Yeah, dad had many times like this…. They certainly earned more respect than they deserved… something someone from the outside truly understands…. But we will just get on and hope some work in pal! Thanks for your encouragement 🤝👍

Not easy to go through no lying about that Darren, but we just have to keep moving and keep the faith they come back 🙏🙏🙏

Nightmare pal but what can you do, just hope they have went in and brought up closer to home at the marking station but hey ho! Got another one last night at 6:30! Glad to see my wee hen home 🙌 same to you mate finger crossed 🤞 appreciate the comment pal 🤝🤝

Thanks Bernie and Pete! We just move on, thank you for sharing and your encouragement words weekly! Unfortunately it’s not all sunshine and rainbows with pigeons but hopefully gives folks a inside that no matter how long you do this, it can still effect you. Not sure what else gives you as many emotions on a weekly basis 😂 thanks you Pete and Bernie 👍👍

Thanks for your encouragement and your words merv! I keep saying and even my dad says we are thankful for people like yourself watching and enjoying the videos! We never lose hope mate, but there nothing more we can do but hope and pray 🙏 🤞 Dads had many of races liked this over his career so for me a hard pill to swallow but we have to move forward mate! Thank you mervyn from our family to yours 🤝🤝 gentleman 👍

Appreciate that David 🤝👍 fingers crossed and keeping the faith 🤞🤞🤞

only way for it bud! you get some great ones unfortunately get some bad ones!

Thanks Ollie, appreciate that pal! Yeah that’s good mate, it’s a long tough winter but you’ll be all set to go mate! Appreciate the comments pal 🤝👍

Hi Robert, appreciate the encouraging words, as you said would trade the position to get them back as that was not a pigeon race! We had another return tonight so just hope they keep moving closer! I can only describe my feeling as I’m sure a lot of fanciers are in the same gut wrenching feeling!! Robert I can’t thank you enough for weekly tuning in, your kind comments on a weekly basis do help and it’s very encouraging for me to provide these and for people to enjoy! Thank you for the support! We are waiting to find out how we finished for the year! And untill it’s in black and white I’ll wait for confirmation pal! You take care and look after yourself 🤝🤝🤝🤝

Yeah it seems you boys had a great race! some great pigeons still missing id say! but great result for you pal! just hit the bar!!! thanks for the comments pal! just looking back some them pigeons covered nearly a 1000 miles in 4/5 races! madness these young ones can do it! thanks again mate

Just one of them things. No1 ever wishes it hendry but when it happens it feels like everything on earth just stops 😂 👎 a few have worked in god love them! Like nothing but they will bounce back, you just never know what it truly does to them! I would say if one person could tell us that, that book/dvd would be sold out 😝 but we move on, appreciate the comments and watching weekly! Goes a long way to me 🤝🤝👍

@@ssbrownracingpigeons37 I scour KZfaq for any racing pigeons 🤣, try see how people go about their hobby , look for tips etc . And your doing a grand job . 👌👏. We’ve all gone through the same experiences as well, for example I had a stray and relaxed it the next day 30 miles away and the stray is back! Try training my birds 30 miles and some can’t do it . Long winter in front of us 👎😩

@@hendry147147 hahaha it’s always the way hendry, we certainly don’t know pigeons is my belief pal! The hard work starts now pal! 🙌🙌

Almost andy, glad you’ll get it back to the perch pal 👏👏👍

Thanks ray 👍🤝

Thank you des for the encouraging words! Dad been hear more times that enough, but as you say we just go on pal! Yes we will enjoy the somewhat break, or does it ever finish lol onwards and upwards 🙌🙌 thanks for watching all year 🤝🤝

