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Good Morning Folks Heading of Xmas Shopping with Wife and Daughter and after last nights marathon works night out last place I want to be however do as your told Lad anything for Peace lol

Remember being at the crash sites as if it were yesterday ,Dreadful that only one person was convicted of this atrocity because of World Politics ,May God be with the Family's affected Today .

Vewy vewy pwoud of the Scots Tonight

With the prospect of a fancier well known to yourself moving back to Moffat Walter We could have our on north section for yb racing there being five of us Wednesday's Sunday's whatever days we wished saving as you know a fortune in travel costs .

Agree with your post,I have in the past also gave talk's to schools which was received very well but sadly that's as far as it gets ,have lived at my present address for coming on 14 years now and not one youngster has even asked about the birds ,Agree also all unions Feds need to pull as one ,As for YB racing I feel we push them to far now in the present climate if we had a limited mileage programme we could cut down on numbers reared Omho .

I am going to visit my cousin Ben ,will check out the performances of his 3 Gold Award winners and post up Should make for good reading .

Built and erected a new loft for a fanciers return to the sport after 30 years and he said if he had the choice of any pigeons to restock with it would have been the Wilson 's of Larkhall as they were extra Special .

Joined Lockerbie in 1972 when the membership was in the 30's Now 9 flying members of which only 1 lives in Lockerbie

Tony ,I know my youngsters after being hit by the falcon on their first tosses change the line and come wide of the motorway ,however the old birds if winning hold a line and come straight .

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Put them on a system that suits yourself regarding work I darken mine 8 pm to 12 noon Don't ever change there time routine Don't worry about them not flying when they have moulted just feed them Gerry plus and they will fly till you get sick of watching them Always leave a small air flow Good luck

Out at loft tonight changing water and feeding my dog is always with me staffy / ridgeback cross Lucky break number one , Roxy decides she wants back in the house and barks at the wife who opens the door I step out of section two into the corridor and this black thing goes past my feet A young black Cat Lucky break two I lift my boot then have second thoughts Lucky break three I pick up the long handled scraper then sit it down Lucky break four I pick the cat up and walk PAST the wheelie bin Lucky break five I open the back gate and sit it out on the pavement The daughter says she is very proud of me The wife asks if I hit my head at work today It Must Be XMAS

Do you remember where he sourced them ?

RIP The ordinary Man Who touched the Heart of the World

Thanks lads just wanted to check before I pay my cousin the blacksmith for them lol

I recently fitted out 2 sections with removable galvanised 1 x 1 on floor frames and intend to carry out the same procedure throughout the loft However I have been speaking to a friend who's main interest is the welfare of Peregrine Falcon's He was telling me that he had recovered one that was carrying an injury and whilst it was being transferred for treatment it became unwell ,when tests were carried out it emerged the problem was it chewing (maybe trying to escape) on the galvanised wire . Worrying if that's the case Your thoughts Please

Thanks to All who have commented ,Big well done to Andy for putting in all the effort .

Sure it's a double roof they have like Ron Williamson

Question 13 Advice to new starters very difficult with today's costs would certainly need assistance which perhaps our governing unions should be setting aside a fund for Find out top men in your area if they are genuine like the gentlemen of Brydekirk were to me 40 odd years ago they will gift them from their best free of charge Don't chop and change with feeding keep things simple Most important Good Birds Good Health and ROUTINE .

The past 20 years with the falcon has been a nightmare on a daily basis I could right a Book It will finish our great sport without a shadow of a doubt .

Question 11 Club secretary what a thankless task in any sport been there got the t shirt I first got nominated as a young lad as Vice President to Percy Cameron who at the time was Snfc President one of the finest gentlemen I have ever met ,Percy learnt me the do's and dont's a master of his art ,ended up me as president Percy as Secretary In the early years I was allowed to check the rubbers. Against the race sheets and put them in the envelope to hand to Percy who made the results out his mental arithmetic was superb ,he was sure he had the winner that day it was also gala day and he and others had a wee drink prior to clock reading ,I said to one of the clock setters this rubber does not match any on Percy's sheet they said check again still no match ,I was then told to go tell him which I nervously did he came storming back will someone please take the sheet of this bloody stupid boy ,when the main clock setter could not find it he stormed of and brought the bird back he had timed a stray which had dropped into his loft the clock station was in fits of laughter with me hiding under the desk ,If only I could turn that clock back .

