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Welcome back Danny you have been sorely missed by all us pilgrims.

Its not Grey, Nor is it Blue according to the Dulux Colour Chart, Its DOVE SLATE. :emoticon-0136-giggle:

No here yet. Maybe the morra :emoticon-0179-headbang:

Still waiting for mine.

Deary me I am colour blind now !! Went down the loft and checked out my RPRA 2015 rings and they are still a shade of Blue.

Best pigeons I ever owned and raced were Late Breds.

Was always of the opinion that whatever colour RPRA ring was one year SHU would be the following. So blue it is.

Aye and most of the coaches as well including Mr Giggs.

Spoke to my newsagent yesterday about delay and she showed me their delivery sheet which stated "Delayed Delivery". So John Menzies the Distributor for Central Scotland cannot have received them.

Thank's, I can understand what you are on about now.

For the inuniniated and moi What the f##k is Dip,Dips,Dipped. ???

Having reread all the posts on this topic it has come to mind that Buster wants to fly Natural and the problem is not one single post has described HOW to win on natural because hardly a soul including myself does it anymore. The reason being we want to send as many as possible each week which you cannot do on natural due to nesting condition. So Buster I will tell you what no one else has told you. We will start with the Cocks. The very best condition with a Cock is a 12/13 day youngster BUT it has to be his first youngster of the year and you will only get him once, Do not even try to get him twice in a year as he wont do it a second time. Hens are in the same boat, the very best condition is her first young at 6 days but that can change when racing her out on sitting eggs as I had one who was virtually unbeatable on 13 day eggs. The beauty of natural against other systems is you will have the knowledge of puting a bird away that will be trying its almighty best against a flyer who wont know his birds condition because it is being sent the same condition week in week out on widowhood or roundabout. Stick to it my son and you will learn more about pigeons and have much more satisfaction. Pigeon racing is not only about who wins races because their are many factors involved but respect is gained to those who only send one or two and beats the majority in the percentage factors.

Quite a considerable amount of useful information given and I believe most importent advice is size of loft and 60 birds within. I do believe and I am sure most would agree that 40 birds should be the maximum. Your dampness is obviously a problem but you state that it is at this time of year so I must assume that the floor is dry when the weather is kinder, I dont think I would go knocking six bells out of the woodwork before treating myself to a barometer complete with hygrometer and you would be able to tell when your floor was suffering from damp as determined by the air humidity in the loft in comparison with outside. I have noticed in my locality the humidity is rarely above 85% what with all the rain etc over the last couple of months,. To put it in layman's terms When was the last time you hung a washing out and brought it in dry ready for ironing ?.

If I recall the R.P was 5P back then and a cwt of top feeding "50Kgs" was 25Pence.

Aye yiv goat us awe wunderin whit its supposed tae mean so gies a blinkin clue :unsure:

Roughly £7.50 basing it on the fact that Petrol was 2 shillings 6 pence a gallon and is now £7.50.

My first thought was the sloping to the front roof. My roof slopes that way but I put a gutter along front and their is no water ingress. My second thought is you never mentioned how many birds you have and how much water are they going through daily in your drinkers.

17.5 Pence

Still never had it.

I have two Borderdales. The Dog follows me into the loft and mixes well with the birds but the female I dont trust with them so is barred reason being she climbes up through the hedges and any birds nests are destroyed. Have had them from pups and are now 30 months old.

Its not me that's backtracking its newbie Sandy that is not letting on that Kinky Bridge is still open and by picking me up he could'nt have the excuse of getting lost. I am trying my best for you guys up there in the wilderness.

Charlie or is it Chancer ? you can aford to buy bulk and insist that moi, who receives an extremely small pityful stipend from her majesties goverment subsidise your show. Do I look like him :santa-dance:

I am trying to get you a sponsor but he's not biting yet !!. :emoticon-0136-giggle:

Wellcome Sandy and I am sure you will be aware that all newcomers on Basics are duty bound to sponser shows such as Clarkston where you will appreciate excellent hosts such as mmm give me an day or two to think of one apart from me ! naw ah canny think oh oanybody. However on yir way across ye could pick me up and that way you wont get lost.

Aye Tiger yir a wee divil richt enuff. <_<