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gareth i was talking about leslie davidson ,alec said he had won a national

im pretty sure he never won a national alec in fact im positive he didn,t top man though no doubt

This has been a great thread to get involved in ,just wish more long distance minded fanciers came in and share their expertese come on guys

no i dont think so frank it was captain leslie ,not leslie davidson

dkj i was asked if i was first to win in port glasgow and through this way meens port glasgow , oh before i forget a guy from gourock won it 1912 or something ,matt whites bird was in 1980 i think his fathers was in 40,s or 50,s maybe wrong

quite right alf i remember a few years ago a friend of mine thought something wrong ,went to local vet ,i had told him that i thought they looked great and didn,t think anything wrong maybe a little worms ask vet ,anyway the vet checked droppings and when he said is it worms my mate thought it might be ,she said its cocci its that high that worms wouldn,t survive,when he told me i laughed i said pi@h if they that bad the would be lying about dying not clapping off loft etc.So make sure IT,S somebody that knows what their talking about.I always send off test 3 weeks before big race. and treat if needed

sorry mate albert never won a national or any where near it , it was 2 first feds the bird won i know he was my club mate cracking doo man though and his two brothers the late billy and joe who comes in on a saturday to me to see the birds home as he doesn,t keep them any more what pigeon was it that you handled ? By the way joe had said to me a couple of times why,s that pied hen not away ,i,d just wink and say patience joe the time is coming soon.

roland i,d rather feed tic beens than MAPLE pea,s any day

is this karl kelly from kirkintilloch your talking about? or greengrass as he,s called

you dont have to be crazy but it helps .lol

alec i never said west central scotland i said central thats east to west read the post again mate

yes im the first but hopefully not the last through this way a lot of unbelievers through here mate if only they would try

im up for trying new things all the time ,thinking about chillies instead of mustard lol ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

brilliant performance mate hope you keep it up ,i think it was derek hay (delboy) who said its about getting them to peak thats spot on thats the hard thing that nobody can tell you how to doits all about trial and error but its differant for every bird ,by the way mate im not the best doo man around and dont come anywhere near some of the fantastic fliers who come on here but im allways trying to get there hopefully i will with another couple of top performances

IB all iv,e been saying is say theres 2000 birds at say alecon say 550 miles to central scotland liberated say 5.30 in morning with little or no wind how many would you expect to see home at close of clocks 10.45 pm i would say maybe between 5% + 10% what do you think

i remember when the jagging for para came out, me and my good friend albert oribine jagged most if not all of the birds in port glasgow and greenock and it would amaze you how many people said this is a stray i,ll need to report it, just about every loft and some had 2or3 shocked me big time that was around 82/83 i think

i think im in a bad bit mate but your birds are going to have a rough last 20/30miles? i dont know what your mesurements would be up in oban, i know from me to you driving would take 3hrs.AND dont you mean outlaws ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

shes 4 years old and now retired as she is breeding the goods as well only one bred off her has scored at 340 miles and 384 miles as yearling.

im in the clydebank+duntocher club next door 20 odd members most trying to win every week hard club to win in and glasgow fed so i,ll probably meet you sometime at central marking at around 200 odd miles.

albear. im not kidding you on mate, but listen am not saying every bird can do it but if you have only long distance birds like me then every bird in the loft should be able to fly what we call 500 mile racing (thats france to us) most of our races are between to me anyway 496 miles arras to reims 590 miles .Next you have to sacrifice a lot ,ie,club racing because if you only have a small team like me im sorry but its one or the other. then once you have the will to win just like the birds work your socks off like me .OK this year my hen KARENS GIRL 1st open 590 miles 2@ 40 mile tosses ,1st race 2o2 miles 2 weeks later 2nd race wansteadflats 357 miles 14-15 hours on day timed at 10.50 pm dark .sitting 10 day eggs at basket 3@40 mile tosses,2@65 mile tosses leeding up to race sunday night as i let my yougsters out she came off the nest wanted out so i did she flew over 2hrs with young ,she was last to land by the way,same monday over 2hrs ,but tuesday i never let her out i left a bit of flying in her basket wed ,as for feeding plenty of carbs+fats before they go maybe last 3 or 4 days peanuts or peeled sunflower seed ,by the way HUMAN consumption peanuts only every thing else lots of ways to do it

you racing with glasgow aly alexandria club?

sorry boys been out walking dog ,i have been asked how to set birds to fly 500 miles plus many many times , but say the same thing what works for me might not work for you, but if anybody try,s to tell me that scottish birds liberated at say 5.30 am only fly 10/12hrs a day from france say about 500/600 miles prob fly to newcastle/durham area 3 or 4hrs from home are stopping between 3.30 and 5.30pm DONT THINK SO . Say that to any decent national man in scottland and they will laugh at you .

scotland mate have a look at some of the results put up by these fantastic fliers in SNRPC+SNFC the past few years as for answering 1-7 not a chance mate 32 years of hard work and listening to better fliers than me.

lol ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

spot on IB how many have you had to time in 15/16 hrs on day@ ,just to let asha know