OFFICIAL RESULTS:
Here is the result sheet from Saturday's race which had 7 lofts competing with 96 birds.
Tim Vasey reports that the birds were liberated at 7:52 a.m. at Saturday in clear skies and no wind.
First thing Saturday morning, looks who's waiting in David's backyard! That squirrel shows no fear.
Countermarking and crating inside Steve Slate's barn
Sulham countermarked one of his young birds.
A group of John James' birds crated and ready to go.
Everyone started their clocks, right?
Angie, who is holding two of her husband's newly printed OB diplomas, still isn't convinced racing pigeons is such a good idea.
Bob checks out one of David's young birds who had been injured a few weeks prior.
We had five crates full of birds. Good showing!
Shipping night for the first young bird race of the season went relatively smoothly considering we were meeting at a new place for the first time (thank you again, Steve Slates).
Seven lofts and 96 birds were counter-marked and crated for the Bacon/Casey team to drive to Oneida, Tn. Good luck to everyone!
Love all the pics and info on the website. Keep up the good work guys!
My first bird came in by himself at 10:42.