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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

well asha you better get some good scottish birds then 1 in 10,000 go back to sleep youve not had enough i only breed 30/36 yougsters a year and have had plenty to time in in 15/16 hours on day and you wouldn,t think they flew round the house birds properly prepaired and right are like this mate

i think im one of the lucky ones ,hope im not tempting fate hear,ive never been bothered with sparrowhawks yet my pal 1/4 mile away gets hit all the time,my theory is i always have my german shepperd dog out the back when birds are out so when the sparra comes along it sees the dog and leaves them alone,because if it hits a bird in the garden the dog might get it .my birds are out most days

get her to scrape them oot for you then :) :)

still in cloud 9 mate :)

get her to buy you some realy expensive birdies mate lol ;D ;D ;D

Hopefully the west can do it again in 2009 mate good luck ,oh by the way happy new year mate

Hi mate ill be trying to emulate what ive acheived in2006and 2008 in national racing which i might add will be very hard indeed

dito mate but a lot of other things to it

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL be scottish /english/irish/welsh hope you all have a wonderfull season 2009

first bit of sense on the thread ,the only other thing is the colour of the bird seems to change ,just a shade,feathers round neck get tighter,basically look like an oil painting,BINGO.get the dough on.

sorry mate i know it would work probably but their not antibiotics, ones a probiotic .try and stay away from antibiotic abuse you WILL be sorry.

back to the question if they have survived in a rat hole for a couple of years /although get them tested and keep them away/they will have a great immunity system

dont think so mate their not antibiotics mate

asha 10/12 hours? you must be joking try 15/16 hours thats a wee bit more like a good days work/then carry on next day were talking about long distance here not 300/400 miles

Why cant they just OPEN it to all welsh fanciers then it CAN be called a national,after all national means nation does it not?