Rooster J. Cogburn

well done Martin A good days racing

Sad news RIP Andra

Yer maybe being a bit hard on a man thats won the NIPA 60+ times,4 INFC victories,hall of fames,gold medals etc. he must be doing something more than just sending a big team?

Some folk that keep the doos go the other way.Its awfy stressul for a relaxing pastime

Lucky you I wasnae sure if yer old enough Andy.I thought you were a bit younger than that.Its hard to tell wi pigeon folk The greatest national winner for me in my time in doos is 'Auld Reekie'

mind a while back you saying on here you goot doos from Eddie Newcombe as a wean or am i mixed up?.Was this hen a bit before your time ? or did ye see her

1. There has only been one SNFC open winner than can say they have had the only pigeon on the day of liberation into Scotland.who is it? Dennis Anderson,J.S Irving and D&R Osborne 2. How many lofts have won both the SNFC Gold Cup and the SNFC longest race and who are they? 3-Kirkpatrick,G. Grant & son and W&S Aitchison 3. Who flew the pigeon "Kingston Treetop" ? Innes Bros,Gilmerton 4. What is the greatest ever open position won from the Gold Cup by a North Section pigeon?name of bird and fancier? This was supposed to be a bit of a trick question but it didn;t turn out to be the case lol Wilcox of Peterhead with "'Heathers Dream' 5. Only one fancier has timed from the last 5 Gold Cups and last 5 longest races-who is it? R.P Combe of Elpihnstone http://forum.pigeonbasics.org/topic/54084-snfc-quiz/ Theres a link to the last quiz. Hopefully some PB members will achieve similar feats this season.Not too long now fingers crossed we all have doos left to send

hes not from Fife or Dundee ya silly goose top man

G. Grant & son is correct but Osbourne didnae win the gold cup 3 of them the Grants and Kirkpatrick been mentioned-whos the 3rd? Bit of aneasier quiz than last time but I should maybe try getting the questions right next time

Av maybe missed some for question 1 then lol and you've one to go for question 2 as well Andy Some smashing National winners mentioned as well

Good answer Rab Thats question 1 oot the way. Am away back up tae the doos,see if ye can get them all for me coming back

Put a wee quiz up a while back so heres another. Hope its of interest to some members. 1. There has only been one SNFC open winner than can say they have had the only pigeon on the day of liberation into Scotland.who is it? 2. How many lofts have won both the SNFC Gold Cup and the SNFC longest race and who are they? 3. Who flew the pigeon "Kingston Treetop" ? 4. What is the greatest ever open position won from the Gold Cup by a North Section pigeon?name of bird and fancier? 5. Only one fancier has timed from the last 5 Gold Cups and last 5 longest races-who is it? and a wee bit at the end Name the pigeon for you that is the greatest ever National winner

ended up being £28 so first price was a bit off the mark

Aye i phoned on a Monday and they had it by Tuesday.Didnae get it til the Friday mind you as they didn't know what price it was Just about got it for £13,but the older woman said to the young girl at the desk she thought it was more expensive than that-total cow like

We were hoping to get some up there at the back end of last year but she said it was more hassle than it was worth having to-refrigerate it etc. ended up getting it from the vets down the road in Falkirk

They don't stock vaccine Patty

On another note I had a conversation with a top old fancier during the winter and he said when he looks at some of mixtures,supplements,methods and feeding systems he wonders how he ever managed to time birds from 500+ miles on the day of liberation

Going back to Wiley's original post about the diet mix as the last two days feed before shipping I have heard of a very similar system where fanciers would give 100% barley the 4th and 3rd day before shipping with the theory that the birds will wat well in the remaining two days. Have also been told to pay very close attention to what the birds eat the last two days,not so much in quantity but the actual grains.Pay particular attention to the ones that are still laying into the maize. I was finding it hard last year to get hens to eat well in the build up to basketting.When racing birds to the nest obviously you have a much smaller window to excerise and feed the hens than you do the cock birds.In addition to this keen hens are very difficult to coax off a nest,even with peanuts or hemp. One the best tips I've been given to remedy this(don't laugh at its simplicity) Is to have a pot of food level with the nestbowl at all times so the hens can eat without leaving the nest.

Get well soon Toosh Lewis

If you can get hold of the book "100 years of Superstars" I'm sure he has a fairly detailed article in it. My copy isn't to hand

just read this it was Mademoiselle that won 2nd and 1st from Pau.Something stuck in my mind he was 1st and 2nd in the same year but I was wrong I'll read through the thread before posting next time lol

Past NFC Pau winner(1955),think the the pigeon was called "Mademoiselle" from memory he may have been 2nd from the same race but don't quote me on it

Northwest Fed at Ripon this week,150-170miles to the central belt