john cumming

how old can a racing pigeon be expected to race and compete at the top level??? i raced a 6 year old hen to 500 miles this year ( hastings ) had a nine year old arie visser cock that won from northallerton 240 miles a few years back whats your take on this folks???

we havent faired much better mate im in the west of the north of scotland fed and we dont have 50% of our birds back yet that was from thornton 104 miles to us they went up at 11.30?? thats me thinkin about calling it a day for the season, think a lot have been hit badly today all over scotland

7/17 for me stuart 1st een at 15.22 a few in here about that time

there a few in buckie now, ave 7 out of 17 to now 1st one 15.22, very slow but they are comin??

aye they are steady awa we you stuart, i phoned at half three n i had only 2 outa 17 nae sure oh time, spoke tae hughie n he says hes nae seen a bird in the sky!! nae lookin good up here, theres time yet though??

any birds in the north of scotland fed yet lads

STRAY IN TODAY SU 10 NE 2179 BLUE HEN, ELGIN DOO, NO WING STAMP, 2ND TIME INTO MY LOFT

there are loads to choose from try taylors choice or boddy and ridewood or look in the british homing world you will find plenty in that lot to choose from

another 3 young birds in today no ( wing stamp ) but su 10 ne rung problem i have now is im offshore and rely on my sis looking after the birds not making it any easier for her just sent a letter to the union regarding this problem ( my official moan !!)

elgin doos returned to my loft again su 10 ne 2179 blue su 10 ne 2194 red both these birds returned to my loft, will have them put on the lorry on friday john

i was a bit sceptical of that but over the past 2 to 3 seasons i have changed my views and would now tend to agree with you, another reason i think to is fanciers are breeding much more now to compensate for the bop taking their share and obviously with the more birds more losses law of averages i recon

looks affa like it, i see another young bird on the roof now looking well lost?? ave well over 20 so far , my theory and am sticking to is that there are 4 lads here within a few doors of one another here that race the doos and the youngsters are being pulled in with the birds when they are out!! can be well over 100 birds exercising at the same time??

birds liberated 9am coopers park dear me another doo in su 10 ne 2179 blue, hen i think, elgin again not stamped or rubbered or ets looks quite young, all the numbers are in close proximity could be from the same fancier, will release in coopers park at 2pm

released in coopers park but both back in bck before 6pm, will try again in the morning, any of you elgin lads know who owns them!!

2 young birds just dropped in su 10 ne 2161 blue pied hen su 10 ne 2194 red ch cock both in good nick, not wing stamped & none of them have ets or rubbers on, elgin doos going by the sheet, will liberate today at 5pm at coopers park john

thats a braw idea jumbo, just need to convince everyone in our club that ets is the way forward????? and im not saying that the stb days are poor just outdated possibly

could be a number of things mate, battery being just one the cooling fan might not be working causing over heating which will need replacing if its a problem with the motherboard then it will be a expensive fix suggest having it seen to by a pc specialist

duramitex is as good as anything

like you say davy how many tosses has he had, 2 or 3 from 26 miles should be fine or if they are coming well enough. i had 6 tosses in all 2 from 6 miles 2 from 20 miles and 2 from 30 miles before the 1st race at 66 miles , 2 races in and dropped just 2

got ours before the 1st young bird race on the 17th, your secretary should have them by now??

if it says not to use on birds it will be for good reason i would say, possibly to concentrated for the birds but thats only my thoughts, try johnsons lice n mite spray does the trick for me, there are hundreds to choose from that work equally as well

all our birds are wing stamped in our club either with the secretaries number or members own,

i have over the 3 weeks had over 15 young birds drop into my loft all NE prefix only 3 of the birds have been wing stamped, for the sake of a few pounds for a phone number it could be all so much easier calling the fancier direct & having the birds returned as they have pretty much been local saving the hastle of contacting club secretaries in turn chasing up the fanciers?? if my memory serves me correctly it is a shu ruling that all young birds are wing stamped before commencing racing?? has any fancier been disciplined for non stamping of Y/Bs ?? does the same rule apply in the other unions in the uk regarding young birds?

my ring numbers are very similar but i have the prefix NE on my rings

16 / 18 from thornton 105 miles, some others not fairing so well though