Rooster J. Cogburn

No for the next few weeks wi the ammount of food my sister gave them yesterday

cheers Andy

Thank yous for your messages The guy opposite me used to do work with the Ogilvies so was still able to have a blether about the doos

Had a wee operation on it this morning,which went well. To go back on Tuesday to get the wound checked then I'm hoping that'll be the end of it. Aye the days are long in there and theres some right poor souls.Was in a ward with 3 other folk ranging between 45 and 94,they helped pass the time a bit . I can only commend the people who can cope being in there long term.

Not the best week. Had bursitis of the knee,but as I usual I left it thinking it would get better. Eventually went to doctors on Tuesday and was given antibiotics and told if there was no improvement I was to return.By Thursday it was tracking up my leg so went back.Was referred to hospital and thats me just back out. Hope thats the last of it.

commotion potion

The wing knuckle is apparently the way to tell Anybody use this method??

I've handled a pair of nestmates one of which was an RPRA award winner for best performances between 0-250 miles.In the same season the other scored a top 10 postion from a hard 500+miles national event. This opened my eyes a bit on this categorising birds or families as sprint,middle,long etc. although there are probably birds that are not capable of winning fast sprint races and equally as much hard long distance races,but does management-feeding etc. have a lot to do with whether or not a bird is a sprinter or long distance racer?? Heard a few interesting opinions as well on the matter that I think hold some truth.One of them was if you were to give two talented stockmen-one of whom dedicated to sprint racing,the other dedicated to long distance,pigeons from the same source without telling them anything about them,within five or six years the sprint man would have birds capable of winning sprint races and the long distance orientated man would have birds capable of performing from the longer events. This is obviously achieved by selecting the birds that pass the tests you set for them and breeding from them. A clubmate of mines told me of his sons expeiences on the continent.His son had a friend who was interested in sprinting.At the end of the season he would cull the birds within his "strain" that did not pass the tests he set them or if they did not conform to the type of the birds that did.He was then challenged on this and it was suggested instead of culling these birds he should send them to the longer events.He did this and these birds scored prominently. As for physical characterics I watched a video when I was younger called "Step by Step" starring Jim Hannah.He talks about when he was younger he believed long distance pigeons had to have a particular wing design etc. After years as a pigeon photographer,handling 500-600mile winning pigeons into the hundreds he came to the conclusion there are no physical qualities that connect these birds-they come in all shapes and sizes

I'd be glad to help if possible. An old school friend of mines is studying journalism up in Aberdeen,with his main interest lying with sports writing. He had to write a piece on a "cult" sport or one that recieves little recognition. I gave him a lot of info and stories and he got top marks for the essay I'll send you an email today

Not many around like it

"Bossy Boy" raced by Tony Buttigieg,bred by Premier Stud from their Kees Bousa champions 7 consecutive first club as a youngtser winning 5 x 1st fed in the process There was a similar type of machine in Avonbridge club a long time a go,raced by Jimmy Johnston-it was one of the first Billy Parkes pigeons introduced into Scotland,this pigeon was lost as yearling

smashing doo on a tough day

The one next door to me was raised wi three cats,two older and one the same age. Its sh*tey feart ae the older two and wee yins its pal Its facinated wi the doos.The first time it saw them out it was running round in circles when they were flying round the loft No sure what it would do if it got close up to them but thats a risk we'll no be takin

Lanarkshire Amalgamation Maidstone 2180 birds competed 1. J & J Hood Kirkintilloch 980 2. Reid Brothers Low Waters 978 3. Jim O'Hara & Son Newmains 973 4. J& J Hood Kirkintilloch 967 5. D. Allison Cambuslang 963 6. H. Harkin Motherwell 963 Lanarkshire Amalgamation Lille 1227 birds competed 1. D & M Spence Coatbridge 1101 2. J & J Hood Kirkintilloch 1091 3. T. Prentice Coatbridge 1061 4. G. Davidson Glenmavis 1059 5. S. Nelson Glenmavis 1054 6. G. Davidson Glenmavis 1053 Good testing velocities with some PB members at the top of their game

Ma next dooor neighbours ones about a year old now,its mad The wee Jack Russell isnae too keen on it

Aye it can be done A bit too excessive fer me mind you

There have been youngsters fly Rennes into Scotland in the past. S & D Bishop bought a pigeon called "Per-Ardua" in 1945.This hen flew from Gibraltar to Kent (1096miles) at 6 months old

I like these old results and these kind of topics show that top performances have and can be put up in every part of the country Another point that stands out to me anyway is that the fanciers/areas nowadays that seem to be dominating the SNFC results(not just the YB nat)are,with a few exceptions,the ones who send their YB's the furthest in their young bird season

Aye they were terrific fanciers Did they have a lot of Osman based pigeons??

Heard an interesting story about the nash' management Out in the winter,in in the summer

cracking wee tune Heres another on the theme of weather

Another belter from The Hollies Toosh

Wee bit of blue eyed soul One of the most under listened to songs ever

Had a look at them,out of curiosity,a couple of weeks back when I was up buying feeding. Don't think many will use them at the price they are asking

Aye but we're lumbered wi you and yer rubbish now Like I've said on here in the past,ye wernae always as professional as you are now.Some of yer earlier attempts were shocking I like they ones we got the day,but theres better wans fer sale up at Coxydene's