jimmy white

had sparrow hawk kill the other day there,,,,,,,,,,, also had a mate comming up yesterday with a pigeon , his young 10 year old son wittnessed the hawk grabbing it , the young lad saved the bird , but it was in some mess , and petrified [yes i know the hawk will be back ?]

this is actualy very true,,,, sadly enough,,, but a good lesson" in writting" to warn newcommers in the sport or even old ones my tip would be , if you must buy, check well out before doing so ,,,,,,even better if you can get the best of latebreds for nowt , from one of your best local flier , with a bit of patience , learning , and keenness , you would be beating WANNABUCKS LOFTS easy ;D

good job done jason, now we live in hope ;D ;D ;D best of luck

congrats to you for looking after your wee pal so kindly , you deserve a medal , maybe the owner would let you keep it and you could build a little shed and im sure someone on the forum would give you a mate for it, who knows it might be a future champ

the birds look great ,, best of luck to the syndicate

well done stu,, webmaster would be best to answer last question , in favour of helping anyone that deserves it

kindest regards to you billy, keep fighting, pray that all goes well

pm kaybee .. hell give you all the info on the scottish one loft race,,good luck

sometimes amazing how they get back , ive seen them out for 3 days then back,, hope you get some back

brilliant picture best of luck

well done to all who took part :)and a big well done to grizzle hen and webmaster

looked a wee while ago, fifer 126 users

remembering marching down the main road in the boys brigade[about 50 of us] [5th company], with all the mothers and fathers looking on proudly then one young lad ,clearly out of step, his mother was heard to say to his father ,,,,,,look at that,,,their all out of step except our wee billy ;D,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,theorie, in pigeon circles ,,,,,,,theres the odd one like wee billy ;D ;D ;D [and his father and mother ;D] ;D ;D ;D

i think most of us know the basic rudiments of flying widow hood ,out1hour in the morning , rest during the day then one hour of an evening ,,,,,,,,has anyone ever tried [especialy for the distance, ] of letting w hood cocks out 6 am and leaving them [hopper fed ] out all day and closing up last thing of an evening ??? just a thought

yes, i seen this too, its unthinkable the items that will go up in price [not just pigeon food]

i would say tony , their more likely to start throwing flights after sitting about 10 to 14 days sitting second round eggs , after rearing their first round [some birds moult faster than others, or some families moult faster than others ]

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4 birds rung gladdo , hopefully good uns ;D be ready in about a fortnight roughly all the very best

great pic with young marc :)

ive sent 12 week old well trained ybs to the first race and done well with them ,, and remember , these birds will be better suited flight wise[moult ] for the longer races on natural

if its healthy ,,give it a go

i would say the important thing is the room , less birds =less stress = less illness == less loses,,,,, those that breed 100 in a too small loft are courting disaster

think birds will come into condition quicker with loft facing south east , but for conditioning birds for longer, later races facing west , you can allways let them out early, to catch the early morning sun ,,,,,,,,,,when it suits

theres a thread on this on the young fanciers postings