Rooster J. Cogburn

Northwest fed up at 1140 from Otterburn good luck to all racing today

Nae bother hope you have a good race

No word on the Northwest Fed doos at Otterburn until after 1130 as theres rain at Carterbar but its clearing,dunno if central will be thinking the same or what or whos first in line to let go

http://www.martynmitchell.eu/pigeoncontactus.php there is a link to the "contact us" page on his website leave the guy your details n see what he says hope you get what your after

Aye I thought it was him. Your right abour those "Carrera" doos martin.He used to advertise Carrera Vandenabeeles if i remember correctly,i'd imagine they'd be his old family crossed in with his Vandenabeeles. Cooper/Mitchell were absolutely IMMENSE for ages.anybody know if he was in that partnership?

I know they used to have Vandenabeeles and Houbens not sure if they are still up and running http://www.martynmitchell.eu/aboutmartynmitchell.php does anybody know if this is the guy who used to own it?? did he race in the Cooper/Mitchell partnership?

http://www.pigeonbasics.com/articles/article44.html was looking through these the other night,bits of this are quite good to show the basics of the natural way of racing

Aye the basic "natural" system is racing the doos paired to stages in the nesting cycle-chasing,eggs,youngters etc.

The old birds will be a lot more sexually driven than the youngsters and will probably be split from their mates so fairly frisky .If a few old cocks were put in with the YBs on basketting night it would stir things up a bit; they'd chase or take up the young hens,some of the young cocks would join in or get jealous etc etc. just a wee thing to try and gain a few yards on the race day

Last friday about half the members at the club said it was a good forecast for the Saturday and the other half said it wasn't a lot of the sites and tv forecasts are conflicting

When they are pairing its a good idea to give nesting materials-straw,tobacco sticks and the like.you'll find some of them spend a lot of time nest building. Not really sure of ways to "entertain" them as such. If your introducing birds to a new loft they'll fight amongst each other for the best perches etc.If you watch them carefully they are always up to something

Northwest Fed at Otterburn this week-just shy of 80 miles to my bit Undecided about how many to send atm,don't think the weather is looking too healthy.will see nearer the time though

Used to see sex detectors advertised in the pigeon magazines etc.never bought any so can't say how good they are or that Its quite tricky with youngsters to tell sometimes.a lot of people look at the shape of the head,size etc.you get some where its fairly obvious but a lot of families of pigeons have henny looking cocks or BIG hens so its no easy Once you start breeding you own birds its a bit easier.you can begin to tell by the colours of the babies.I try to work it out from their feet when they are at ringing age(5-7days) and it works fairly well.If you line up all 3 toes and the outside 2 are the same lenghth I've found they are usually hens if not they are cocks(could be talking complete rubbish with this but I've found it to be quite useful ) It'd be interesting to see if any of the more experienced members have any tips on this? As for entertainment i have "Radio 2 doos" .they get the radio on sometimes-its mainly as a cat deterant though but i think its keeps them calm as well

All the lofts have stall traps atm. Messed around with widowhood a bit in the past-Nothing nicer than seeing them fly right in the open door to their box

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There still working in John,got two in the last 40 minutes thats us up to 30/35 whos the best time wise over your way today? cheers

aye just looked at today's lib times-with them at Dunbar and todays wind theres every chance it was them. It was nice to see batches for a change,get the occasional midland batch going over but usually its just my own doos i see

What times were yous clocking your Stobs Camp doos delboy? seen birds going over in their droves today from 20 to 10 onwards which is rare in my neck of the woods-only doos i ever see on a saturday are avonbridge racers. were they maybe from your race?

Northwest Fed seem to have had another mixed bag from Coldstream today again. I've still got 7 missing from 35 The fed toppers will be doing 1200-1210 kinna velocitys i think

any fans of these? are they worth the money?

Northwest fed at Coldstream again this week 60miles to the shortest lofts. Just away to look at the weather.All being well come friday I'll probably send 42

Offt 30 missing from 40,thats a sore hit.hope they turn up tomorrow Theres youngsters getting lost from all roads atm still got four to come from todays race-one of thems a brother to my 3 best yearlings

Anymore of the central birds work back today? Theres a few empty perches in the Northwest fed tonight as well

8 from 10,your not bad at that Ian. I got another one just now,thats me up to 15/19.