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noticed the rings that were in the nest have gone . they must off taken them out when they rung the y/bird couple of days ago . that is the property of some fancier they should be reported

angus fed is at ripon . and we re hoping for a race .4 races in and it s only the 4 th heed wind this season 189 miles to us nae 58ml training toss

i think it has to be perigrines ,in my opinion they are all feeding young now and know that there will be rich picking on sat and sundays . the coasts are over populated with them . We have been lucky this year so far but i m sure that we will lose some of our team to the hawks . last year we had about 5 to 6 bird with lucky escapes returning with half tails and wings out

2 members sent 30 birds 1 D &D HAY 1074.10 2 D & D HAY 1056.11 3 B CRAIG 1052.53 4 D & D HAY 1051.04 5 B CRAIG 1050.46 6 D & D HAY 1046.97

we have only dropped one this year so far a late bred cock .thats the last time i m taking latebreds they re a waste of time ( in my opinion before i get all the coments about latbreds that have won )

1 D&D HAY 1029.89 2 D&D HAY 974.81 3 B CRAIG 942.11 4 B CRAIG 932.66 5 D&D HAY 923.34 6 B CRAIG 905.80 7 D&D HAY 902.58 8 D&D HAY 901.89 2 MEMBERS SENT 36 BIRDS

one this morning and one that i broke last year has went in past his old loft so really one down 19/20 good returns

1 D&D HAY 1030.90 2 D&D HAY 965.67 3 D&D HAY 943.21 4 D&D HAY 879.82 5 D&D HAY 861.33 6 D&D HAY 857.65 7 B CRAIG 739.28 2 MEMBERS SENT 32 BIRDS

its our first race 75 miles and have sent 20 out of a possible 24 . they are ready in my opinion . lets hope i dina regret it tom at the clocks

we stay 25 miles south of aberdeen and one year we got a stray gb youngster in still squeaking prefix e on the ring when we reported it . we found that it had flowen from essex this bird was still squeaking and had flowen 400 + miles . unbelievable

came into me couple of days ago with a big gash under it s wing and a damaged wing ( the wings had a knock )

can anybody help ? I m looking to buy ets and was wondering if there is a scottish rep that i can get hold off

I did it with the widows only took y/birds off the ones that have scored .I have 16 pairs of widows this year i ve managed to get a single under the lot of them

noticed one off my yearling hens has had her end flight damaged .looks like its happened when it was just through the wing , she was on the darkness last year and the last flights were thrown start off dec . she has a stump left on the end off the wing .will this affect her ? I ve heard off fanciers pulling out the damaged flights to get them to come back in . Is this a good idea ?

paired up the widows 28 dec had the first eggs bye 14 jan out off the 16 pairs only one not layed yet . the first off the eggs due to hatch tom . fingers crossed should have about 15 youngsters bye the weekend . stock birds paired first week in jan been a bit slow laying only 6 eggs out off 5 pair and two off that pairs layed couple off days ago : :

seen it with my own eyes another cock treding a hen . they are very promiscuas

noticed this year for some strange reason our widows are fighting with each other . mostly the 2 and 3 year olds is this normal ? and will they settle down after they are paired up . had the same last year but only with one cock , but this year there is about 4 to 5 of them . Every time i go into the loft lately there is a new cock covered in blood . any suggestions ?

Thought i would let the birds out today because it was a nice day , just the usual when they have nt been out for some time, they did nt want to come in well 4 off them did nt . Went down the garden to try and get them in and notice there was only 3 had just finished telling my father one was missing when it appeared out of nowhere flying so fast it almost knocking a hole in the loft side , when we looked up here was a perigine *loody thing this is only the second time i have seen them at our loft .The guy about 5 doors down from keeps tumblers which were out at the same time it had a go at them aswell with no success HOPE THIS IS NT A SIGN OF THE TIMES TO COME . when i got our bird in he has some tail feathers missing so it looks like he had a lucky escape and he skint his leg when he smashed into the loft he lives to fight another day .

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no 7 for me it looks quality

we fly down the east and i can say the losses i have had in last few years is terrible almost cleaned out( young birds only )the old birds have returned ok . i can t see any reason not to try down the west again . we raced west coast back when we first started up in the 80 s stafford , cheltenham , (dorchester not sure how west this race point was ) that was our three longest inland races then sartilly .Why were all these races stopped ?.DID THE FANCIERS ON THE EAST NOT WIN BACK THEN ? it seems every year the race point are getting further further east . like gareth says if it bops we are worryed about they are every where and must do every thing to clear the flight paths for our birds

I m going to pair up stock birds over the christmas hols prob about boxing day , because i m off on holidays .Then the widows 90 days from the first race.

Gourdon & dist RPC open show to be held sunday 20 nov in the Crown Hotel King st Inverbervie penning 8.30 am to 10.30 am judging starts 11 am prompt CLASS 1 AACTW CLASS 2 AAHTW CLASS 3 L O C CLASS 4 L O H CLASS 5 L Y C CLASS 6 L Y H CLASS 7 EYESIGN (can be duplicated ) 50p per entry raffles & sale of 2012 y birds entries to B CRAIG 01561361611 closing date 10 pm friday 18 nov BEST OF LUCK DAVIE

some of our old birds that were hurt this year

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