I DARKEN DOWN AT 6PM & OPEN UP AT 7.30AM. AS LONG AS THE NIGHTS ARE LONGER THAN THE DAYS BY ABOUT 1 TO 1.5 HOURS, AS SOON AS THEY ARE WEANED, WHICH IS JUST STARTING NOW & OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. KEEP THEM ON UNTIL END OF MAY....
COCKS 4 OR 5 TOSSES TO 25 MILES, AFTER THAT 45MINS ROUND THE LOFT MORNING AND NIGHT BUILDING UP TO AN HOUR IN MAY... HENS, GET THEM READY SLOWLY FOR THE FOURTH OR FIFTH RACE AND THEY WILL LAST RIGHT THROUGH THE SEASON...
SOMETIMES I WEAR NOUT IN THE LOFT, IT ALL DEPENDS WHICH "BIRD" IM LOOKING AT!! OTHERWISE I WEAR LAST YEARS WORKS ISSUE, SAME COLOURS, NOT SURE IF IT MAKES ONE BIT OF DIFFERENCE......
AGREE 100% JIMMY.........WINGS04- EAST SECTION FINISHED BEFORE WEST SECTION--- CANNOT TOTALLY AGREE ON THIS ONE EXCEPT FOR MAYBE Y/B NAT. THROUGH MY WORK IM IN DAILY CONTACT WITH LOTS OF FANCIERS FROM YOUR AREA (LANARKSHIRE FED) & THROUGH LISTENING TO THEM OVER THE YEARS THE HIGHLIGHT OF THEIR SEASON SEEMS TO BE YOUR FED OPEN RACE FROM LILLE WHICH THEY SEND THEIR BEST AND MOST BIRDS TO. THIS IS MAYBE A DISTRACTION ON THEM SENDING THEIR BEST TO THE NATIONALS. AS YOU AND I KNOW THE HARDENED NATIONAL MEN IN YOUR AREA ARE ALWAYS WELL IN OUT THE CHANNEL. THE SAME APPLIES IN CENTRAL AREAS THERE IS A"DISTRACTION" WITH OTHER ORGANISATIONS WHEREAS IN MIDLOTHIAN,EofS & S/B THERE ISNT. FOOD FOR THOUGHT OR DEBATE AS ME & WORK COLLEAGUES DO EVERY YEAR AT NATIONAL TIMES..
500-550 MILES ON THE DAY. I FIND YOU CANT BEAT A WIDOWHOOD COCK PROVIDED THEY ARE BRED FOR THE JOB, THAT INCLUDES FLYING INTO SCOTLAND WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE FANCIERS PREFER ONE OF THE NEST CYCLES MENTIONED ON THE POLL, MAYBE IM SLIGHTLY BIASED AS I ONLY FLY WIDOWHHOD COCKS AT ALL DISTANCES.
WOMEN ARE BETTER AT CLEANING THE LOFT OUT & SCRUBBING THE DRINKERS, BUT ASK THEM TO GO TRAINING AND THEY GET LOST VIA THE SHOPS. BETTER TO LET THEM OUT ON THEIR OWN---------ONCE A WEEK WITH THE BUCKETS!!!!
DANDY NESTS, SHAVINGS & WHEAT STRAW, LESS WORK JUST THROW THE LOT AWAY WHEN YOUNGSTERS REARED. BEEN USING THIS METHOD FOR 20 YEARS, CANT REMEMBER EVER HAVING ANY PROBLEMS...
TARTAN BOY,
I LIKE YOUR STYLE, "WHAURS THE BURDS" -- " AND SEE THAT CROISSANT, DO YOU THINK YE COULD PUT A FRIED EGG ON TOP O IT" FOR THOSE THAT DONT KNOW THAT WAS FRANK McAVENNIE. HE WAS ONE OF THE MANY JOKES THAT HAVE PLAYED FOR CELTIC.......
PIGEONPETE, THERES A CAR PARK TO THE REAR OF THE CHURCH OPPOSITE THE MAIN ENTRANCE, MAKE SURE YOU PAY AT THE MACHINE, EVEN ON A SUNDAY, AS TRAFFIC WARDENS COME OUT FOR THE SHOW WEEKEND.. PAST EXPERIENCE, WE GOT A £40 TICKET....
BRUNO, I TAKE YOUR POINT ABOUT SHU RULE 14, BUT IF SHU PASS THE CLOCK AND SOFTWARE, IT SUPERCEDES THE SHOWING OF THE ZERO OR IT SIMPLY WOULD HAVE HAD TO BE ALTERED BEFORE BEING ALLOWED. THIS WAS BROUGHT UP AT CLUB LEVEL BY ME SO I ENQUIRED AND WAS TOLD IT WAS OKAY.... YOUR RIGHT IN AN IDEAL WORLD, AND IN THE FUTURE IM SURE UNIKON WILL ALTER IT...
ANDY.......
FIFE-KING,
I NEVER MENTIONED ANYTHING ABOUT PEOPLE NOT ALLOWED OPINIONS OR INSINUATED IT. LOOK AT THE FACTS. BRUNO SAID-------FANCIERS WILL NEED TO STRIKE OUT AND SIGN THE LEADING ZERO ON THEIR PRINT OUT........FACT..... HAVENT SEEN ANYTHING OFFICIAL FROM SHU STATING THIS.... FACT NOT FICTION OR OPINION.........
ANDY....
BRUNO,
YOUR HAVING A LAUGH ABOUT THE ZERO.....DONT KNOW IF YOU KNOW BUT WHEN THE ETS SYSTEMS WERE APPROVED BY THE SHU THEY DIDNT JUST SAY I EVERYTHINGS FINE YOU CAN USE IT............THEY ACTUALLY APPROVED THE SOFTWARE AS WELL!!!!!!!!! MAYBE YOU SHOULD THINK HOW STUPID YOUR POSTING READS, OR ARE YOU JUST TRYING TO STIR UP OLD SH**E...
ANDY MILLER.......
JON-JON,
I THOUGHT AS JIMMY DID, DARKNESS AS IN Y/B SYSTEM.. I HAVE USED VENETIAN BLINDS ON THE WIDOWERS IN THE PAST FOR SHADING AS JIMMY HAS DONE TOO..........