PIGEON_MAN

I USED TO THINK THE SAME THING HYACINTH BUT MOST FANCIERS WILL BUY THEIR NFC RINGS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON AT A NORMAL PRICE AND RING THE YOUNGSTERS THEY THINK THEY WILL HAVE LEFT WHEN THE RACE COMES AROUND SO I SUPPOSE YOU ARE TAKING A CHANCE,(PERSONALLY I RING ALL MY YOUNGSTERS WITH NFC RINGS)BUT THE FANCIERS WHO DONT WANT TO TAKE THAT CHANCE JUST NOMINATE ANY RING ON THE DAY OF BASKETING,THIS IS WHY THEY HAVE TO PAY THE EXTRA £5, DAYLIGHT ROBBERY OR NOT THATS HOW IT WORKS.

COULD BE WRONG BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT THE MNFC SHARE THE NEW TRANSPORTER WITH ANOTHER ORGANISATION SO I SUPPOSE THAT MADE A BIG FACTOR IN DECIDING THE RACE ROUTE.

WONDER HOW MANY ENTRIES THEY WILL LOSE OVER THE SEASON BY JUST HAVING SHORT RACES LIKE THAT,WHY OH WHY WONT THESE ORGANISATIONS SEE SENCE AND GO NORTH AND STILL ENLOY LONG DISTANCE RACING.JUST AS WELL I DECIDED TO RESIGN FROM THE MNFC THIS YEAR.

BEAT THIS ONE THEN MY GRANDSON WHO,S 7 GOT 163.

SECOND PLACE 36 LOL

HI GARY,I BELIEVE THAT YEARS AGO A STRAIN OF RACING PIGEONS THAT HAD THE FEATHERED LEGS AND FEET WERE THE WEGGE,S AND THE GITS,WOULDN,T THINK THERE ARE ANY OF THEM ABOUT NOW BUT I SUPPOSE THAT YOURS COULD BE SOME SOUGHT OF THROUGH BACK TO THEM.WHAT STRAIN OF BIRD HAVE YOU GOT.

NO PROBLEM AT ALL SNOWY AND WESTY ONLY TO PLEASED TO HELP OUT,PERHAPS ONE DAY I MIGHT FIND A CABLE AND PRINTER FOR THIS CLOCK AND BE ABLE TO USE IT AGAIN.

FEW YEARS AGO THERE USED TO BE A LAW THAT GARDEN FIRES COULD ONLY BE LIT AFTER A CERTAIN TIME,NOT TO SURE WEATHER THIS WOULD APPLY ON ALLOTMENTS BUT A PHONE CALL TO THE LOCAL COUNCIL WOULDN,T GO AMISS.

THEY OBVIOUSLEY HAVE NO FAITH IN THE BIRDS THEY ALLREADY HAVE AND PROBABLEY THINK BECAUSE THEY HAVE A BELGIUM RING ON THEY WILL BE MUCH BETTER THAN WHAT THEY,VE GOT.

THINK THIS COULD BE THE ONE FIFER,NO APPLICANT ORGANISATION SHALL BE ADMITTED TO AFFILIATION TO THE ASOCIATION UNLESS, THE NAME OF THE ORGANISATION INCLUDES THE WORD "NATIONAL"UNLESS MEMBERSHIP OF THE ORGANISATION IS OPEN TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE ASOCIATION.SEEMS TO ME AS SOMEONE ELSE SAID IN THE CASE OF THE MNFC THIS RULE AS BEEN OVERLOOKED.

GEZ,THINK WHAT MOST FEDS WILL DO THAT STILL GO SOUTH WILL HAVE A INLAND RACE WHERE THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A CHANNELL RACE SO AS TO KEEP THE SAME AMMOUNT OF RACES.OUR FED IS SUPPOSED TO START ON APRIL 15th BUT IS NOT DECIDING WHICH WAY TO FLY UNTIL NEXT WEEK.

JUST WONDERING IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS ON THE FORUM WHO ALLREADY FLY NORTH WHO COULD TELL ME WHAT TIME THEIR BIRDS ARE USUALLY LIBERATED AS IT SEEMS THAT MOST OF THE LIBERATION SITES STIPULATE THAT LIBERATIONS MUST BE BEFORE 9-9.30 A.M.THIS TO ME WOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM SO LONG AS THE WEATHER WAS O.K. BUT WHAT HAPPENS IF THE BIRDS CANNOT BE LIBERATED BEFORE THEN.TRANSPORTERS I SUPPOSE WOULD HAVE TO MOVE OFF THE SITE AND THEN IF THE WEATHER IMPROVED AROUND 11-12 WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO LIBERATE.

