Rooster J. Cogburn

A lot of talk on the peanut front with no mention of peanut oil as an alternative. For a feed the size of peanuts are they really very valuable to our pigeons?? or Is most of the nut of little use and an uneccessary strain on the birds digestion?? Interested to hear the forum's thoughts.Are you a nutter??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgHrGJmAiBI&feature=related Found this works for pigeons of any age

Smashing website

ideal programme

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When ten is long, The breeding is strong, If ten is short, Get a new sort, :emoticon-0136-giggle:

Cracking pigeons. Just had a very intersting conversation about Belgian pigeons there wi ma Irish pal. He told me the doos in his loft can be traced back to Belgian birds that were introduced to Northern Ireland in 1908. At the time the linen trade was the big thing in Ireland so they got ships coming into Belfast from all over Europe.Eventually these Belgians cottoned on to the fact(nae pun intended ) that a lot of the Belfast workers were doo daft.So they started bringing big "hampers" ae doos across with them. They'd all meet in a park in Belfast and the Irish boys would look through the doos and pick out what they liked.There name was then recorded beside the pigeons ring number and the birds were singled up. If they were back home in Belgium before the next trip across they were brought back and the Irish lads would have to pay a guinea for them.If they didn't make it home then nothing happened. Thats one way to test the homing ability of yer foundation stock I wonder how many of the Belgian birds brought into Ireland today could manage that ???

Yip with Galabank Prince 40th open Rennes and 1st open nantes 1952

The Grants of Gretna are one To my surprise theres more than any of the numbers mentioned so far. Lady of Courage scored 8 times but didn't win the news of the world trophy on her own.What a doo though!!!Its no a Jock Allan pigeons either but they're the kinnae names youd expect

1986 is correct. A wee bit off still with 5 or 6. Will put the answers up to the last two questions later but Alec Guiness might be able to tell us before then if hes on

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It was his blue pied hen "Tayside Princess" Thats three questions left 4,5 and 11

Annan,the doo was called "Starview Sirius"

Close but no cigar right side of the river anyway Stevie Dals got another one That leaves 2,4,5 and 11 Surely you can get number 4 Stevie

I asked Derek Norden about Danny Boy at the AGM actually as I thought it was down through his old family,he told me it was down through Leen Boers pigeons-it was some doo either way . A wee clue about 4th and 3rd,it was a hen.It was 580miles from Rennes to its loft and it was on the night both times.

Thought about a way of making this quiz format a bit better if yous wnated it to become a bit more of a regular thing. Could maybe put questions up on a Wednesday all answers to be PM'd to an independant adjudicator by Thursday midnight. If enough members are interested yous could sort yourselves out into teams and converse via PM. If we do it up until the racing starts could maybe have a wee quiz league table etc. Its only an idea,hopefully give some folk a bit of interest until the days get longer again and we start spending the nights out at the dookit.

Yous are doing well the lowest vel ever in the club was 627 flown from Bath by the SNFC's earliest great Macaloneys was low but MacGillvary's had a 690 from the kinnae classic racepoints if you like-Nantes in 1956 Johnny Kirkpatrick wisnae what am looking for fer question 2 Stevie,have another go Still looking for answers to questions 2,4,5,11 and 15.Keep pluggin away

That leaves questions 2,4,5,7,8,10,11,13 and 15 still needing answered Have a bash

5/7 I maybe didnae word question 10 very well.Who owned the pigeon that flew the furthest in order to win 1st Open SNFC?? A bonus point if you get the name of the doo "5 o'clock rock" flying 622miles to win 1st open Clockmans corect

Thought I'd try a wee SNFC quiz.If it goes down well will put some more up over the next few weeks You've a Friday night disco could make Thursday night quiz night Sorry if its excluding any of the members outwith Scotland,its a trial run and if it works well will make some more "all round" questions up. Try your best without looking and the occasional clue will be given 1.Who was the first fancier to win Rennes on the day?? 2."Blue Blitz" was an exceptional pigeon winning 1st and 2nd Rennes in consecutive seasons-Not many like it.There was a bird that won 4th and 3rd Rennes in consecutive years.What was it called and who raced it? 3.Who is the furthest North fancier to have won the SNFC all race average? 4.John Hodgson is one of the most decorated fanciers in SNFC history with 7 SNFC wins.In what year did he first win the South section? 5.Since the second world war how many lofts have won a SNFC race in consecutive seasons? 6.Which loft is the SNFC's furthest North open winner? 7.What is the lowest winning velocity in the history of the club? 8."Mill Queen" was a fantastic racer and breeder.Her best SNFC position was 24th open Rennes.What was her duaghter "Mill Princess" best from the same racepoint? 9.Who raced the pigeon "High Noon"? 10.Which fancier raced the pigeon that was the SNFC's furthest ever open winner?? 11.Two fanciers have won the best average for Gold Cup/longest race with one pigeon.who are they? 12.Who was the first fancier in the West section to win the YB national? 13.How many times was the great hen "Fortune Lady" in the first 20 open SNFC? 14.Who raced the youngest ever SNFC gold award winner? 15.Wally Pope of London bought the famous "Galabank Prince" at Johnny Kirkpatrick's clearance sale.This bird escaped,whos loft did it return to? Hope this is of interest to some members

I had only ever seen recentish photos of John Hodgson,didnae realise he had such a powerful tache when he won Rennes.Absolute belter

Got hold of dozens of old books the other day,loads of old Scotland's own,Stud books and Squills. Had a good read at some of them and I have to say after years of searching I have found the secret to domination at the top level. Give it a try this year and see how your doos perform. GROW A MOUSTACHE

Versele laga include carrot corn,the pellet in some of their plus mixtures. Versele-Laga Colombine Carot-Corn I.C. is an easily digestible extruded pigeon pellet, rich in carrots, to be served as a supplement to the grain mixtures. This natural purging diet product helps to keep your pigeons fit and healthy. Indicative nutrition values Crude protein 9%, Crude fat 4%, Crude ash 3%, Crude fibre 3%, Calcium 1,2% Phosphorus 0,8% Vitamin A 15.000 IU/kg Vitamin D3 3.000 IU/kg Vitamin E 25 mg/kg Vitamin K3 1,5 mg/kg Vitamin B1 2 mg/kg Vitamin B2 8 mg/kg Vitamin B3 15,7 mg/kg Vitamin B12 15 µg/kg Vitamin C 30 mg/kg Vitamin PP 40 mg/kg Folic acid 0,5 mg/kg Biotin 30 µg/kg Choline chloride 700 mg/kg