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i had a stop on the way back but the trafic kep moving

any idea which race point?

Have the corn shops all gone now Wiley?

room here! When they breed the young need to be rung, like pigeons i'm sure the odd one gets missed or slips its ring, these are the ones that escape without trace! Phil

the longest is when you spend all afternoon looking skyward and you don't get a bird!

suprised he didn't edit them out Martin ;D ;D, whoops, better stay on thread, see you sunday.

they'll be proud of you! Phil

depends on which brand you buy

keep an eye on e-bay and adtrader there are often members selling up equiptment. Phil

Well done all!

no secret but you don't want to use direct flash, hence the reflections on the back, you can use photoshop to edit etc but that won't make it stand, only you and the pigeon can do that. Phil

can a mod change the title to Southern please, it was to early this morning to get spelling right!

Congratulations to young John Harrod on taking Best in Show at the Southern region Charity show yesterday from over 600 birds. The sport needs more young fanciers like this. Phil

that looks like one of the old grooters!

stop shouting, got a headache! You'll struggle to find any unless you can find somebody with the old grooters that breed choc and yellows.

def yellow

like this?

there was a thread on here about Jaap Van Alpen and the Delbar cross birds he was selling at the dome, these were crossed with show racers and will have thicker legs!

you mean creams then and not yellows?

the biggest problem with the rings is the depth and not the diameter. The old rings were the same diameter but being shallower they could move up and down the leg preventing a build up of skin, dust etc behind the ring. The deep rings can only turn and dust, skin etc builds up under the ring making it tight then the leg swells! Phil

The Delbars at the dome were def Show racer crosses which is prob why they are winning in racer classes for you Tammy! At Aberdare in the spring he actualy had one labelled as a "show delbar"! Surely people buy Delbars to race from him and not to show? Phil

no good me doing the job, we'd never get any work done would we Gail! ;)

i will be at the AGM to propose Chris for president!

you'll be glad to see the back of me realy Gail! xx

Bob had the best but the last batch i saw at Blackpool for sale wern't a patch on the birds he had in the 80's! I think they have become to inbred no and removed from the originals although the blood lines are there for a good outcross. Phil