Question 10 It's up to each federations membership where it races from that is their choice alone We passed at an agm a few years ago that we stick west for 3-4 years It is just as hard flying into the solway from the east far to many birds racing there coming over the Pennines etc Personally feel good pigeons win regardless of route but feel west is more direct Location and wind always going to dominate winners but we can only race where we live Enjoyment is the main aim

Question 9 Saddleback the blue cock he was born a winner Late bred never in a basket as a youngster,As a yearling only gave him 3 tosses at 15-20 mls when the weather got warmer not in April ! Sent him to his first race Lymm 144 mls from which he was my timer ,missed the next week bad forecast then put back to Wollaston 220 mls which proved very difficult into a ne wind Second bird to loft ,I then put him by for the season This year went to first 6 races of which he was my timer on four occasions the other two he was second ,the other cocks had just 2-3 trainers prior to racing but not saddleback because of my high hopes for him ,2 weeks rest prior to national as per norm then bingo nearly done it ,A flying Machine with or without a hen His breeding top drawer g/ sire a direct son of Georgie girl prob the finest hen to race clairmont with the unc G / dam a direct daughter of les greens tame 21 14 x 1 sts. His sire is a son of these two His dam is top notch van loon from Stuart and Gareth traherne He scored in the top ten in the club on more than one occasion this year but more importantly when I studied other club results he was up in the top 20- 30 of the fed most weeks it was then up to John and I to get our part right The Choice Andy was the easy part

Question 8 Old hens ,All those years ago everything was natural pared up 14 march ,went to all races up to 240 mls trained early morning very early morning from Shap 60mls to Wamphray then set up for gold cup 2 weeks rest hatching yb In the hard gold cup 1979 won on the night by Eddie Newcombe North west wind only 32 day birds from 7500 plus I timed cheq pied hen 9-22 from 5-45 lib to take 2nd section to jack Wylie newcastleton I took 11 the open Then timed my good blue hen at 10-12 flying sixteen half hours ,clocked first one in section next morning 4-45 and another 2 before 7 all hens flying to a one day chick bloody good doos flying to a system If I tried to race like that now into Moffat would not get them to the start line Hence the widowhood with hens just playing the laws of survival which is a shame

Question 7 I race darkness youngsters to compete in the club 15 mls north of most clubmates apart from Walter in Moffat closest is Kt at wamphray 7 mls to the south When I raced natural at first in Moffat being the furthest flyer in the fed Gretna Annan etc 30 mls south ,I found at the first yb races my birds were well scattered and having to work in singles Kenny Thomson who is married to my cousin Sheila and races in wamphray flies a very good pigeon and said mick you must change to darkness to compete with us ,so after being prompted I purchased a second hand book at Blackpool for £2 by Barry mc Nichols (last of the big spenders me )lol Never looked back now get them in groups so will stick to that one ,never come in groups when training youngsters because of strikes but race days different lots of doos in sky ,By the way Sheila 's father was my uncle Stan Scott of wamphray 1st open ybn also 1st section gold cup etc I had a problem with yb sickness for 3-4 years ,however whilst recovering in hospital from an operation with complications my friend Karl Guenther brought me in a book to take my mind of things ,whilst reading I came across an article by a top German fancier who went on about giving his birds beastings I think was the word which is colostrum the first milk produced by the cow for her newborn calf without which it would not have an immune system John my friend got some from a dairy farmer and froze it in the bags you make ice cubes in ,we add 2 cubes to a small drum of feeding and mix in ( let the cube melt in a glass first) keep in house overnight to dry onto mixture and give to birds whilst sitting when hatched and a few weeks after weaning keep them on deep litter easibed when weaning until week before first race only topping up easibed and spraying with dettol loft must be bone dry ,No more Sickness . Changed from easibed because loft only feet from house and trailing lots about wife no happy lol put down galvinised grills with rough sand and lime to keep a quite life ,Was only yb 's on litter widow doos always clean