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FEATURED FEATHERS: "AU 06 GFL 1229 BC "MANNING"
No I did not make a mistake naming a direct son of THE PATRIOT...Manning. I can't help it, I am a ARCHIE, PEYTON, and ELI fan. My bird "MANNING" is also from a tough family and I feel that this bird's offspring will build a legacy like the Manning family. My sweet husband wanted to buy me a Valentine's gift and I chose 1229 . We won the bid and he is everything Mr. Ganus said he would be. He is show quality and he is well bred and we believe that he wil be a super breeder like his father ! This super cock is paired with "NEW DAY", our direct dtr. of "Millennium". We consider this pair to be one of our most valuable breeding pairs.
PIGEON TALK:
Promoting this sport is
like playing with matches. It only takes one to start a fire if the
conditions are right. I feel like the conditions are right but we need more
matches. Enthusiasm is contagious and I am having such a blast with all of
my ideas! April is National Pigeon Awareness Month. I would like to
encourage everyone in the sport to do something to promote our pigeons and
our sport. It can be as simple as handing out an AU brochure. Its too easy
to say a sport is dying, but its much more fun to do something to keep it
alive! Have fun and stay excited. Tell em' like I do..."Pigeon racing is the
best sport in the world!"
WHAT I LEARNED:
I learned that people want to get involved.
Recently, I put out an email to our club members asking if anyone
would be interested in helping me set up the display cases in the
library for National Pigeon Awareness Month. To my surprise, one of
our club officers willingly came out to help me. He is very
knowledgeable about the pigeons and has seen the pigeon sport evolve
into what it is today. His input was very valuable. He was showing
me this countermark thingy that they used to band the birds for the
old clocks and I thought to myself..."I am so thankful that I didn't
try to do this sport with those clocks because my pigeons would
truly have had to rely on their wings because I am sure that they
would have suffered some kind of leg damage". How did ya'll ever get
through it?