Rooster J. Cogburn

well you reap what you sow,as they say

Aye it was a smashing night I approached the night with high expectations(buffet)and it did not let me down Great panel,top buffet and good company

Away you and get ready fer yer meeting and leave us at peace

His surname can be easily mistaken for Klaskins

Aye I'm glad we cleared that one up

'Daphne's Delight' was their 1966 SNFC Rennes winner if thats what your after Peter?

Could go to a race this weekend if I fancied,the hens are tearing the skies apart

Cheers men The information John provided was excellant and I'm glad its turned out to people's liking

It was maybe wrong of me to assume they would include my name when edited In future I may go under-The Man with no name( ),Manco or Joe One mislabelled picture,apart from that its went to paper as I thought it would and I'm pleased Steve Richards was happy enough for it to be published

Get yersel some loft heaters Rab

Young birds are never a problem if you remember two things 1)if they can work out how to get out they can work out how to get in 2)shut yer eyes

Yes the thought of having 5 channel races over four weeks is very appealing.Not many lofts around could cover this mind you The SNFC AGM has a lot to do with the sudden increase in SNRPC membership.The Region row and the one loft race are all contributing factors as well.Only an opinion On top of all that the SNRPC has an appealing programme,better suited marking stations for some areas of the country,good transport arrangements and from the outside looks to be a well run affair. Will it become Scotland's biggest national racing organisation?Only time will tell One thing I notice is the longest race is to be decided.Would love to see them go with the MNFC/Cumbrian lads thus going up at the same time as the SNFC doos from Tours

I'm sure there are other factors as well Stuart. Won't go banding statements around without any evidence,but if I were a betting man I'd put money on the SNRPC having a record entry in their YB race

Been on a lot of loft visits over the last few years and its not often ye come across fanciers who could claim to have their own 'strain'.Few and far between,impressive when ye see it mind you "Make your own doos" is what one such fancier told me

We're in the minority in the club now that don't have ETS.Some members using Unikon,some Bricon. Thought about getting Unikon last year,but seeing as we'd need 3 pads the price is a bit off putting. The Bricon one does look a good system,cheaper than Unikon and no members have ever had bother with it.Easier to use at marking as well. Undecided,but if we are to get it will need to act soon. No mains power at the lofts for the start of the season so we'll probably put it off another year.Lost a few positions to it the last couple of seasons though

smashing pigeons

A lot to look forward to Hope to give them all a bash with the exception of the YB race.Would really like to get a doo out of Tours

Yep am a bit of a nutter masel Think peanuts are one of the best feeds we can give our doos

Sorry to hear this John Echoing what the rest of the lads have said,yees are left with the memories and the descendants

a lot of the top lads are moving away from peanuts and going towards peanut oil. your gettin a lot of the nutrition for less effort digestion wise If I told you the coating then I'd have to kill ye

read an article on Anderson & Brown,Kirkintilloch a while back-double SNFC Gold award winners They always provided crushed coal in front of the loft for the birds they claimed.Tryed it out and the birds seem to like it If its good enough for them,its good enough for me

Always fancied Arras,may well have a crack this year

Rooster(always the sceptic) believes there will be a table full of products here for sale None the less,should be agood day out Upon reccomendation to me by one of the UK's finest lofts-Kevin's Calcium powders!!!fill your boots lads

Thank you all for the Birthday wishes. I can assure you I am 23,unless my mum has been lying to me my whole life Its keeping doos for the majority of it thats aged me so badly I reckon Happy Birthday to Cowly and Walter

I used to be quite good at sexing young pigeons by listening to the noises they made,but I seem to have lost that ability as I've gotten older