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GOT A SON AND A GRAND DTR OFF THE STRANGER IN 1997 (COST A FORTUNE)AND HAVE TO SAY THEY WERE RUBBISH.I LET MY MATE WHO IS A TOP FLYER HAVE THEM TO SEE IF HE COULD GET ANYTHING OFF THEM AS HE HAS MARCELIS IN AND FLIES OK WITH THEM.THEY WERE RUBBISH FOR HIM TOO SO OUT THEY WENT.

1800 ypm from Wakefield 70 miles up in a light south east.

BIG GAPS WITH 100 YPM BETWEEN 1ST AND 6TH.THATS NOT GOOD RACING FROM UNDER 60 MILE

WHATS THE FORECAST LIKE FOR THE WEEKEND?WE'RE AT ROTHERHAM (A NEW RACEPOINT)ABOUT 80 MILES.

ANYONE WANTING WEATHER FORECAST FOR THE NORTH EAST AREA,LOCAL SITES BEING TOW LAW,BISHOP AUCKLAND ETC...GIVE ME A PM FOR MY NUMBER IM ONLY TOO WILLING TO HELP.

SELBY RANGES FROM ABOUT 55 MILES INTO STOCKTON TO 65 AT THE TRIMDONS TO PROBABLY 81,82 UP TO WASHINGTON.

I THINK WHEN YOU ARE GOING TO A LEVEL LIKE THAT IT WOULD TAKE ALL THE FUN OUT OF THE SPORT.I THINK IT WOULD FEEL LIKE GOING INTO A FACTORY TO WORK(NO THANKS,ILL STAY THE WAY I AM)

WE HAVE USED GEM PELLETS THIS YEAR ADDED TO A BREEDING MIX WITH FERTIBOL ADDED TO IT.YOUNG HAVE BEEN OUTSTANDING WHEN THEY HAVE LEFT THE NEST.OREGO STIM WAS USED IN CONJUNCTION IN THE WATER.

YOUR RIGHT FIFER ABOUT THE OLD STRAINS.WHEN I FIRST FLEW AS A TEENAGER IN THE LATE 70'S AND EARLY 80'S WE FLEW ALF BAKER STASSARTS AND BOY DID THE COCKS HAVE WATTLES ON THEM,THEIR SPONGES GREW THAT BIG THAT BY THE TIME THEY WERE 4 OR 5 YOU COULD SEE THEM IN FLIGHT.

Sbelbin,you hit on a true point there.I had a cock bred in 1993 which i thought was ugly as sin,he stood bandy legged and didn't look the part at all.I said to the old man if he didn't chalk as a young bird he was going out as i didn't like it.he replied I bet you'd think he was a better looking bird if he won a race.Needless to say the cock went on to win 8x1sts for us with 20 cards in the first 20 of the fed and took 2nd and 34th combine.(What a beautiful looking cock).beauty is in the eye of the beholder

WHY TREAT FOR WORMS MIKE IF THEY ARENT THERE??????

JIMMY WE HAVE HAD THE SAME,A 1973 CHEQ STASSART COCK WHICH I TIMED ON IN 1982 FROM NANTES TO BE 50TH OPEN.HE FLEW THE CHANNEL 43 TIMES FOR US AND WAS A BIG BIRD,BUT THAT WAS FLYING ON ALLOTMENTS WHERE YOU CAN KICK THEM OUT AND THEY HAVE TO FLY.BEHIND HOUSES LIKE WHERE I AM NOW,IF I KICKED THEM OUT AND THEY ARENT READY THEY GO AND SIT ON THE HOUSE TOPS FOR AGES.SO I FOUND SMALL TO MEDIUM BIRDS EASIER TO GET GOING AGAIN FOR THE NEW SEASON,AND ALSO THE FEED HAS TO BE SPOT ON (TOO MUCH AND THEY SIT ON THE HOUSETOPS AND TOO LITTLE AND THEY DONT WANT TO FLY EITHER.THAT IS WHY I HAVE PREFERENCES FOR SMALL TO MEDIUM BIRDS.IF I WAS BACK ON ALLOTMENTS I'D PREFER THE LARGE FRONT ENDED SPRINTERS WE HAD YEARS AGO AS THEY LOOKED THE PART ASWELL AS BEING THE PART.

OUR WIDOWERS GO OUT AT 07.00 AND THEN ARE LOCKED IN THE DARK UNTIL 15.00 WHEN THEY GO OUT AGAIN AND ARE THEN LEFT IN NORMAL LIGHT.WE FOUND LEAVING THEM IN THE DARK DURING THE DAY KEPT THEM QUIET,RESTED AND IMPROVED THEIR PERFORMANCES.

DOORS CLOSED AND LEFT TO DO WHAT THEY WANT FOR 20 MINS TO HALF AN HOUR.SOON AS ANYTHING DROPS THE DOORS ARE OPENED AND ALL MADE TO GO IN.

RIGHT LEG UPSIDE DOWN TO HELP RINGERS AS MOST OF THEM ARE AGED AND HAVE POOR EYESIGHT.