big don

hi paul im a welsh man flying in england risca is my home town and i return often to visit my very large family . i live just up the road from louella and bought 12 flor engles last year to go with the geoff kirkland birds i have . out of the twelve i ended up with 4 good and 1 hopfully very good pigeons i would sugest look around your area there are some top flyers in south wales i should know i got a bird from gordon jhonson from risca and it was my 1st bird home sat in our 1st young bird race if it wasnt for a bad trap then who knows ha! if your starting up paul you will find a lot of facyiers will gift you birds me included

kicking myself for not logging into the forum yesterday nigel i would have bought all six [stunners ]

came in this morn make out taunton but not phone number on wing

had my 1st race young bird race yesterday sent em all 28 got m all back some big losses in the club though

stoke on trent clear sunny light soth wind if any at all

north staffs are looking at a lib at 10.30 to 11 am this morn

forget the law ! go around his house ask politly for your birds back if he refuses tell him ok but make sure he knows you are not going to let it be . give it a day or so then start paying him a visit start by pouring urine through his letter box [not your own forensics !] then paint spray his house [add what you like ] then spray his car or one of his familys with paint remoover [ turpentine is good ] play it as you like the law wont do nowt then if all fails there are plenty of scumos out there that will do the dirty for a fix

hey les soz mate but im working nights this week so only get a chance to look on this forum in the morn . i left risca in 1977 and only just started up with pigeons . cant remember a jimmy lewis but made a visit to gordon jhonson loft eailier in the year to pick up a squeeker i bidded on in the homing world

hey paul in 7 weeks im visiting my family in risca i now live and fly my birds in stoke on trent im sure i can find a few pairs spare to bring down with me they are mostly flor engles off geoff kirkland . i used to fly in the forge hammer club in risca with my grancha joe edwards

bhw i read it from cover to cover

sent you a pm aarden

you might be right but keep it away from your birds and if the owner will tranfere it to you treat it before you let it run with yours a lot of good birds have come from gifts

good luck tariq i bet your birds will do you proud

its ashame fancyers dont stamp thire young birds . mine are stamped and get a leg ring with my number on it before they are let out for the 1st time . i beleve you should give your young birds every chance . hope you find the owner cottage lofts

pettites at hulme weston coyney is the cheapest eltel or every fri there is a corn merchant at stone called darlaston grange they will make you a mix very close to what you want . darlaston are the cheapest

birds up at 10am light south wind from mangotsfield [come on }

stoke on trent low cloud raining all night still raining { typical sat weather }

north staffs fed from mangotsfield

im from oatcake land stoke on trent

hi flapper i had the same problem 3 weeks ago they were pairing up and all they wanted to do was get back to the loft . i decided to split the cocks from the hens now they fly for fun . let vthem run together once a week that shud do the trick don

hi strapper you can get canker treatment from most pet shops that supply pigeon products you can get tablet for such as spartrex or in a soluble form which you put in the water over 5 days don

ch pied left me a reply yhanx m8 . but was any fed who was at nthis race point can tell me if they liberated on the sataday ? or did they hold ? there is a lot of rumers going around in the north staffs fed on what happened that day . i just want to find out if any other fed lib ??

i agree with you blue cheq pied ! pigeon racing is exspensive these days but to see your bird home in from 60 mile up to 300 mile {not raced any thurther yet ha!} gives me and my son a great buzz . but towatch my boy pick up a trophy at presentation nite whether its a novice or one of the major trophies will live with me forever . i now know how my grandad must have felt when he let me collect my first novice trophy when i was at such an age regards big don

thanx for that alf m8 i think our birds were the only ones let out on the day . i sent 20 and lost 3 birds i was the lucky one . some top flyers didnt even time in . i just cant understand why they were liberated in such bad weather

hi all you fellow fanciers was anyone racing from wincanton sataday 21st june ? i fly in the north staffs fed in my 2nd year flying only yearlings and was wondering if any other fed was at the same race point . the race was a hard one birds flying home home in what i can only describe as pea soup . in my area stoke on trent you could only see 300 yrds and it was the same from birmingham . can antone tell me if any other federation liberated the same day or held until the sunday ? thanx big don