Team Gurnay –
Carol and I are finally settled in enough to get some pigeons flying, meet the local club members,
and get my breeders together. It is a different sort of environment for the birds, but I’m confident
that they’ll do as well here as they did in California.
I have GURNAY bands. I have AU and IF bands. They are .75 cents a band, and it will be first
come, first served. I have @200 AU bands, but those are also my bands – so, they’re not all leaving
Rainier.
2022 GURNAY USA CLUB dues. Because of the rising cost of everything over the past few
years, I am going to ask that the dues rise to meet inflation. $20.00 a year to help defray costs.
We are going to re-affiliate formally with the AU. I would like some input on whether we
continue affiliation with the IF (due to the low number of flyers actually competing in IF clubs).
The current AU GURNAY bands are my personal bands, but I want these going back to being a
club band.
2022 GURNAY USA FUTURITY. While Don has graciously agreed to host again if we have no
other takers, one of the reasons we started this Futurity was to get the birds to different areas of the
United States in order to test them north and south, east and west, and somewhere in between. In
the last ten years, we’ve flown from Ohio, Georgia, North Carolina, Washington State, and New
York. Obviously – multiple times from a few of those areas. This year, we had the lowest number
of birds shipped to the Futurity in that same decade. The Futurity is a little bit of work – but we
need more birds to make this productive, competitive, and to keep the Gurnay gene pool clicking.
David Meyers has agreed to host it in 2023 – and I’ll probably pick it up in 2024 – but how about
one of you other long-time members raising your hand for this year? CALL ME – 530 598.6245.
RACING PIGEON DIGEST. Do we have a volunteer or two, that would like to provide input for
some articles? I’ll get David to clean them up as necessary, and I’ll send them on to Gene.
If you are flying your Gurnay with your club, we would love to hear about it. I don’t care if they’re
topping the winner’s list – the fact that we have Gurnay actively competing is worth sharing.
If you know someone who might be interested in joining this club – and getting involved with the
Gurnay – please let me know, share this Newsletter, and welcome them to join. The price is small –
the rewards are great.
Alan & Carol Dyar
504 Karen Court SE
Rainier, WA 98576
alangurnay.12@gmail.com
530 598-6245
AU or IF Bands - .75 cents apiece. Please include an extra $1.00 for mailing.
Hello. We received the two boxes today with the four Hansenne pigeons. Arrived in excellent condition.
She is SOOOOO BEAUTIFUL! Thank you guys for looking out for me. Can’t say enough about how much I love the bird and birds you have sent me.
Thank you so much, i got the bird! He's so beautiful, pin tail apple body, nice wing :)
Hello there, My name is Mike and live in Az, I had racing pigeons when I was young and now Im not young haha 61, Semi retired and determined to move to a place where I can fly birds again, want to get my grandkids involved. Anyway as a kid I flew some Sions and really enjoyed your website. When Im ready would love to get a few Sions again and see how they do. Any advice for an old newbie? lol
Hey Donnie, Saw your Birds on Ipigeon and must say, those are some Beautiful Heitzmans. They are very true to what I called the real thing. Beautiful Hansennes as well. Take Care, Chuck
Hi
I have placed the pigeon recieved from you recently in a priority express shipment back to you in same box recieved. Bird was beautiful and healthy but we realized it’s nature is such that it needs to fly and be a racing pigeon. We can’t offer that life to it and realize it was a mistake to try this based on our situation
Bird has had not been outside and has been confined indoors in isolation since recieved.
Please give it the home it deserves.
Appreciate the care you took getting it to us!!!
Need some color on my team. Had some sion couple years ago when i had a partner who sick and could not care for his own birds. He liked sions so i bought some from you on pigeonauction.com. We alot of fun his sions against my team .He has since past on. His family called me and thanked me for letting fly with me he really looked forward race day. HE WON EVERY WEEK
Path: https://www.clayhavenfarms.com/pigeons/for-sale
Thank you guys so much for allowing me the opportunity to love these birds.
Thanks again for the most beautiful Pure Paul Sions pigeons ever!! The loft is full of happy sounds from the birds strutting around in their new home. Y’all were so easy to work thru my problems of birds I chose.
Thanks a million times over Pam and Donnie. Your friend Jimi
Good evening
What a surprised New Year’s gift from you guys
I received the very nice young pure white hansennes hen this pm.
I was not aware that you sent her already/
Thanks for sending 12046
I really like her.
Please keep me posted when you have bastins availabe
Wishing you a safe, healthy and prosperous New Year.
Thanks so much
I received the birds this morning.
As I expected, they are all very pretty and healthy.
I need a nice sion cock to pair up with my almost white hen.
I believed, I inquired a white splash white sion cock,
Not sure if he is still available, trying to breed out pure white sions
From your loft.
The Hansenne cock, very handsome, pls keep me posted for a solid
White hen. The hen very beautiful, can’t
Wait what they will yield.
Thanks so much
I’m super stoked for new birds!. Second new loft in Austin Texas. I’m really looking for 4 to 5 pair.
