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Widow cocks bathing on the day of basketing

Our second visit was on a Saturday morning in the early Spring.

When we arrived at about 10 o’clock Vic told us that Louis and Charel were in the back yard. After a friendly greeting we saw the pigeons sitting on the roof and saw them flying around.

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Louis told us that they had to basket that afternoon for Quièvrain and that they had given the widow cocks about an hour before a bath at the loft and could go out for a spin. When we asked why they gave at the day of basketing a bath and let them even out afterwards, Louis told us that the pigeons would get a tail wind on the day of race from Quièvrain and to basket the widow cocks quietly they got a bath and could fly out.

During the conversation we heart all of a sudden a screaming whistle and when we looked up to the roof we only saw one more pigeon. The others did go inside in a blink of an eye. The one that was sitting outside was a wido