Well it actually never really ends, just eases off from now till pairing up time and that's you're choice when you do that, some earlier than others. For the next month it's cleaning out once a day + all the feathers, after that you will feed them once a day and change there drinking water whilst the birds have a little fly out, its also there break time 2 when you think about it. So alot easier days, and because you're dad is not well you will have to get stuck in, please god he gets well soon. Was thinking this morning of 1 time when I was about 10-12 and we had a terrible storm in dublin, more windy than rain but terrible conditions for racing, and me and some lads where walking home from the phoenix park and just about 2 leave it, and we heard and un merciful crash and seen pigeons falling 2 the ground in the Irish presedents back garden at the time in the trees, witch is actually a part an old president gave 2 Dubln Zoo, and is now there African plains part if you have ever being I don't no but, we as lads jumped over the small spiked railings and walked trough the trees and scrub, and found hundreds of northern Ireland pigeons, most where all standing there stunned some where trying 2 take off but couldn't get out of the scrub, and some where so badly injured had 2 kill them, I had seen my brother doing it so showed the lads and most helped me. We all brought some back 2 sheds we had in our back gardens at the time, and our friends came back up with us and we brought cardboard box's with us, we all took as many as we could find, and basically we all fed and waterd and kept them for a few weeks trying 2 break them, but 90% flew off and the rest stayed, so long story short Stephen there is for instance as a time in my life when I seen pigeons hedge or tree or roof hopping and they misjudged say there hight or a rogue gust of wind pushed them down. Now you no why I hate North in the wind or worse N/E as you no there all going 2 hedge etc etc hop and there lies the danger in that wind. So I'm going back almost 35 years now. Sorry f0r the Essay!!, but taught of it this morning. Wind is a bastard you no in a west wind birds can end up in Scotland, and I've heard of birds in Scotland ending up on the islands above Scotland, all these tings do happen, and of course we are at home wondering days weeks later where are they gone like?. No need to thank me or any1 on here for watching weekly, Its a pleasure always Stephen, keep it up

@@desburke7786 thanks for thank des, I must admit must of took awhile writing that pal. So thanks for the inset 🙌🤝🤝 yes we move on and get to work des 💪

@ssbrownracingpigeons37 haha I can go on a bit at times lol. No bother, enjoy the mini break and keep them videos coming pal

@@desburke7786 good to see the passion is there even if you don’t race pal! 🤝 thanks des will do mate

That’s it hedley, just have to pick us and the pigeons up and keep going mate, the weather just was unfortunate at the weekend 👎 thanks pal 🤝

11 outta 15 mate… finished 23rd north sec 🙌 absolutely delighted 🙏

Nice 👍 well done. Suppose it's a bitter sweet end to the year at least.

Jesus, Chris I feel for you bud! Just hope for next year you get a better run at it mate 🤞🤞🤞

Yes Paul, got other one tonight so just hope they keep coming! Pigeons aren’t just pigeons here bud! I appreciate you taking the time to watch and comment weekly Paul! It was a task many times I thought was too much but knowing people like yourself enjoyed them made it worth its weight in gold! So than you very much pal 🤝👍 We will keep going for sure mate! Thank you 🤝🙌

Thanks James pal, for your encouragement words, but that’s pigeons mate. We do everything possible when it comes to our end and when they go in the basket god love them, it’s up to them, I think it’s no fault of the pigeons we just hope they return, every year there this hope deep down inside that you bred the special kind of pigeon few and far between but they all get the some love, compassion and treatment here. Even trying to talk the wife into converting the roof space to a loft 😂😂😂 (not happening tho) they are more than just pigeons here ❤️❤️ thanks again my friend we move mate 👍👍

We’ve 12 home pal, still 14 to come 😶😶😶

Congrats. See you were yb fancier of the year. Looks overall edc fancier too with good result in the last race well done

@@stuartawmcconkey1738 thanks Stuart pal 👍👍 just waiting on one race to be approved then hopefully hear the announcement pal 🤞🤞🤞

thanks pal! hope you got a few more back in pal!

Yes jab, still a lot of good pigeons still missing, is what it is mate 👎 we won’t lose hope 🙌🙌🤞🤞

@@ssbrownracingpigeons37 there still coming on yet always hope for more

@@jab3486 yes we got another one today 🙌🙌🙌 flew to nothing but he’s home 🙏🙏

Thank you George 🤝👍👍