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Jim Donaldson of Peterhead in Scotland came into the sport via obtaining some pigeons for his young son but in due course the young man became a seafarer and Donaldson senior was left to take care of the pigeons obtained from various sources.Thus was born one of the greatest distance fanciers of Scotland, indeed of Europe, for he has a record second to none when it comes to tough races into the north of the island of Britain. Covering marathon distances such as Niort 775 miles after Sartilly 605 miles, Rheims 620 miles, Rennes 650 and Nantes 709 miles. In fact this family of outstanding racers have won over 100 Diplomas as members of the Scottish National Flying Club as well as being the winners of the North Section of the SNFC 16 times. Fantastic racing and managerial ability by any standard! The foundation of the Donaldson loft are pigeons from another Scottish fancier David Scott of Brechin which contained the bloodlines of the Welsh wizards i.e. the Atwell Bros. Also the blood of Norman Dall of Ladybank and a grizzle hen of Mr Geddes of Greengaris. The initial foundation of the Donaldson's after the original liquorice allsorts when first catching the pigeon racing bug. Eventually other bloodlines such as that of Lancashire Rose and Blue Anglia came via Sid Beard of Hemel Hempstead. The latter input was of immense importance for from them (and Scott) came the famous foundation stud cock bird Circus Boy. Incidentally at time of writing (October 2005) the great Circus Boy is still alive aged approximately 23 years. An interesting point about the great producer Circus Boy was that when he was broken to another site and sent to a 120 miles race he failed to return for sometime. During this period his offsprings began to score well at the races entered. Jim Donaldson was on high heaven when a fancier in England reported the pigeon although upon his return he only looked a spark of his original self. Circus Boy pulled through however under the expert care of his master and lived to produce some of the best pigeons that the sport has ever experienced. I should state that although Jim Donaldson lost a partner to the seafaring life today his wife Ann is his partner in the sport. A partner who in recent years has shared with him the joy of 1st, 4th, 6th, 7th, 7th Open in the SNFC. May they have many more years of our sporting life!

dougie cunnighams birds

the best bird will always come to the fore,except if ther is a fly over involved.

r they realy necessary.

not with us m8.

:) :) :) :) :) ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

listen to the master..

show us then ya mad man :P :P

good yin,like it,1983 was the year. 8) 8)

congrats

when first started gave the birds burnt toast with cod liver oil.

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TROPHIES FOR NEWBURY INLAND NATIONAL FIVE TIMES A LADY TROPHY ……………………..…… 2009 W F Van Nuil , Gretna ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TROPHIES FOR ALENCON GOLD CUP RACE KING GEORGE CUP ……………………………………………2009 E S McCarton, Annan GOLD CUP ……………………………………………………… 2009 E S McCarton, Annan THE PERCY CAMERON MEM TROPHY …(Rep) ….….... 2009 J Little, Ecclefechan THE H.A.FRENCH “JUBILEE†CHALLENGE TROPHY …2009 E S McCarton, Annan MRS.H.A.FRENCH “CHALLENGE†ROSEBOWL… 2009 E S McCarton , Annan THE BRITISH HOMING WORLD TROPHY………..……… 2009 E S McCarton , Annan THE KARDALE TROPHY…(Rep) …………………..…… 2009 Not Won THE A.R.BOWES MEMORIAL TROPHY ……….…..…….. 2009 W Allison, Cambuslang THE E.T.R.D.NEWCOMBE (Fly/Fest) TROPHY …………… 2009 Walker&Wilson, St. Abbs. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TROPHIES FOR ANDREZEL CHALLENGE GOLD GLOBE …….………………………. 2009 D Pirie, Aberdeen GLENIFFER PERPETUAL CHALLENGE TROPHY ….. 2009 D Pirie, Aberdeen THE VAUX TANKARD …(Rep) …………………………..2009 A&R Pringle, Gorebridge THE E.R.WILLIAMSON TROPHY …(Rep) .………….... 2009 L McKay, Carnoustie TROPHIES FOR FALAISE RACE THE T.DICKSON MEMORIAL TROPHY ………………2009 J Dalgliesh, Ecclefechan THE OWEN McIVOR MEMORIAL TROPHY ………….2009 RV Graham, Langholm THE ELINOR MAIN MEMORIAL TROPHY ………….. 2009 Walker & Wilson St. Abbs TROPHIES FOR LEICESTER YOUNG BIRD NATIONAL THE A.McEWEN MEMORIAL TROPHY ………….… 2009 G McLain, Duns THE USHER TANKARD …………………………….…. 2009 G McLain, Duns ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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looks like a draw :o

aye you`ll ken all aboot the jail bit.

hope this helps other fanciers.

that`s a good doggy ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

god stuff m8.

does this help wings

GENERAL NOTES As an alternative to Gem-Thepax you could use Adherb on the corn, this also helps to keep their guts right. Garlic water-peel 4 cloves of garlic and chop up, pour 1 pt boiling water over and leave overnight, in the morning add 7 pts cold water. There should be enough here to fill two drinkers. When the birds are out exercising place two peanuts in each box before they come back in, do this each time they go out. Do this winter and summer, and you should not have a problem with the birds trapping. REMEMBER_ by giving your birds half of their feed, morning and evening before you let them out to exercise and feeding the remainder when they return keeps you in control. IMPORTANT Each time they spend more than one night in the basket (holdover or channel racing), always treat for Canker follow this with three days multivits. A good one to use is Aviform Ultimate. Doing this should keep your birds healthy.

Day Morning Exercise Morning Feed Water Evening Exercise Evening Feed General Notes Sat Nil Feed hens race mix before cocks return Add 1tspn Gerdon ‘I’ per drinker Nil Per head- 1oz depurative, plus 1 spot garlic oil. Sprinkle 1 tblspn yeast powder over and mix Using Gerdon helps top stop cross infection from the race Sun 1 hour let them have a bath outside Per Head ¼ oz depurative & 1 spot of garlic oil Sprinkle 1 tblspn yeast powder & mix well. Plain Water 1 hour shut doors As above Garlic oil and yeast powder helps to clean the blood of toxins Mon 1 hour lock out As above Strike or Entrodex in water As above Per head-1 oz 50/50 race mix & depurative Feed ½ tspn hemp separate in each nest box. Gem-Thepax helps to make good gut flora Tues As above Per head ¼ oz 50/50 depurative and race mixture, plus 1 spot wheat germ oil. Garlic water all day As above Per head: 1 oz race mix. For every 10 birds mix in one handful of Homoform. Feed ½ tspn hemp separate in each nest box Garlic water-Cleans the skin up, see next page for recipe. Wed As above Per head ¼ oz race mix and 1 spot wheat germ oil Multi-vit in drinker As above Per head: 1 oz race mix Feed ½ tspn hemp separate in each nest box. Give the birds half of their feed, before you let them out for exercise, feed the remainder on return. Thurs 1 hour, then bath outside to relax ¼ oz race mix Breeth-eze in water all day As above Per head: The same as Wednesday Place 2 peanuts in each box before they come back in do this each time they go out. Do this winter and summer. Fri Nil Per Head Feed daily ration (1 ¼ oz) of race mix all morning, if they have not eaten all, do not feed any more after 1pm Clean water Rest all day Nil After 1pm darken the loft and let them sleep, they will be travelling all night I the transporters.