Rooster J. Cogburn

Well done Stevie

Well done Martin

The sun shines on the righteous as they say

Del-Avonbrig

Its breaking up a bit here and the suns poking through

It wiasn't up yet so thought I'd do the honours What time are yous up at today?? Best of luck all

Some cracking tunes but its time for the disco tae start http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP27A1RYba0

A goodyin from one of ma favourite singers

Still No FKs in there,the doos will be flying over the top ae us after the first drop have timed in Your the wan wi the Google Maps distance calculator

Was told when I was younger if an eggs is laid by the 10th of March the youngster can go on darkness,think you probably get away with up to a couple of weeks later than this and have no problems

Northwest Fed at Coldstream this weekend 60 miles to us Not long finshed filling in the sheet-25 birds

I thought around the late 80s/early 90s aw you Solway lads would have started single tossing yer doos fi Dave Hulme's bit a fortnight before the nationals

Heard of it happening in nests from really old pigeons. Not sure its a big cause for concern one of John Ellis of Wellbanks foundation birds was known as "The Bent Keeled hen"

Have heard of a bakers dozen but thats the first av heard ae the Blantyre couple

My next door neighbours been building a brick barbeque the last week.If I see a doo doing this again I'll give it across tae her wrapped in foil

I have found that birds excercising for an hour or more at a time will pant on occasion.Not in any way through the excersion put in during the excercise. Have seen it in cocks seperated from their mates.If the cocks go away ranging and return to the loft with strangers(some of which hens),on landing some will pant-excitement/stress?? these same birds will fly for an hour the following day and land with no signs at all of this panting.So it can happen without it being an illness and its not alway related to fear of attack in my opinion. Have never seen the same behaviour in cocks settled and paired if they return from ranging with strangers.

You live by the sword,you die by the sword

On a personal note I lost a race in 2010 fi Otterburn because ae Colonel Sanders. Had been fer a KFC the night before,being a greedy bugger I got two Zinger burgers. Stomach was a bit sensitive the following morning.I didnae think the birds were dure so risked a toilet break.Came out to find 9 doos on top ae each other in the stall traps.Finished 4th that day on the same minute as the winner. Theres a lesson in there somewhere I'm sure

A wee bit off topic but there was an ex member of Avonbrig club had a cat in the loft during the week and wasnae gonnae send.He topped the fed that weekend... The legendary Tattie gave him a pair ae rings and asked him fer a pair ae kittens

Not the best start Toosh Where was it she let thm go? hopefully they'll turn up in the morning

Hopefully get another turn out of her John Will be interesting to see how the year offs served her Best of luck and enjoy your racing

Best of luck boys

Hope you have a nice Birthday Toosh.all the best

Best of luck ALF

Think a lot of peoples best pigeons were lost from Messac last year I hope the SNFC have a strong Gold Cup race this season.Was talking to an Irish friend earlier today and the topic of the single bird challenge and this seasons record entry came up.He thinks this is off the back of the good Gold Cup races they've enjoyed the last two seasons and hes expecting a very good turnout for the race this season. Hopefully we in Scotland can have a good couple of years from Alencon and get a bit of momentum behind our Gold Cup again Best of luck to you Yeboah