Breeding

Well, I'm finally feeling good enough to "work the birds". I was down for a couple of weeks with bronchitis, Brenda finally made me go to the doctor. Now she feels vindicated as it was about to turn in to pneumonia. I'm working on getting the breeding loft in shape and trying to decide on matings. Hopefully I'll be pairing up by the end of next week!

Not Quite Back!

Well I left the house and took a car ride for the first time since my surgery today! I went with a friend who was training his pigeons, we left about 1 p.m. and got back shortly after 3 p.m. It was nice to get out of the house, but I found out that I'm not quite ready for prime time yet. I laid down when I got home for a short rest after taking some medication and woke up at 8 p.m.! I still feel tired, so I guess maybe I'll need to take things a little slower, but watching his team take off and fly for home as a unit was worth it!!

Update

Well we managed to finish the season with 5 lofts participating. Each loft won at least 1 race with only Bullseye Loft belonging to Bob Doher accruing more than 1 win. I count that as a successful Old Bird Season season. Young Bird races start in a week and I am busy training the new Race Secretary. I will be late starting this year as I had problems getting a racing team bred for this year due to personal problems during the year. My father died from a fall after a 3 month hospital stay, and I myself am recovering from back surgery that I had last Monday. We have a few young birds, but they will need a lot of training before racing. Hopefully with the help of my wife Brenda and my grandson Josh, we will be able to get them trained and join the club in the races just a few weeks late. Then they better watch out cause between the 3 of us we out to be able to take the club to town! Wish us luck!

Races

Well we got our first race off tonight, I was beginning to think it would never happen. Our Race Secretary quit 2 weeks before the season started. Since I was the only member with any experience with the software I became the default race secretary. It was my fault that I knew anything about it. Between weather systems we finally sent off a race we feel that we can trust. I am definitely going to train someone else how to operate this software as I'm already the secretary/treasurer and that's enough to keep me busy! Hope the weather holds tomorrow!

Babies

Well I finally have some baby birds, as soon as I get my film developed I'll scan the pictures in. I've had requests for pictures of my birds so I thought I would do both at the same time.

Breeders

I've decided to let 3 pair of breeders lay in hopes that I will be able to work them in around my next, as yet unscheduled procedure. These will be some of my favorite Sion strain. Keep my fingers crossed and see what happens!

More Precedures

Well on the 9Th I went into the pain specialist for a caudal epidural injection to help dissolve scar tissue on my spinal cord so that when the permanent spinal cord stimulator is installed it will hopefully maximize the performance and therefore relief. Yesterday felt like I had been given a series of Kidney punches by someone that knew what they were doing. Today it's just really sore, tomorrow should be better!