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Our Fed have not decided on a race programme or which route to take until after the SNFC have set there programme this was passed at our AGM Very forward thinking lot us boys down here

Purchased 100 rings will breed max to race 64 ,gift few to friends Hopefully once trained would like to think could still have 55 ,but sadly Mr & Mrs Percy will once again have major say in that,can loose half your team in a concerted bad strike by that i mean if both parent and say four young attack as a group:emoticon-0179-headbang:

Pair stock up mid march when hopfully weather warmer,dont take any of racers.

No Itchy there Up a bit

In our club the highest velocity wins

We have a gentleman's agreement in our club your first three count but as many as you like for fed result ,we have done this for more years than i can remember and works perfectly well,just passed at our agm only the winner receives prize money in each race

LEEDS LEEDS GLORIOUS LEEDS

In our fed as in many the length and breadth of the country there are always going to be certain clubs that feature in front of others because of the loft situation ie north south east or west the winners in these clubs should not be knocked as they can only race the pigeons to there home where they have to make a living from ,there will be many others like myself who enjoy racing into not the most favourable of positions ,it gives me great satisfaction when things go to plan and i get a winner or even sometimes a fed winner proving that every dog has his day ,i do feel personally that would be members should be allowed to compete without all this red tape and bickering at the end of the day if things are not going to plan just look in the mirror ,there looking back at you is the answer

New Years Resolution Never going to view second place as acceptable

A HAPPY AND SUCCESSFUL NEW YEAR TO ALL

That would rule me out canny sing,all the best for 2011 The local loony pack are letting of fireworks already long night ahead

My late parents god bless them On a lighter note Rianna by a proverbial mile

True Story Rabbie Burns ,while sitting having a pint in the black bull in moffat with his cronies and looking out the window which faced the road noticed a rather portly lady on a horse being led by a rather petite looking lass who would have been employed by her ,on seeing this he etched on a window pane Ask why god made the gem so small In contrast to the granite Because god meant mankind should set the greater value on it . A Replica pane can still be viewed to this day I believe the original is in Russia.

The guy now claims in this weeks local paper that he now feels discriminated against personally saying that he is at the forefront of peregrine breeding and supplying falcons to the middle east and in his words working for some of the richest men in the world,wonder why they cant just breed them out there PROBLEM SOLVED

Here there Here there's to be a break in tradition at the final whistle with Ljungberg and Naismith swapping Pants

That will buy you a good pair in Blackpool Andy

That was some game between the pie man and king the big man only just held on.

Yes your right steven if caught early can be treated and they look well to race two weeks later but that is definately not nearly long enough as a lot of fellow fanciers in our area including some of the top ones have given them a month of and if conditions are not right weather wise they go down like snow of a dyke .

Been raining here all morning hills completely filled in ,the snow is starting to clear but the pavements are still a disgrace

Reflecting back on the 2010 season ,i raced the old birds on roundabout system for the first time instead of the natural ,i got great satisfaction from this enjoying watching the birds exercise at nights when i finished work ,they flew very well in the club races and were up with the winners each week sometimes being beaten by less than a minute which is very good as i fly 15 miles north of most lofts .The real benefit of this system for me was once birds had homed on a race day i was almost guaranteed to have the same birds for the following week this did not happen with the birds on the natural as they had to be road trained and were being continually hit and killed by peregrine falcons which are a major headache in this area ,the only change regarding old birds i will definitely not pair up as distance increases which was big mistake in 2010 completely knocking them of form .As for ybs the past few years i have raced them on the darkness with good results and in 2010 i had a fantastic team that were exercising up to two hours of there on freewill only two bring back after the first race the dreaded yb sickness which completely ruins all the hard work ,don't no the answer to this one as i feel they must go in the transporter for experience ,this coming year 2011 i will revert back to pairing up stock to breed yb race team as near to 14th march as possible as for as many years as i can remember that was my system and the birds raced well on it ,also gives more time to concentrate on old birds in early part of season ,i will like last season not take any ybs from my race team but only allow them to sit eggs prior to racing ,all the best to fellow basics members for 2011 i am sure you will be looking forward to racing as much as i am .

You should not have any ventilation problems with the number of pigeons that are housed ,without seeing your lofts i can only suggest that there is a slight leek allowing water to penetrate otherwise all should be ok .

Loft ventilation can become quit a complex subject when really it is pretty straight forward The main question is how many pigeons are housed per section ,if the pigeons housed are at excepted levels a proper overhang at both front and back of pent loft should be more than enough i have built lofts for many top fanciers and not one has asked for low level vents ,michael van lints fantastic loft designed on the stile of husken van reel had low level vents which were only ever used in exceptional conditions quit simple they are only a cause for drafts .

PEN 5

Deserved lead to the Arsenal they do play some lovely football BUT JUST WAIT UNTILL THEY COME UP AGAINST THE MIGHTY L E E D S

Had another four plus inches of snow overnight on top of existing snow and ice ,snow is still falling now as it has been all morning .Roads are no go areas,giong to dig my way out to lofts and attempt to clean them out for first time since big freeze