I THINK THAT THIS IS OUR BIGGEST PROBLEM AT THE MOMENT THE BIG ORGANISATIONS CANNOT OR WILL NOT GIVE A DEFINATE ANSWEAR AS TO WHERE THEY ARE GOING.A LOT OF FEDERATIONS WHO HAVE A BIG MAJORITY OF MEMBERS OF THESE ARE I THINK HOLDING BACK TO SEE WHERE THEY ARE GOING ALSO,OUR OWN FED WHICH HAD A MEETING ON SATURDAY HAVE FORMED A NORTH ROAD PROGRAMME BUT WE WONT KNOW FOR ANOTHER FORTNIGHT WEATHER WE ARE FLYING THAT ROUTE OR NOT,WHISPERS THAT I HEARD BEFORE THE CSCFC MEETING ON SUNDAY WERE THAT THEY WOULD BE GOING NORTH BUT HAVN,T HAD ANYTHING DEFFINATE YET,AS YOU SAY MICK THE WEB SIGHTS ARE ALL FULL OF OLD NEWS.

HOPEFULLY WILL SEE YA THERE WESTY AND SNOWY.HAVE YOU HAD ANY MORE LUCK WITH THE CLOCK YET.

12.00 NEWS DEFINATELY CONFIRMED DUCK IN LYON FRANCH DIED FROM BIRD FLU.

SEEMS THAT THE CONFLICTING REPORTS ARE STILL HAPPENING,NEWS AT 21.00 SAYS THAT THEY ARE STILL TRYING TO ESTABLISH WEATHER OR NOT THE DUCK FOUND DEAD IN FRANCH AS INFACT GOT BIRD FLU OR NOT.

REAL OLD CURE WAS TO HANG A ONION IN THE LOFT,BUT MUST ADMIT THE BEST THING I EVER USED WAS THE VAPONA STRIPS WHICH I BELIEVE ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO GET HOLD OF NOW.

SEEMS TO BE SOME CONFUSION HERE 6.30 NEWS TONIGHT SAID DUCK IN FRANCH WAS CONFIRMED AS HAVING BIRD FLU.

SBELBIN THAT WAS EXACLY HOW MY FREINDS CATS WERE WITH THE BIRDS I GUESS IF YOU TRAIN THEM FROM YOUNG YOU CAN GET DIFFERANT ANIMALS TO DO JUST THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT THEY ARE NORMALLY EXSPECTED TO DO.

IF YOU TRY AND GET THE KITTEN AROUND THE BIRDS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE THEY WILL SOON GET USED TO IT AND YOU WILL HAVE NO PROBLEMS,ONE GUY IN OUR CLUB HAD ABOUT 6 CATS THAT HAD BEEN BOUGHT UP WITH THE BIRDS AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT THEY WOULD EVEN SIT IN THE NEST BOXES ALONGSIDE OF A SITTING BIRD,ISAW THAT WITH MY OWN EYES SO I KNOW IT WAS TRUE.

HI DAVE ALLTHOUGH WHAT YOU WROTE YOU MAY THINK HILARIOUS I INFACT KNOW THAT IT IS TRUE,SINCE I HAVE BEEN PAIRING MY BIRDS UP ON EYESIGN I CAN DEFINATLEY SAY THAT I DO GET MORE YOUNG BIRDS BACK.

YES MARK BUT DID HE MEAN THAT IT WAS A WEAK EYE FOR BREEDING OFF, THERE IS A GREAT DIFFERENCE,NOT ALL GREAT RACING PIGEONS HAVE A GOOD BREEDING EYE AND VISA VERSA.

ALAN LAST YEARS SEC,S EMAIL WAS PETER@HUMPHRIES.COM ANY PROBLEMS I HAVE ACOUPLE OF OTHER,S.

I,M SORRY TO SAY IT SNOWY BUT I THINK THE GUY WHO SOLD YOU THAT CLOCK WAS COMPLETELY OUT OF ORDER ESPECIALLY SELLING IT TO TWO NEW FANCIERS WHO WERE NONE THE WISER ANYWAY,I WOULD DO AS SHADOW SAYS AND GET BACK IN TOUCH WITH HIM AND EXPLAIN THAT YOU CANNOT GET HOLD OF A NEW CABLE AND PRINTER SO THE CLOCK IS NO GOOD TO YOU AND THAT YOU WOULD LIKE YOUR MONEY BACK.I,M NOT SURE WHEN THOSE CLOCKS WERE MANUFACTURED BUT I HAVE NEVER COME ACROSS ONE IN THE 30 YEARS THAT I HAVE BEEN SETTING CLOCKS ALLTHOUGH AS I SAID BEFORE IT IS SHOWN IN THE CLOCKSETTERS MANUAL WHICH IS ISSUED BY THE R.P.R.A.PERHAPS A CALL TO MRS.MACK AT THE R.P.R.A.MAY DO SOME GOOD SHE MAY BE ABLE TO PUT YOU ON TO SOMEBODY WHO WOULD STOCK THE CABLE AND PRINTER. SORRY TO SAY THOUGH I DONT HOLD OUT MUCH LUCK.