RoryTheRed

South Coast Fed on the 7th

Certainly will whiteflight, good luck to you

David Miliband (Letters, February 13) says he will continue to report developments in bird flu openly and accurately. Your leader (February 10) says it is impossible for Defra to be entirely deaf to producer interest. How right you are. The decision to let the processing of turkeys to resume at Holton is a kick in the teeth for all other poultry producers and those others of us affected by the ban on gatherings. It would seem that the might of a large regional producer, right in the middle of infected premises, is getting special dispensation. What about all the other activities, commercial as well as social, in unaffected parts of the country? Many other poultry producers, as well as traders in the racing-pigeon industry, would agree that their financial activities have been curtailed by the ban on gatherings. Considering that Defra still does not know for sure how or where the avian flu arrived at Holton, then it is all more incredible to let Bernard Matthews restart operations. It makes a mockery of the status of the protection zone and is an insult to those well outwith the restricted area whose activities have been curtailed by the banning of bird gatherings. Peter Bryant Royal Pigeon Racing Association

Congratz Ben, you decent the award

From my back garden. My fat cat doing his meerkat act.

Through photobucket via the resize button

Thanks Ben for trying, just got it sorted. Few of my birds over the last week.

I shall put pics up when they are around eight weeks old.

Crackers Ben, thanks m8. Harris and Underhill were top flyers in Plymouth before they stopped. These three yb's will be aimed at the BICC yb race, get ready to see your name in print laddie

Lovely birds Ben, looks abit bleak in deepest pasty land

I need channel racing or i will be stuck with sprint racing from the SW; i won't compete week after week for 13 wks just to pass the time. The sprint boys racing with the South Coast Fed will be rubbing their hands with delight, 13 wks of teams dropping together, not for me.

This seems to be going along the lines of a personal vendetta which shouldn't be allowed by the mods. Slander brings nothing but trouble, you need to back off and get on with racing/breeding/enjoying your pigeons. We all have watched or own pirate DVD's without thinking about reporting the leaser/seller so i can't understand why certain people are jumping on their hobbyhorse regarding rings being sold on ebay. There are hundreds being sold everyday and all the 2007 ones have transfers with them ( i bought 4 Austrian recently ) so if anyone is really offended by the sale of rings without transfers then you are morally forced to report the sellers to ebay. When you have done this, you will have to report all sellers of pirate or homemade DVDS to the ebay fraud office and then search all ebay listings for anything else that looks dodgy; hope you enjoy your search and the feeling of being morally correct. Personally i think RedFox is using his head and good luck to him; i've sold not wanted xmas presents, books etc that was not wanted by others, was i wrong to do so?

Top stuff Vic, very amusing ;D ;D ;D

Just look on ebay, 2007 rings from most countries are for sale. They come under Pigeon Ring/s.

I have used the hoover in the loft and they don't move an inch. My felt came off a month ago due to high winds and they were landing on my back while i tacked it on.

Bird 2 ;D

The planet is still spinning

Win a BICC race 8)

nah sorry m8 :

http://www.cranswickpetproducts.co.uk/productpages/cheeky_wbhome.html Just fill in the form for your local rep; i believe it may be Horsham.

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Yup, though i would go for colours rather than the standard Blue and Chequer.

Robert Burns.

It was in last weeks or the weeks before pigeon weeklys; sure i read a few letters about the situationin in these mags as well. If my memory is correct alot of south coast boys resigned due to the Chale race; though Section D were screwed with the Sennon Cove race choice.

No 1 is a cracker 8)