hawked again

Here is the link, Oldyellow posted it not Owen. http://www.pigeonnetwork.com/articles/NigelCowood.html

I think it was Owen that posted a link from another site. Birds were to be paired through the wires then on the fifth day the paired cocks were locked in another section. The bull cock was then left with the caged hens for 15 minutes then one of the hens was to be set free. Cock does the business then is taken away for 30 minutes rest, then start again with another hen being set free. The first hen was caged again of course. The guy on the link reckoned he could do 11 hens and all the eggs would be good. He said that the cock would be able to keep this up till the eggs were laid. The paired through the wires cocks then sit the eggs as normal. I have tried it this year with my race hens and my 3 best cocks, I don't think I have had much success. First 2 eggs are hatching just now though.

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What's a power cap???

Don't know if I have posted in the correct place? This was on the BBC website today: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20456782 Britain's top code-breakers say they are stumped by a secret code found on the leg of a dead pigeon. The remains of the bird were found in a chimney in Surrey with a message from World War II attached. Experts at the intelligence agency GCHQ have been struggling to decipher the message since they were provided with it a few weeks ago. They say it may be impossible to decode it without more information - some of which could come from the public. The message was discovered by David Martin when he was renovating the chimney of his house in Surrey. Among the rubbish, he found parts of a dead pigeon including a leg. Attached to the leg was a red canister. Inside the canister was a thin piece of paper with the words "Pigeon Service" at the top and 27 handwritten blocks of code. This was given to GCHQ at the start of the month. There is a place on the page to leave comments on what the coded message may be saying. Maybe you could leave comments along the lines of - Warning in the next fifty years children of Pigeon War Vets will be condemned to death by the policies of the RSPB and may well be gone by the year 2020. This may be an opportunity to get across to the public what is happening to our sport. You could also maybe leave the names and stories of some of the VC (Dickins)holders. Free publicity!

I'm sure you'll find some interest here: http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/Environment/article1153466.ece They make the rules up as they go along.

Hope you enjoy it Paul. See you when you get home.

Forres, Nairn & Inverness RPC. Result - Consett YB 15 September 2012 - Independent of The North of Scotland Federation - Break Point Elgin. A very hard race, well done to Paul Thomson for winning the race and to Carlton Reid for getting into Inverness. Pos--Flyer----------Hrs-Mins-Secs---Velocity---Ring No 1-----P Thomsom--7-----12---25-----861.36---SU12NE7696 2-----C Reid---------8-----39---43-----806.51---SU12NE7143 3-----C Reid---------8-----41---35-----803.62---SU12NE7543

Forres, Nairn & Inverness RPC. Result - Arniston2 YB 08 September 2012 - Independent of The North of Scotland Federation - Break Point Elgin. Well done to Paul Thomson, who won the race. Pos--Flyer-------------Hrs--Mins--Secs-----Velocity-------------Ring Number 1------P Thomsom-----3----33-----54-----1111.570827----BELG 2012 6276729 2------P Thomsom-----4----1-------56-----982.7707357---SU12NE7696 3------C Reid------------7----15-----17-----653.4984876---SU12NE7543 4------R Murray---------7----47-----32-----606.6070155---SU12NE 5------C Reid------------8----21-----19-----567.4197945---SU12NE7143

Forres, Nairn & Inverness RPC. Result - Arniston YB 01 September 2012 - Independent of The North of Scotland Federation - Break Point Elgin. Well done to Paul for winning the race and to me for being first into Inverness. Pos-Flyer------------Hrs---Ms---Ss---Velocity---Ring Number 1-----P Thomsom-----3---3----12----1297.844--BELG2012-6276729 2-----J Baird------------5---0----34----913.255----SU12NE7610 3-----C Reid------------5---12---22----910.651----SU12NE7543 4-----M MacLennan--5---31---26----856.543----SU12NE7307 5-----P Thomsom-----4---38----6----854.962----SU12NE7696 6-----J W Sutherland-5---8----41----827.479----SU12NE7677 7-----J Baird------------8---41---12----526.658----SU12NE7371 8-----C Reid------------9---4-----36----522.323----SU12NE7154

Forres, Nairn & Inverness RPC. Result - Perth3 YB 26 August 2012 Independent of The North of Scotland Federation - Break Point Elgin Well done to Michael MacLennan for winning the race Pos---Flyer-----------------Hrs Min Sec Velocity Ring Number 1------M MacLennan------3--40--23----979.29--SU12NE7307 2------R Murray-------------3--55--48----936.48--GB12J20311 3------P Thomsom---------3--5----16----915.97--SU12NE8208 4------P Thomsom---------3--5----43----913.75--SU12NE7714 5------J W Sutherland-----3--26--22----910.82--SU12NE7677 6------C Reid----------------5--47--16----623.12--SU12NE7543 7------J Baird----------------5--56--53----578.42--SU12NE7610 8------R Murray-------------6--40--46----551.00--SU12NE7344 9------J W Sutherland-----6--17--56----497.34--SU12NE7687 10-----C Reid----------------7--19--43----492.11--SU12NE7156

Unless he has a licence the guy that feeds them maybe breaking the law. The feed has to be up to a set stadard. http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/british-birds/64466-feeding-red-kites-urban-areas.html

I've just spoke to Mrs Speerman again and she said that the bird has been caught again. She also said that this is a fantastic site and she was glad I told her about it. She also mentioned a very nice chap called Paul. Well done everyone that helped!

