slidell #230 and Slidell #325. They won both club races and placed 6th/200m. in the combine A race vs.376 bds. . And in the B race I placed 1st/200m. With #325 "Billie Jill" vs.354 bds out front by 3 minutes and 45 seconds. The 2nd week we did good with several birds in the 10% in both races. Then came the 3rd week...My husband the competitor Came Back with a big Win! His Dropzone 2 grizzle cock won 1st/300mi. Combine race vs. 692 birds and 1st/300mi in club vs. 215 birds. OUT FRONT BY 5 MINUTES! That's why we call Dropzone 2, "5 MINUTE MAN". I had to buy Byron, "THE KING CREOLE" some Boiled Crawfish that day. We were happy about each others wins, but the next week came around and my hen Delta #192 won me another combine. She drove us nuts when she circled for 2 1/2 minutes before landing, but she still won. Unbelievable. Wow! 3 combines in 4 weeks. And to think I was told that combines were hard to win. Being that we started in March, rumor has it that I have beginners luck. I've never been lucky that I know of, but it sure feels good that with all of my hard work...I've been rewarded by these wins and I like it. Every race is different and its about to get harder, so we will just have to take one race at a time and hope that our babies will want to keep coming home out front.
 

WHAT I'VE LEARNED

I learned that news travels very fast in the pigeon sport. My husband loves to win and the first question he always gets is "Was it her hen or your cock?" I get a kick out of Byron the most. He is one driven individual when it comes to pigeons. On race day, you can tell who won when I step out the loft. I have a little victory dance I do when the hens come in first. So far, he has not locked me in the pigeon loft. Personally, I look at winning like playing KING or QUEEN of the hill. When you win, enjoy it for the week. It is a thrill to take the throne ,but it is also important to be a good sport when it is someone else's turn.