Valiant Fifer

no probs!

His Dads been round a wee while ago and collected it. It'll be full o feeding by now ta!

Hi,found squeaked on top of my landing board.Ring no SU 20 F 3393 Red.Any takers! ?

Av no seen any batches as yet rab but I've seen birds going over occasionally in ones and twos. Looks to me like birds coming home late from training. There was a stranger here yesterday didn't look like it had a clue where it was.

Some good news for a change. Good to hear best o luck Wattie! 😉😊

Ha couldnae make it up. That's probably Dave Barrie the long time North of Scotland Fed Convoyer, and a good bloke who's helped loads of people out in various situations. The North Fed had a great Convoyer in Davie trust me.

Nae bother Dal cheers for that m8. That was good getting the wrong doo reported to ye then having it transferred Only for it to go on and score twice across the water. Could do one or two o them Ha!😄😄😉

Hi m8, the guy must have quoted a GB ring m8 lol. I thought that's strange cannae be ma ring no. I've got a GB 20 S 03952, but it wid be a miracle if it landed down there cause it's never been oot the loft yet. It's still there infact still in the nest bowl wi its nestmate about 16 days auld haha!

Hi folkes, had an unfortunate youngster reported to me found dead. Ring no SU 20 S 3952 .The carcase was found by a gentleman out walking about 2 miles outside Ecclefechan. The pleasant speaking non fancier lives near Some estate or lodge near Ecclefechan. His name is Mr Robin Edwins and can be contacted on 01576- 300168 if the owner would like to contact him.

Aye a wee insight, thanks for that. Some guid doos there cheers!

Funnily enough I was listening to something similar a few months ago. Was trying to see how the orchestra made all the different songs for the films ie the trilogy, The Good The Bad and The Ugly, A Fist Full of Dollers and For a Few Dollers More. All the strange noises and instruments in the songs made for interesting viewing. I loved it all.

Glad to hear your on the mend Alan. :emoticon-0137-clapping:

Stay in stay safe Get well soon Allan

He was a great charactor. RIP Bob!

I was there on Saturday and there was none there Del.

Seen this before Dereck a few yrs ago and the fancier showed me exactly how it works. He assured me he caught a few on it.Always another option to think about. Let's face it theres not too many ways to deal with these menaces!

Very sorry to hear the sad news I was always interested in what Kerr had to say and he always had a few kind words for me. He will be sorely missed. RIP Kerr!

Well done m8! ðŸ‘🤗

Very sorry to hear this sad news. Sincere condolences to the Family.

It all sounds great hopefully fanciers from the west will get it off the ground. All it requires is effort from the members in those areas. Looks like a win win situation to me. Hope it goes well best of luck!

Can't find anything wrong in what you've said there Del. The bottom line is people will just go to the agm and vote for whatever they think anyway. It's NOT up to me but IF it was I would do away with the inland Nationals certainly the first one for a kick off!

Hi Del, could you explain a bit more m8. You've got Ypres on there twice if I read correct. That's 5 channel races Del. Just wondering what your thoughts were on the above. Just an excuse for some honest descussion on channel racing just curious and wondering what others think!

Wattie as far as which bird is the best in a class I would say whichever pigeon I wanted to take home with me. I wouldn't care if the bird in question had half a flight to go or even a flight to go. I do think though that the majority of judges these days prefer a bird up on its last last flight. I've had winners in the show pen in both categories. On some occasions After the show I asked the judge why he picked mine as the winner as I thought they were handicapped with half or even a flight to go (Nov show) and they replied that the pigeon was simply the best in the class regardless of anything else. This was from one of Scotlands very top distance lofts and I've had the same scenario with some other top distance fanciers. However I think I've probably had more success with birds right up on their last flights. I've had quite a few in the past that I thought were good enough only for them to finish 2nd or 3rd and I feel they were slightly handicapped with their last not fully grown. Had they been fully grown I'm sure some may have got the red card, however its down to the judges in the end. For this reason I think pigeons would be more evenly judged if shows were Dec/Jan there would be no excuses about handyicaps, all birds through the moult would be there on their own merit and may the best win! Just my honest opinion!

Hi Wattie I've not even looked at the basics site for about a year and a half, but thought I would have a peak and see what fanciers are saying. Wattiie in my opinion if your ybs are well trained they should in the end be just as good as other ybs which are raced by the time they are two or three yrs old. One good thing about training only in the year of birth is that they will get the line that you want. As ylgs at least they will be racing to a mate. Instead of breeding the usual amount of ybs you could breed less as there would be no appetite for racing plus you are bound to be more selective. Also Wattie I'd just like to add that there would be no hurry to get them into the first or second race and so on. You would simply take ur time. You are a distance man anyway Wattie so plenty time for them to grow. If you can get them down to the coast they should be a few good ones amongst them for the channel the following year. Many roads lead to Rome springs to mind!