Well done Bossy, another happy fancier. The non-fancier would need to be contacted first as the owner said that he had released the bird but will be easy to catch again.

HI Paul, The lady called me at tea-time today I will PM you the details.

"Forres, Nairn & Inverness RPC. Result - Brechin3 18 August 2012 - Independent of The North of Scotland Federation - Break Point Elgin. Well done to Paul Thomson for winning the race and to Carlton Reid for being first into Inverness. Po____Flyer_______Hrs___Mins___Secs____Velocity_________Ring Number 1__P Thomsom______2_____0_______9_____1147.365793______BELG2012 6274655 2__P Thomsom______2_____1_______9_____1137.895171______BELG2012 2142675 3__C Reid__________3_____2______38_____1010.483665______SU12NE7154 4__C Reid__________3_____4_______1_____1002.88742_______SU12NE7161 5__R Murray________3_____7______41______978.7763076_____GB12J20322 6__J Baird__________2____58______10______978.2132834_____SU12NE7629 7__M MacLennan____3____10______19______966.6941063_____SU12NE7290 8__R Murray________3____15_______5______941.648868______GB12J20311 9__M MacLennan____3____29_______8______879.7162894_____SU12NE7307 10_J W Sutherland___3____17_______4______789.1745602_____SU12NE7671 11_J Baird__________3____45______42______772.1976074_____SU12NE7639 12_J W Sutherland___4_____4______28______636.1603491_____SU12NE7687

Forres, Nairn & Inverness RPC. Result - Perth YB 11 August 2012 - Independent of The North of Scotland Federation - Break Point Elgin Well done to Paul for winning the race and to Carlton for being the only one who managed to reach Inverness. Second place was just by a whisker. P--Flyer--------------Hrs--Mins----Secs---Velocity----Ring Number 1--P Thomsom-------2----24------58------1170.60----SU12NE7730 2--P Thomsom-------2----25------41------1164.84----BELG 2012 6274655 3--C Reid--------------3------5------53------1164.12----SU12NE7156 4--C Reid--------------3------5------54------1164.01----SU12NE7543

"Forres, Nairn & Inverness RPC. Result - Brechin 21 April 2012 - Independent of The North of Scotland Federation - Break Point Elgin " Pos__Flyer__________Hrs__Mins_____Vel______Ring Number 1____J Baird__________3____3____950.645____SU12NE7369 2____P Thomsom______2____33___900.039____BELG2012 6274055 3____M MacLennan____3____36___848.411____SU12NE7326 4____B Duncan________3___43___822.439____SU12NE7202 5____B Duncan________3___43___820.479___SU12NE7201 6____M MacLennan____3___44___819.501____SU12NE724 7____C Reid___________4___2___759.769____SU12NE7145 8____C Reid___________4___3___759.352___SU12NE7142 9____P Thomsom______3___6___738.1847___BELG2012 6276729 10___J Baird__________4___30___645.420____SU12NE7361 11___J W Sutherland___4___1____643.975____SU12NE7680 12___J W Sutherland___4___35___564.159____SU12NE7666

Hi Lee, I've been told there should be three for me 2 put on the transporter from North of Scotland clubs and 1 put on at Brechin. Can you confirm this is the case one will have a C Reid stamp the other 2 my own. If they are there I will come to collect tomorrow if that's OK, Jim

Hi Fifer, thanks for your help yet again. I have been in contact with Blue Checker pied and Jade so i think it's sorted, many thanks to all that's helped - Jim I will be going to pick up strays from Davy at Buckie on Sunday and know that there will be at least one Elgin doo there, which I have been asked to slip on my way back to Inverness. If there is any more Elgin doos I will do the same unless anyone from Elgin askes me not to slip them. Hope you all have a good race this week, all the best, Jim.

I have a bird with a fancier in Forfar. Is there anybody in the area that could put it on the North of Scotland Fed transporter at Brechin on Saturday, please?

"Forres, Nairn & Inverness RPC. Result - Perth YB 28 July 2012 - Independent of The North of Scotland Federation - Break Point Elgin Well done to Paul for winning the race and to me for being first into Inverness. 3 Members sent 32 birds and 9 were clocked." Pos--Flyer-------------Hours-Min----Sec---Vel--------Ring Number 1-----P Thomsom----3--------9-------38----894.87---SU12NE7700 2-----J Baird-----------4--------17-----43----800.98---SU12NE7374 3-----J Baird-----------4--------21-----35----789.14---SU12NE7369 4-----C Reid-----------4--------36-----49----781.71---SU12NE7148 5-----C Reid-----------4--------56-----11----730.59---SU12NE7156

How you keeping Bob, not heard from you for a while, your weather has probably been better than ours this year - Jim