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Don't think we have them here yet jam ,but don't want them by the sounds of them .i was told the other night they are about 1and1/2 times the size of a spara hen , and just chase and chase until they catch one even into trees .

Forgot to say that thanks to Alec Blyth. Aka. Homer 49. Bought our table a drink. Top man Alec .

Think so John , will need to be vigilant when letting them out ,and ready with my new deterrent

Hope ye had a sore Heid this morn . Aye and that was withoot drink .

You had no more room in yer pockets big stuff lol

Did you order another hunner rings big man lol ? Aye mate good crack and good company . Allah Akbar .

That's some car to win wullie ,that Audi must be worth more than the final winner gets ?

Aye you did constable jamieson . Ya fekr ye .ps thanks for the rattle .well it looks like one haha . And I never got my hen .

Fantastic night and absolutely top class top fanciers at the top table and cracking guys into the bargain , had a great night with some nutters from the north . And had some guy measuring me up . Again fantastic night and we'll done the LANARKSHIRE SOCIAL CIRCLE . Geo you still got two ties ? Maybe u swapped your phone for the L S C. Tie ?

Ian they weren't up nor down ,it was if it wanted to land on or near the loft , it seemed desperate , and this is the worst it's ever been here , yes you get a strike now and then , but to attack at loft that's a whole different ball game . Ps you have got to watch what you say on forums about deterrents , but if it comes near again then who knows what could happen .

Paired up 8 pairs of stock pigeons let them out this morning as I'm off today, my neighbour who flies pouters shouted on me , looked about 15/20 ft above the loft and there was a cock perigrine looking down at my birds on the loft , I clapped my hands and shouted at it and it moved away but to my amazement it kept coming back in maybe 9/10 times at one time I thought it was going to land on my house roof , any way I got my birds back in and low and behold one missing a g,Dtr of invincible spirit ,prob the fatest stock hen I've got , now do u think she is hiding somewhere or was a pair if they fkrs hunting and the hen Percy has got my stock hen ? Said to my neighbour if this keeps happening then we will need to pack it in .

Bang on big stuff I don't wear them either if I can help it .

I agree with you del , we all know that the further east And northeast you are in your club fed national the more advantage you have , because of the prevailing west wind and possibly the drag up the east of the country .

Well u know that will never happen mate , and your bang on it's always been the holy grail , some say they aren't bothered by long distance racing , but really they are living in denial , and by the way the wee section F. Covers some area with members from Newton Stewart/ Stranraer in the solway and Darvel in Ayrshire up to kirky down to Greenock and back down the west coast . prob the biggest in area in the whole of the national .

When it happened to me there was no sequence of events , I had room for 40 birds in a 10 ft by 6ft end , I had 18 youngsters all doing around an hour or so every night , I feed them once a day at night they got as much as they want as IMHO they are babies and growing so need nutrition . No cats near here my German shepherd see to that , the only difference was I let mines out for the first time in the morning as they normally don't get out till 6 pm each night . Now I never let mine out in the morning until they have been to a few tosses .

Del what's your thoughts on making the gold cup great again ? , mines is prize money and or sponsorship , like a big first prize , and big first section prizes , because nowadays everything seems to be money orientated .

Phone davie his number is on the first post , me and Alec Roberts are going , booked tickets at the snfc AGM .

I don't disagree with you there mate but it happened to me once ,I don't breed a lot of youngsters , in fav when it did happen i had 18 youngsters ,let them out at. 8am on a full blue sky and not a breath of wind , never seen a bird till 18.05 pm I ended up getting two reported near Stirling , and got 7 back on there own , never seen or heard of the other 9 all had phone numbers on legs , I put it down to bops chasing isn't them out of their area and they keep going trying to find their way back .

Thanks willie , will post it in morning £16.50 .

So how much is it Archie ?

Thanks geo. ,oh sh it how much is it this year . ??

Could someone post up the address as I will need to send my membership fee tomorrow .

There's a pet shop in Barrhead country feeds it's called they do them , maybe a bit too far away for you geo .

this ones at it and that ones at it , I've heard all this since I started pigeons in 1977 , but usually find it's the ones that don't win that say it about the winners. Ps not saying drugs are not getting used in pigeons , prob have been tried , but IMHO hard work and good pigeons ,oh and a good system usually gets the wins .

I agree wullie ,I've had youngsters reported in Helensburgh. About 5 miles accross the water from me , I can see it from my bedroom window , but they won't come back accross if the go down the north side of the river from training well some don't anyway . Ps I was just pointing out where some end up in my last post .