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It really is worth a visit to see some of the vastly different breeds on show.

She will not mind me saying this but her photo is in the last edition of Feathered World and will be in the next one as well, also her photograph was taken by the the local newspaper.

Well done Chrissy, I know the Best Flier one is a very hard to get because I know there were a lot of entries there today, (Albert told me ).

All you seem to here about now is lofts being broken in to and birds stolen, heartbreaking when it takes you a long time to build up some good winning birds only for somebody to break in and steal them.

A lovely bird and a nice photograph as well

My husband has a room that is practically full of pigeon magazines, including the ones shown above plus plenty other different ones, fed up asking him to move them somewhere else, it does not take long for a collection to mount up after a few years.I only buy one every month about the shows.

Well that is exactly the same problem we are having with ours for today Chrissy, some of the birds we had paid our entries for are no longer in a good enough condition to be taken now,a bit mangey round the head and neck, it was a pity our last show was cancelled because they were fine for that one, and after today it is a bit of a wait till the next one, Albert should have arranged something else for us.

A lot of money raised for a worthy cause

yes saw it , and you were correct, maybe this is another round he has bred for sale

It is funny that you should mention that, because I was just thinking the same thing myself and was trying to find that thread , but can't

If I was thinking about buying latebreds at this time they would have to be bred off something that I thought would make an improvement to my lofts, so would have to see what they were bred off and what kind of performances they had been putting up.

well it is sometimes a bit of luck that is needed when you are trying to get the right pair to start producing the goods for you

That was quick.

They look very impressive

Hope all the missing birds turn up for everybody, maybe this is why I only have a few as pets, would hate to lose them,,I know they are racing pigeons and that is why they are kept, but maybe I am too soft for that.

Hope your son get's his bird's back.

What type of show was this meant to be ? just asking out of intrest .

They are gorgeous white birds, and against the snow they look even more stunning

Lovely looking birds

How many birds do you actually have training ?

View from the Reddings AI Update Well our good luck of racing from the continent ran out last week when the French Government made the decision to ban all pigeon racing from France due to an outbreak of bird flu in North East France. This was close to the area in Germany where they had had outbreaks of the deadly H5N1 a couple of weeks ago and there was obvious concern about the spread of the disease. DEFRA met later that afternoon and decided, as a precautionary measure, to ban all continental racing for the time being until such time that the situation was clearer about the spread of the disease. Our DEFRA stakeholder group was scheduled to meet on Friday afternoon which I attended via telephone link. The current situation was reiterated and providing that there are no further outbreaks we will be pushing to have continental racing reinstated. So don’t give up hope of getting back across the water. Several organisations telephoned to ask about different options like Belgium or Spain and these were investigated before the DEFRA ban took hold. The Spanish authorities countered that they require 45 days notice of any liberations so that seemed to rule Spain out but the news was more promising from Belgium who didn’t seem to take such a knee jerk reaction. I have already discussed with DEFRA the possibility of an early review of the situation and will pass any news on this on as soon as I get it. Change of Liberation Sites With the uncertainty of AI it means that some organisations have changed race plans at very short notice. DEFRA AHDOs have been very understanding over these changes and we will continue to advise them of liberations but if course we can only do that if you have told us. Please advise the racing support team as soon as you know of any changes so that we can advise land owners. Not every site is always available every week because of horse racing, fairs etc so it is important to check. RPRA One Loft Race The first Hot Spot race is looming, scheduled for Tuesday 24th July. Do watch the website and/or phone Libline if the weather looks iffy because the race will be delayed a day if this is the case. Please submit your pooling forms in good time as there is a cut off date when we cannot accept any new entries. As usual, if your pigeon does not go to the race then you will be refunded all pools entered for that race. Training is going well with around 740 birds still at the loft. Jeremy is training from about 32 miles and the pigeons are working their way back to Birtsmorton well. Liberation Site Incident Reports We hear from time to time of problems at liberation sites. Of course we cannot remedy anything if we don’t know of the problem. The Racing support team has therefore produced an Incident report form that secretaries and/or convoyers can complete to advise us of any problems. Please do help us to help you if you find a problem.

A beautiful dog, how much is the asking price ?

Have you lost any birds when training ?

Yes if both buyer and seller are happy don't see any problem's, nobody forces anybody to buy anything they don't want to purchase

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