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In today NEHU 08 SUN1432 Blue bar .. Any takers?? David

Well done you . You must be chuffed? DAVID

Sorry redrocket . My post was kindly directed to Tsykes . CHEERS DAVID

Redrocket ...In all fairness to you ,i too jumped the gunn.. It,s easy as human beings to pick up on what we see and hear at a distance and misconstrude the info'...and more likely on this forum where strong opinions and characters spend a lot of time .. What gave me cause for concern was not the age of this bird so much as it,s claws growing into it's feet ...this birds feet would not of got like this in anyway if good ordinary animal husbandry had taken place (ORDINARY) ...the deformed state of this birds feet led me to conclude that sheer neglect was bestowed upon this creature..Maybe the owner has so many birds he just did not see this birds feet)???who knows!! Whatever the case was, this bird was surplus to the fanciers requirements and he chose this route for it ..not to be commended but this route none the less. Cheers redrocket ...you were only sticking up for a fellow fancier ...i am sure everybody knows this . DAVID When this bird came to me it had a 9mile fly to it,s loft

Hi all..It turns out that the owner in his astounding wisdom put this hen on the road some two weeks ago with it,s first ever toss of 30 mile .. This was a stock bird and the owner was having a clean out !!(7yrs old) I will be honest and say that i suppressed the bird this morning ..I found out the above details later on ...if you saw this bird you would not question my decision .. The fancier(owner) none the less did not seem to give a hoot !!! All the best DAVID

Hi ..Will try contacting sec' tommorow night as he was not around tonight . Just ask me ...I get your point regards my decision about birds future ..i have got it well away from my loft and pigeons ...strangely enough my little cocker *expletive removed* was having a run in my field tonight and out of the dark she brought me a mangled pigeon ...turn's out to be one of my own that was hawked today and i had not realised it ..I would always want to know the whereabouts of my birds i I feel i should try to keep this old stray hen alive if i can and whatever the owner does with her then that,s up to him ..I took the ingrown nails out from inside her foot ..I cant imagine this bird has been inside a loft for a long, long time ...she is a real Auschwitz case.. I will keep you posted . DAVID

Hi ... If it does ,then it will take months to recoup'. DAVID

Hi red rocket .. it looks as if this bird has been out for a good while so not going to know until i call the club sec. tonight with bird details. DAVID

Just got a blue cheq W/F hen in ..(ring..SU02 NE7350)someones unwanted stock bird mayber?? If i could upload pictures of this pitiful sight i would ..it,s claws are over an inch long and a couple are curling back into it,s feet :'( and very lousy..Judging by it,s appearance It has been out for a good while and is skin and bone .... Any ideas .. david

Hi Alan. The Pharoes i am getting are from the man that stayed at my house the other night(steve) He bought all of jimmy hamilton pigeons ..and i believe you are correct in saying they are Kirkpatrick based ..He told me some fantastic details on the history of these birds and the family that jimmy cultivated over many ,many years . DAVID

Black white flight . You got to get me some of them ..just give me the nodd and i will be down to sunderland tou't swee't...Gorgeous youngsters!! DAVID

Hi P.charlton ... I have just seen your enquiry about these birds (east anglian)...i can honestly say i have no knowledge of them ..sorry!! It looks like all these professionals have never heard of ron michieson either . Not to worry, Black white flight has sent me a nice offer of a book (Free)of this famous flyer so there will be someone who may respond to your long awaited and non replied post.. DAVID

Can anybody shed some light upon The great Fancier and flyer Ron Michieson ? Where did he fly from and what strains did he start with to get his team .? I know or believe he won 1st lerwick with a little dark hen ,was it Queen Guinivere? ... was she predominately a buschaert based bird ...i believe he raced the southwells ...I am interested to find some old information or even the life story of this great flyer..Can anybody help with info, Cheers DAVID

Hi . It happened when i was in my late teens ...early eighty,ish..sometime. I am now early fourtys .Along time ago..Very sad for the fanciers involved .. I believe a civil court hearing was had about the loss of bird value and recovery in the way of compensation .

Hi all . As a young lad of around 11 yrs of age i did keep pigeons in stranraer and i can honestly tell everyone this disaster did happen ..i know the men who convoyed the pigeons and what a disaster it was ,i was almost a young adult at the time when this accident happened but it is still very much talked about within the stranraer and district fancier's circles as the disaster of all time ..I believe the river was the nith near annan .This river had risen through the night with an onset of very heavy rain along with a big spring tide ...a deadly combination if ever there was one ... DAVID

Sincere thoughts with the family and of course to Dale . David

Hi Mate.. Some nice looking doo's there. Do you know what ones are Houben.?? Thankyou DAVID

Dovescote, agree with what your saying mate ..Fair examples i would say! I do have a disastrous story to relay to people and this is not detrimental to the breed in any way as their is good and bad in all living creatures .. We used to look after a staffy for a local doctor and his wife when they went away abroad ... This staffy (Benson he was called )a powerful beast he was but very canny and soft ..he was not the nicest with strange dogs but not unmanageable in any way ..The owners picked him up from our kennels one day after returning back from holiday ...the next day the doctors wife was on the sit on lawnmower cutting the grass.. Benson was always with her running around the garden while she would cut the grass...no problem there until she tried to get of the mower where it started to attack the wheels of the mower ..she told it to behave and started to get of the mower where it proceeded to take her arm of from below the elbow ..the doctor was inside the house and ran out when he heard the crying from his wife upon where benson tried to take him apart ...the doctor ended up getting safely back into the house and called the police where an armed response unit came and shot the dog ,his wife lost her arm and now wears a prosthetic replacement..this is a true story The owners were sensible kind loving people (maybe too kind) and nobody in any way could of foresaw this happening ..this dog was four years old and had never put a foot out of place apart from chasing a cat or two from the doctors property . An authority on dog behaviour and an experienced dog handler summed it up A HUNDRED DOGS A HUNDRED TEMPERAMENTS!!! David .

Hi all . I would like to personaly thank clockman for giving me all the help one could wish for in regards to picking up a stray youngster of mine ...in Dundee) He came to the rescue of a youngster that was flown out and made a new loft of a local stable ... He even made time for me to see his fine birds .i was lucky enough to handle these birds and i must say with exception made for the moult his doo,s look great .(i will have the blue hen she was a cracker )!! He even offered free of charge two cracking youngsters . Clockman you are a true gentleman of our sport ..many thanks for coming to the rescue at such short notice ........DAVID

I am leaving Amulree perthshire late afternoon and going to Aberdeen via Dundee ...i live in Aberdeen ...Lost this bird after hawk strike nearly a fortnight ago .Seems Clockman is happy to lend a hand, god bless him . DAVID

Clockman ... I have called this women and she is awaiting your call ..she is in until 9pm tonight ...Thanks ever so much . DAVID

Hi There ,, I have had a youngster reported in dundee (i have been given address) It has been reported today by a non fancier in a horses stable in dundee . I am told it is sitting in stable and cant fly ...can anyone help by maybe getting to the bird a providing some help ..if i can find some help i will give more details ...i cant pick bird up for a couple of days ...it does not sound too good Can anybody please help. DAVID

Thanks Mate ..first class .. DAVID

Well done ...be proud of your self. DAVID

Blue Grizzle hen . Came in with birds today ..Has a dress sequin glued to her head ...God knows???. No wing stamp but race rubbered SU08 AN 1328. Any ideas