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cheers for the replies, and tonyw, yes im o.k mate, and yes your blue cock was 1 i had in mind mate, was going to ask you if you thought he would do it, but he is only 2? any further input? a svr cock timed from 700 miles?? wow there is hope yet then :-)

Roland like i said yesterday, i very much appreciate your help, and genorosity, And i love the way you have gone out of you way using your time and effort to try and help. But it really is not necessary. It was my fault really for not checking they were secure properly, I have had a fantastic offer of a build of new traps by duncan and carol, and numerous offers of ybs next year, so i will be fine roland, please dont think we are ungrateful, that is not the case, If you do send me any money i will only donate it to Ian makays one loft race :-) I will bounce back, not sure about jordan, as he was not speaking to me after his mum told him all his grizzle stock birds had gone :'( once again much appreciated roly :-) If it makes you feel better you can breed me a pair next year ( must be grizzles though )

Nice birds mate, :-)

Morning folks, thanks for all the pms i recieved yesterday, very much appreciated Right was 18.20 when i got down there last night, was nearly dark anyway i had 32 birds in the stock loft, 14 old hens/yb hens that were raced this year, they were all in with the cocks, 1 injured, hawk/wires? to dark to tell really, so out of the 18 stock birds had 2 of the roland jannsens stock birds in with old birds and 3 out on the stable, managed to catch 2 when it had gone dark! the other flew off in the dark :-/ so got 4 out of the 18, with the 3 dead :'( well hacked off, but suppose it was my fault, looks like must have had freak gusts of wind, the other trap was over the hedge (smashed) and other was on floor. they were only attached with the hooks they came with (never been a problem for 4 years) but must have worked lose over the summer with heat, and first bad weather, winds, ripped them off? So another lesson learned. Its bloody hard work this pigeon game :-/ Never mind, such is life, keep plodding on, Now as for the stock birds i have lent off the people on here i will pm you all with my appologies, and i will pay for any birds that have not returned, I feel awful about this, i really do :'( My son said he wasnt bothered, but i can tell he was.

cheers mark mate!

Havent got the time mate to keep seperate, and just wanted to do it with these 3 for now, never done much with the hens, so would be less confident with the hens :-) it is my aim in the future to go into it in a bigger way, but yes agree, a sprint loft and distance loft would be ideal ;-)

can we please keep to topic, if you want to compare who is the fattest can you please start your own thread in chit chat ;D

no 1 near to me , and its like fort knocks down there mate, gates all electric, I know there is 1 or 2 knocking about, as wife has said, but will still be none the wiser till i see for myself, cheers anyway.

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And did you learn anything Ian? did it do any good? :-/

thanks again for all offers etc, only 2 and half hours to go before i can get down there, :-/ will be close on dark aswell :-) remind me why i got into pigeons?? ;D but some great people on here, and i appreciate you all. Thanks :-)

Well im deffo,having them on widowhood for start of season, and will maybe re-pair for this race if needed, is widowhood a no no on natural? was planning on starting racing them in the club in may time, is every week to much in preperation? without any basket training after racing starts? was planning on sending them to 1 or 2 other nfc races aswell? cheers for input so far :-)

to far for them do you think mate? Thanks for the protein advise the other 2, one is a jannsen, the other a kirkpatrick. Was hoping to give them a try though :-)

no 1 got any tips for me, come on im having a bad day!! :-/

Have the birds been o.k, and even raced well after this method? never tried it.

wont know till 6.30 tonight mate, it is a very long day pondering what is what!! :-/ but thanks for all the pms, nearly 20 in total, they are appreciated :-)

Go pigeon!! what a tool programmed wrong address in ;D

35.2 is correct answer, 100 %

This country is a joke!! and everyone else know it > >

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Has anyone got paid out from this young bird challenge? Jimmy you sure you posted the trophy?? lol

to slow i had to google it

Thanks very much for that roland, very much appreciated the thought and concern, But please none of that will be necassary, At the worst, i have lost a few birds, (gutted about) and need to buy a new sputnik trap!! And i will have an upset 10 year old tonight, :-/. but please save the auctions, for people who are really in need of it, please dont be offended Roland, your message was heart warming and like i said much appreciated, as are all the pms of offers and support. need to see how many i have got when i get there tonight :-/ Every cloud has a silver lining?? or so they say! :-/ just thought there was 2 chocolates bought off louella, Paid £100 quid for them aswell, only had them 2 weeks!! grrrrrr. took me ages to track him 2 down ;D ;D you gotta laugh havent you :-/ many thanks again,

cheers for that will see how things pan out tonight, thanks for the offer though,

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